Leadership skills: networking

Some tips on how becoming a "pro" at networking 
By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

We all know networking is not necessarily easy: entering a room full of people we do not know, understand how to approach people that are already talking and  trying to say something without being too embarrassed....
The attached article gives some interesting tips on how to handle all this. If curious: 

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China: building trust in a relationship based culture

How to make business in China?

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

One of the cultural traits we always discuss while delivering our training workshops on China Culture is the need of building trust before any attempt of doing business in this country. This happen because China is a relationship based culture and because the level of trust among people tends to be quite low. We found interesting the attached article explaining how a "cold" approach as an email introduction does not work, if interested on the topic: 

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Future trends

How will the workplace change?

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting



The way we are used to work today will change. These the trends based on 10 entrepreneurs interviews:

1. There will be more flexibility for employees

2. There will be more consultants than employee

3. The office will be more like a home

4. Workplaces will become less formal, and more fun

5. There will be a shift towards on-demand services

6. More businesses will outsource their work

7. There will be more fluid and transparent ways to engage stakeholders

8. UX thinking will be applied internally

9. There will be more opportunities for remote work

10. There will be more ways to interface

Read more on: Inc.

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