After twenty-five years of management experience with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Bristol Myers-Squibb and Quadra Logic Technologies, (QLT), I became a “corporate refugee,” a middle-aged, middle manager who was downsized in the recession of the ’80s. There were thousands of us walking around in a daze. After years of education and successful corporate performance, we were out on the streets.
By Ernie Tadla
After twenty-five years of management experience with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Bristol Myers-Squibb and Quadra Logic Technologies, (QLT), I became a “corporate refugee,” a middle-aged, middle manager who was downsized in the recession of the ’80s. There were thousands of us walking around in a daze. After years of education and successful corporate performance, we were out on the streets.
When you can’t get a real job, you become a consultant, which is why I founded Odyssey Consulting International Inc. I was doing for my own stable of clients what I had been doing for my corporate employers. Read the rest of “China Chapter Two: Apprehension and Trepidation” or post a comment
Hi everybody (and in particular Celina, John, Mayke, Christina, Louis-Bertrand, Denise, Hani, Rob, Benoît, Jorge, Jef, Nir, who did I miss?),
Thanks, to many of you, for sending me mail asking what the China Business Group on LinkedIn is about and what you can to do help make the group an overwhelming success! I – Michiel a.k.a. Michael – hope you will appreciate me answering some questions through this message to all members. As it will:
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Hi everybody (and in particular Celina, John, Mayke, Christina, Louis-Bertrand, Denise, Hani, Rob, Benoît, Jorge, Jef, Nir, who did I miss?),
Thanks, to many of you, for sending me mail asking what the China Business Group on LinkedIn is about and what you can to do help make the group an overwhelming success! I – Michiel a.k.a. Michael – hope you will appreciate me answering some questions through this message to all members. As it will:
a) Spare me some time to answer everybody in person (copy-pasting makes it rather impersonal to me)
b) Share what this group is about with everybody
So here goes! Read the rest of “Introduction China Business Group” or post a comment
First: an open and flexible mind. May I introduce my two lady friends?
Some people look at this picture and see a crone. Some people see a young woman. Some people can see both, but not at the same time. They choose the one they will see.
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