First things first. Before I get into talking about issues with Project Management in China, and issues with getting Chinese workers to adopted productivity tools, I would first like to share my nifty comparison chart. I just completed an analysis of various mid-range online Project Management “group-ware” tools. I’m [...]

I’ve been honored today by a reader who wrote in a question about “title inflation”. Said reader gave permission to post this conversation, but I’m changing the names in order to protect the innocent and the guilty.
The reader’s name will be called “Frank”. Frank works for a branded consumer appliance company in Shenzhen; [...]

Foxconn employees?
Summary of Post: Foxconn is an unpleasant Taiwanese company. I do not know if they do anything illigal. But they probably improperly use assessment tests… which does nothing good for anyone. Also, this post constitutes blogging about a blog about a blog. And commenting on a comment on a comment. [...]

I used to work for a company which provides Executive Coaching services, as well as Coaching Skills workshops. I learned much about formal coaching skills and processes over the last few years. Lately at my customer’s site, I’m finding that I am giving a lot of formal and informal coaching sessions to Chinese [...]

I have a problem at my client. Any advise is appreciated.
They want to increase Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) reporting and discipline. Since I have been promoting Performance Management Systems as a way to create culture and behavior change, the HR Manager has decided to put EHS KPIs into a new, discipline/reward oriented [...]

Usually companies want to implement or improve performance management systems (绩效管理系统 jì xiào guǎnlǐ xìtǒng）in order to address a perceived performance issue. Sometimes the desire to strengthen PM comes from legal compliance issues; in China, performance management systems are not legally required, but are still vital for legal reasons. Without good documentation [...]