interchange
Leadership

The China Challenge: Securing Relevancy & Resiliency

Foreign firms in China are facing more state control over the economy and more tension between China and their home market nation.  But China’s compelling growth story is still worth […]

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Asia Workforce
Leadership

Solving Post-Pandemic Team Building Challenges in Asia

The pandemic has reinforced underlying trends, revealed troubling issues, and surfaced innovative changes that impact the ways and means we build teams across Asia Pacific.    Now more than ever, […]

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Asia Workforce
Leadership

Asia’s Workforce in the Future

The Covid pandemic has accelerated long-term trends that have emerged in workplaces across Asia. Before January 2020, the nature of offices was changing as were the type of jobs, employee […]

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Leadership

POEs and Beijing: More Intertwined Than Meets the Eye

The Chinese government has turned its powerful spotlight towards the private sector’s size, wealth, and influence in China’s socialist market economy. The scuppering of Alibaba’s IPO for Ant Group was […]

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Navigating India
Leadership

Crisis Support for India Teams

India’s COVID-19 outlook is grim, with explosive growth in new cases not expected to peak for 4-8 weeks. The government’s sudden decision to vaccinate everyone over 18 has led to […]

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Leadership

Securing China’s Talent After Covid

Companies in China weathered the pandemic storm better than expected by empowering their local teams. As a result, senior executives at global headquarters increasingly recognise the capabilities of China-based employees […]

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strategic planning
Leadership

2021 Strategy Realignment: 10 Questions That Need Answers

Our view is that 2021 will be the bridge year from the 2020 pandemic to the beginning of the next normal in 2022. It will be a year for developing […]

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Leadership

Covid-19: The Implications for Leadership and Teams

Covid-19 has seen organisational changes that were debated for years being rammed into action in weeks, leaving team members uncertain of their value and their future. Regional and country managers […]

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Bangladesh growth
Leadership

The Rise of Bangladesh: Asia’s Next Frontier Market

Despite a promising economic outlook, foreign investors in Bangladesh must remain attentive to political and social developments in the country. With the COVID pandemic ongoing and 70% of the country’s […]

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US China Trade Chess
Leadership

US-China Geopolitics: Uncharted Territory Ahead

How does one operate in a world where policies can be overturned overnight with a tweet? A recent IMA Asia meeting of Asia and China CEOs delved into the uncharted […]

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Leadership

Driving Asia’s Growth with Innovation

Asia is emerging as a global powerhouse for innovation and becoming an increasingly important source of innovation. China has led this change and many MNCs have innovation centres in China […]

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attracting talent
Leadership

Turning Everyone into Top Performers in China

Does losing your top performers in China really make that much difference? An oft-cited study found top performers are up to 400% more productive than average employees. Given the highly […]

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red and green locks
Leadership

Locking in HQ Support for China

It is not surprising that perceptions of China as high risk are more prominent at US headquarters.  Higher US tariffs on Chinese products are pending and US Vice President Mike […]

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China executives
Leadership

Building CEO and Digital Teams in China

Building a successful leadership team in China is no small feat, but this is the challenge that often determines the success of a China CEO. Making the challenge even more […]

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Leadership

Getting HQ On Board the ‘China Train’

The primary job of the China CEO is to ensure that opportunities in China are maximised for the company as a whole. Getting HQ on board the ‘China train’ means […]

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Tree growing in coins
Leadership

China CFOs’ Role Growing Beyond Managing the Numbers

In an ideal world, CFOs could set a sticker price, plug it into a financial model and have accurate profit predictions come out at the end. In China, however, where […]

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China's social credit system
Leadership

Why Are So Few Chinese in Global Roles … & Does it Matter?

Why are there so few Chinese executives in senior positions in Western multinational companies?  Although India’s market size is smaller than China’s, Indians claim a far larger proportion of executives […]

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Leadership

Guiding Your Firm Through a China Crisis

The weight of being the legal representative in China is a heavy one. Crises are the toughest test of leadership skills and values that many CEOs face. And, that added […]

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Leadership

Going Local to Drive Growth

In the latest edition of CEO Dialogues, we sat down with China CEO Forum member Phyllis Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s China, to talk about the disruptive forces that are […]

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Leadership

Proving Value to Chinese Customers

In the latest edition of CEO Dialogues, Asia CEO Forum member Rebekah Lemm, General Manager Asia Pacific for Intralox, talks about facing off against aggressive local competitors in China. Below is an […]

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