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Gabor Holch
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Master Executive Presence in 2024 (free webinar)
It's tempting to think that senior executives do not struggle with self-confidence issues. In fact more responsibility means more pressure.
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Gabor Holch
Mar 28, 20242 min read
China misundertood: 3 videos & a shared conclusion
Three video interviews with Gabor Holch about Dragon Suit and the future of foreign business in China.
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Gabor Holch
Dec 20, 20233 min read
Binge-listen my 2023 podcasts
My 2023 podcast appearaances about my new book Dragon Suit, expats, coaching and writing. Watch or listen, and let me know what you think.
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Gabor Holch
Aug 24, 20233 min read
Three ways that China will come to your business wherever you are
“Why should I care about the state of foreign business in China,” I hear a lot as my book Dragon Suit hits retail stores today.
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Gabor Holch
Jul 15, 20231 min read
The price of East-West economic warfare (video)
Leadership lessons from the rise and fall of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance lead by Carlos Ghosn until his downfall last year.
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Gabor Holch
May 27, 20232 min read
Small firms show the future of foreigners in China
Is there a future for smaller foreign firms in China, or only for global firms and their local competitors? Join our free webinar.
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Gabor Holch
Oct 9, 20222 min read
Free webinar: Hiring, hierarchies and leadership teams in East & West
What executives must know about the way Asian and Western ideas differ about a leader’s responsibilities towards others.
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Gabor Holch
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Location, role or industry: What's your next expat move?
East-West Leadership webinar with global career coach Peter Hill: the 'three-pillar approach' of building expat careers.
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Gabor Holch
Jun 2, 20211 min read
China+1: Where do multinationals go from China? (full webinar video)
Intercultural consultants Gabor Holch & Jurriaan Meyer discuss ‘China+1’, the concept of balancing the increasing geopolitical and human res
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The 2020 guide to intercultural leadership
Global people skills aren’t optional any more—2019 made this message clear. Global business reached managers of tiny startups in Mumbai or m
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Gabor Holch
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Foreign business in China in 7 questions
Those who have ever been foreigners in China know how easy it is to trample onto the country’s countless taboos, and how awkward the consequ
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Gabor Holch
Jul 3, 20195 min read
Expats behind China’s triple great wall
Foreign experts and businesses in China are a discriminated minority and a privileged elite at the same time. Foreign-Invested enterprises a
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Gabor Holch
May 22, 20195 min read
Global people skills aren’t optional any more
Globalisation in business, management and leadership often disorient the very people who are supposed to provide orientation to others. Take
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Gabor Holch
Apr 14, 20195 min read
Future-proofing your China expat management
In recent months, multinational offices in China’s first-tier cities have been beehives of activity. Minutes before our scheduled coaching s
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Gabor Holch
Feb 26, 20195 min read
Expat leaders lost (and found) in cultural mazes
Most multinational executives I coach or train into newly assumed expat jobs nurture two different but related ambitions. First, they want t
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Gabor Holch
Jun 25, 20185 min read
3 Asia expat headaches that inspire cultural agility
How much responsibility do you take as an expat leader in Asia? The communal and hierarchical values that dominate the continent often cast
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Gabor Holch
Mar 12, 20184 min read
Coaching leaders into cross-cultural jobs
Most firms select expat leaders based on technical competency and willingness, with an often complete disregard for personality or cultural
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Gabor Holch
Feb 26, 20185 min read
Cross-cultural leadership skills are not what you think
Corporate leaders are sent abroad to get things done, but they often create more problems than they solve. Wondering why they succeed in one
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