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To be or not to be, that is the question

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:57:02 +0000

Have you ever heard about Affirmations? Athletes call them visualizations, Priests call them prayers and Buddhist monks call them meditation on a topic. So, what am I saying here exactly, what has praying got to do with affirmations and visualizations?

Focused meditation, praying, visualizations, affirmations are according to my experience all part of the same concept. They are all a part of getting ready to become what you want to be or get ready to achieve what you want to achieve. However, if you don’t get the energy and inspiration to get out of your couch in front of the TV and go out into the real world to MAKE IT HAPPEN – you are just wasting your time. (more…)

Performance coaching in the workplace

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:16:35 +0000

To create lasting performance change it is necessary to first understand the positive and negative influence that a person’s personal behaviors has on their execution and what impact these have on their ability to achieve success. Only when we fully understand a person’s behavioral patterns and create positive self-managing coaching strategies can we assist a person to create lasting performance change. (more…)

Change Management - Get to action

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:51:07 +0000

CONCHIUS new Change Management program is very well received and help bring changes into organizations. Often there is great buy-in to changes in the higher ranks in the company, but how to bring this enthusiasm down and create momentum where the change is really happening?

The Change Management program is a 2-day program on how to implement change effectively to create motivation, buy-in and action on all levels in the organization. This ensures that the change program does not lose speed half-ways or take an unforeseen direction.

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How to deal with emotional employees

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:55:35 +0000

Many managers are concerned with the 80’s generation lack of self-control, often describing them as “too emotional” and not treating each other with respect. One of the main reasons for this is that being from the single-child generation; the 80’s generation have little experience handling emotions and set-backs. Employees who become very emotional will often bring out emotional responses from their managers. Being a successful manager, you must be able to control these situations when they occur. (more…)

Is the 80’s generation less disciplined?

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:44:01 +0000

CONCHIUS latest research includes in-depth interviews with more than 100 Chinese and Western managers about managing the new 80’s generation. We wanted to see what are the strengths and challenges with the new work force rapidly becoming the core resource in companies in China. A big challenge found was that managers experience the 80’s generation to be less disciplined and often unwilling to follow even basic rules and procedures. (more…)

New Director of Sales and Marketing

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:46:04 +0000

CONCHIUS team is happy to Welcoming James Mcleod to our organization. With more than 20 years sales and marketing experience, James is a strong addition to our team. Last position was as Director for conferences and events at China Economic Review. Welcome to CONCHIUS James!

Find the strengths of local staff

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:34:06 +0000

Whenever someone moves to a new country, the most striking things are the differences compared to the homeland. When arriving in China, expatriates’ initial reaction is no different. In the new environment the newcomer often focuses on the 5% perceived difference instead of looking at the 95% similarities which can help us build a common platform.
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People, Performance, and Productivity

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:19:25 +0000

In business today it is a fierce competition and only companies with their long term visions and missions clear to them survive in the long run. All too often do we see companies with great ideas or products disappear and no one really understood what happened. Organizations have four primary ways they can differentiate themselves from their competitors and become successful: (more…)

Keys to Successful Personal Development

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:14:51 +0000

All our experiences and most research findings indicate that it is attitudes and personal behavioral patterns, rather than a lack of technical skills, which keeps employees and managers from reaching their full potential. Take long-term high performance for example. What is it that makes the employees in one unit outperform all others, even if all prerequisites and the working environment for performance is exactly the same within the company? (more…)

Why Chinese Executives choose Western Companies

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:47:11 +0000

In 2006, we launched a large research study with over 100 Chinese Executives working in Western Multinationals. One of the questions we ask the participants is why they choose a career in a Western company. While we expected money to be the number one reason for choosing to work in Western companies, Chinese executives described that money is only an initial short term motivator. The majority of participants list other reasons of why they continue working for Western multinationals. (more…)