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Hongkie spricht Chinesen

28. Juni 2007 durch China Geschäft Erfolg-Geschichten

Hongkie spricht ChinesenObgleich Stanley Chow-Chow von Hong Kong nicht von weit gekommen ist, ist China noch ein Augeöffner für ihn. Vor zwei Jahren, das er nach China durch CCG (Kommunikation zentrale Gruppe) zur Hilfe eingeladen erhielt, amalgamieren Sie fünf kleinere Firmen. Er entdeckt Unterschiede tausend und einer zwischen Leuten, Kulturen, skillsets, Erfahrungen, Arbeit Atmosphäre und Lebensstilen. Seine Anweisung? Eine harmonische Zusammenarbeit herstellen. Wie handhabt er das? „Sein ehrlich ist der Schlüssel.“

Während ein reales `Hongkie' (die Leute geboren und in Hong Kong angehoben) Chow-Chow oben in das Wissen geholt wird, daß seine Zukunft rosig ist. „Es gibt einen sehr gut-respektierten Verfasser in Hong Kong, das einen Artikel schrieb, der `genannt wurde, das, ich ein Hongkie' bin. Er erklärte, daß Hong Kong sehr guten Wohlstand über den letzten Zwanzig Jahren gehabt hat und daß Wahrscheinlichkeiten sind in hohem Grade vorteilhaft für alles Hongkies. Folglich können wir gekommen sein, zu denken, daß wir ein wenig besser als der Festland Chinese sind. Aber selbstverständlich, sind wir nicht. Die wichtigste Sache, die ich über mich erlernte, als ich nach China kam, ist, daß ich noch viel zu erlernen habe. Seien Sie einfach truthful zu selbst über dieses.“

Erschließen Sie
Chow-Chow hat keinen Zweifel Westerners kann vom Chinesen erlernen. „Chinesen kennen die chinesische Kultur. Es würde eine große Sünde sein, zum ihres Wissens nicht zu verwenden. Was Sie gewinnen müssen, ist überschuß die chinesische Verschwiegenheit. When you ask a Chinese man for his opinion, he will think about the consequences of his answer too much. It takes time for him to ‘open up’. It’s a matter of trust.”

Western discipline
And the other way round? Can China learn from the West? One of the biggest cultural differences Stanley Chow noticed in China in discipline. “For example, when you go to a bus station in Hong Kong, you automatically queue. In China, you can put up a big sign at the bus stop, saying ‘Please form a queue here’, but they will make sure that they’re the first to get on that bus. Foreigners frown upon this kind of behaviour. The necessary discipline, along with experience in communicating with Western people, is something useful the Chinese can learn.”

Keep asking
How do you become a role model for your Chinese colleague? According to Chow the earlier mentioned honesty, as well as transparency and integrity are the key to success. “What you want to do is to make them feel that, even though you are their manager, you are also learning from them. Show them you care about their opinion. A very convenient way to do this is to keep asking questions. Obviously out of real interest, never as a ‘trick’. Ask about their home town, their culture, their habits, education, wishes, experiences, and ask about their profession. Doing so, you will explore skillsets in your company, you will start to build on trust and encourage them to speak out more freely. All at the same time.”

Hybrid business motor
Another tip that Chow would give everyone who comes to China, is to cherish your own values. Why? “People who enter the Chinese market sometimes tend to be personally altered by the Chinese culture too much. They over-adapt. My advice: “Just live the way you are living”. China is internationalizing very rapidly, which means that your Western way of thinking is welcome. The Chinese are eager to learn from you. If you want to make your business an all-Chinese thing, why not let the Chinese take care of it themselves? We need to do this together. With a lot of interaction and integration. At the end of the day the business motor will become a hybrid of the different cultures. Exactly what the Chinese are looking for.”


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