Leadership in China: A Kiwi’s WeChat Playbook
Leadership in China Starts in the Group Chat For a New Zealander arriving in China for a job, exchange semester, language course or new business venture, leadership can look a bit different from the picture back home. In Auckland or Wellington, it is often fine to chuck an idea into a meeting, debate it openly, then sort the details later. In China, the visible meeting may be only one part of the work. The groundwork often happens beforehand: in WeChat messages, smaller group chats, shared documents, voice notes and quiet one-to-one conversations. ...