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Of course, that can work against you. One of Global Sources¡¯ largest competitors, Global Market, was started by an Global Sources account executive who walked off with a healthy rolodex and a few coworkers.
So what does that mean for you? Three words: relationships, relationships, relationships.
Hire people based on employee referrals — and provide incentives to encourage these referrals.
Promote friendships and relationships within the workplace. Provide ample social outings, long/short-term trips, exercise clubs, and anything else you can do to make it a family atmosphere. Global Sources created a tennis competition that encouraged employee exercise and camaraderie.
Go a step further by offering value-added training opportunities. At Global Sources, we offered after-work English classes.
Remember, ties to family and friends will always trump your company, no matter how good you are; if family and friends are with the company, chances are your best employees will stay.
Watch relationships. Personal dynamics, if you don¡¯t pay close attention, could mean disaster for your company — especially if too much power gets in the hands of one manager. Make sure you¡¯re continuously reaching out to your employees in a personal way. What you don¡¯t know or notice might hurt you.
Jocelyn Eikenburg, The Wu Way




































November 21st, 2007 at 4:30 am
Having worked in Beijing for nearly a year, I definitely agree that relationship is very important. This will make sure you have a hormonous work culture which a lot of Chinese value most. But this can be a double-edged sword. If you are hiring employees who are couples or relatives, it could be dangerous as this will breed corruption if the monitoring system is not properly functioning. Favoritism will occur leaving those with no relatives working in the same place feeling left out. Infair performance appraisal will happen.
Of course this also means if employees are thinking of leaving the company, they will bring the whole bunch with them. Sometimes, they will even bring all the confidential data to set up a similar business as yours. So be cautious and think twice before doing this.