FBA 44: Doing business in Asia with Stuart Jay Raj [Part 1 of 2] - a podcast by Jack Thomas
from 2019-07-29T00:00
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Stuart Jay Raj speaks 15 languages and has done TED talks in both Chinese and English.
He helps many top companies across Asia run more efficient businesses and bridge the cultural divide between east and west, so there’s perhaps no better person to talk to about doing business in Asia as a foreigner.
In this podcast episode, we cover:
- The importance of speaking the local language
- Don’t offend - learn the basics of a culture
- The drawbacks, and rules for, hiring an interpreter
- Big faux-pas when doing business in Asia
- How to build trust amongst your local staff
- When to push western values and when to accept local values
- Anonymous feedback in Asia
- When you fire somebody in Asia, you don’t fire one person
- The advantages of doing business in Asia as a foreigner
- Should you ‘go native’ as a foreigner in Asia
RESOURCES
FITNESS BUSINESS ASIA INSTAGRAM
GUEST RESOURCES
JCADEMY - STUART’S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Further episodes of Fitness Business Asia Podcast
Further podcasts by Jack Thomas
Website of Jack Thomas