Have you ever lost trust in someone? I mean, I’m sure you have. Who hasn’t? What about this one: Why do you trust some people right off the bat, and yet for others, there’s something about them that you can’t quite put your finger on but you doubt their level of trustworthiness. There are concrete […]

How many times in your day-to-day life in China have you wondered (or muttered), “Why would someone DO that???” As we learn to navigate our new existence in China, the sentiment is often negative—we can’t help but filter the insanity happening around us through our own rosy glasses. But what would happen if we had […]

Josie Zhao, Chief Operating Officer of Deutsche Bank China, spent almost 20 years living and working outside of her home nation. Just one year ago, Josie accepted the role with Deutsche Bank in Shanghai and as a Returning Chinese, she has spent much of the past year re-acclimating to life and work in China. Josie […]

In our society, negative emotions like pessimism, anger, jealousy, guilt, anxiety and sadness are generally considered emotions that are best kept to our selves, suppressed or simply brushed aside. Don’t believe me? Well, how many times have you said, “Oh, I know shouldn’t feel so angry about this? Or “I know, it’s so silly to […]

If you had to brainstorm a list of the qualities you believe to be most sought after in leadership by Chinese employees, what would you include? How about responsible? Motivational? Caring? Powerful? How might you rank them? I sat with Morry Morgan, co-founder of ClarkMorgan, and learned about a fascinating survey they conducted all around […]

What does it take to sell effectively to the Chinese market? Sales guru, author and co-founder of ClarkMorgan, Morry Morgan certainly knows. Morry defies the odds as a laowai, consistently ranking top in sales to the local market. How does he do it? What qualities and strategies are crucial to success here? Tune in to […]

Welcome to “Finance Friday” where you have the chance to become smarter with your money. In this series with wealth manager and financial adviser, Adrian Bliss, learn what you can do to set yourself up for success with your finances—whether your swimming in the dough, or barely making ends meet. Most people don’t realize what’s […]

Christine Wright, Managing Director of HAYS in Asia, leads a team of 20 nationalities in offices in six nations—talk about a woman who has seemingly mastered managing through cultural challenges! I sat with Christine in her office a few weeks back and dove into three topics for this mini-series on motivating, empowering and connecting teams […]

At Limitless, we’re all about helping you be successful in China faster and this final installment of the Enneagram podcast series will give you strategies for living and working in the typical ‘6’ nation of China. If you’ve not listened to parts 1 and 2, definitely go back (or part 3 won’t make much sense!). […]

Unlike other personality descriptions that label you and leave you high and dry, the Enneagram is a tool full of hope that provides each person with practical steps towards a more balanced life. In part 2 of the Enneagram series with Pete Rogers (you’ll find Part 1 here) learn how movement around the nine personality […]