BREAKING OUT OF THE CIRCLE
Vicious Circles in Business
Which group of people is more numerous: Those who know what to do or those who do it?
Why is change so difficult? After we decide to improve our life, work, or the life and work of others, why does it take so long to start implementing the positive changes?
It is because our environment hardly ever makes change easy. When you decide to choose what you eat more carefully, you get dinner invitations. When you decide to improve your work-life balance, you are given more responsibility. You have to start working harder when you are already out of energy.
In other words, you are running around in circles. And you are not alone. While you are trying to make aprogresstowards your objectives, vicious circles are everywhere you look. Sometimes you do not even know you are in a vicious circle.
Whether it is time management, motivation, leadership, customer service or strategic management, you will need to knowhow to identify the ‘weak spot’ of vicious circles and how to break them.
• Procrastination: Why do I keep postponing urgent and important tasks? • Being overworked: Why do I use my precious overtime to stare at my screen? • Delegating tasks: Why don’t my people get anything right? • The stupid boss: Why does he give me pressure and unrealistic demands? • Corporate vision and strategy: Why do people resist the right thing?
Time and Place
7 July 2010, 9am to 11am, Shanghai Crowne Plaza Hotel, 400 Pan Yu Road
Facilitator: Gabor Holch
As consultant, trainer, coach, speaker and writer, Gabor has spent the last 15 years linking opportunities acro
ss cultural boundaries. He started his career in international development programmes (United Nations and OSCE) before coming to China in 2002 and starting up his Shanghai-based team of consultants. Since then, he has advised multinational companies, SMEs, public offices and universities on their cross-cultural strategy, management and communicationmethods. He focuses on cooperation between East Asia and the EU, advising clients in China, the EU, Eastern Europe, Japan and South-East Asia.
Gabor firmly believes that success has its roots in healthy teams and communities. In 2008 he became the first non-Chinese member of the China Association of Certified Management Consultants, he is an active Toastmaster and a member of various professional associations worldwide.
Register with Lisa at 5459 1006 or participate@sh-cbc.com
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