One hundred years ago in Zhejiang Province, the mountain retreat Mogan Shan served as a getaway for foreigners wishing to escape the bustle of Shanghai. Since then, it all but disappeared as a tourist destination, only worthy of a few lines in the first Lonely Planet guides to China. Today, however, it has returned to its former glory as a prime vacation spot – only this time, Mogan Shan plays host to more than the honeymooners and romantic couples. The majestic mountain resort now welcomes an increasing number of corporate team building events. It was on one such team building excursion, that ClarkMorgan went ‘Into the Wild!’.

 With a Little Help From Obama

We can definitely learn a lot from Obama; his audacity, optimism, and even presentation skills. However, I am not suggesting that you copy him. If during your next HR update to management you were to begin by saying,“Make no mistake ladies and gentlemen, the path that lies before us is fraught with hardship, yet lays the claim to something greater, more powerful that resides within us all…”then I am certain that you’d get more than a few strange expressions. Someone might even check if you are late on important medication. No, the point of this article is to take a look at some of the great principles that Obama uses, so we can convert them into our own style. As the tile of this article suggests, here are four Obama skills:

                             And what you should be doing about it

     by Morry Morgan

Ok, I am back! Last time out, I talked about the importance of developing client management  techniques within your organisation. Why was this important? Let me remind you. Managerial  talent in China is both hard to find and expensive to acquire. Therefore, developing the type of skills needed to deal with the increasingly complex challenges posed here in China is vital to  ensuring your organisation remains successful. This idea works on two levels. First, from a HR  perspective, it helps you manage your organisation’s HR needs with greater efficiency. Second,  by nurturing your top employees and helping them develop key management skills, you will ensure  you do not need to take the costly and complicated approach of trying to bring in someone from  outside when you need to fill your next managerial vacancy – you might just have the perfect  candidate already!