In any business, effective talent management is one of the keys to success. In the creative field, this is especially important: our people are our business. At freeflow, we try to achieve this by nurturing diverse creatives, whose synergy fuels our results. However, creative talents are no picnic to manage. Often opinionated on things including (but not […]
Remote working: Yay or nay? 8 leaders tell us when it works best and its pitfalls
In this first part of a two-part special feature, Priya Sunil seeks to find out the pros and cons of remote working, and more specifically, the situations which it is ideal or non-workable for. Leaders from Siemens, Schneider Electric, Luxasia and more share their views. The uptake of remote working has been catalysed by years […]
Why Executives Need Cybersecurity Training
Cybersecurity is no longer a niche issue for tech companies. With our growing reliance on online platforms, it’s very quickly becoming a priority
Economist’s voice: China’s prospects for 2021
What is the outlook for China’s economic growth in 2021? When will be the right time to further open the country’s financial market? In this interview, Huang Yiping, deputy dean of the National School of Development at Peking University and a former member of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, talks about China’s economic prospects, […]
China remains world’s largest trading nation in goods: customs
China had maintained its position as the world’s largest trading nation in goods during the past five years, with its imports and exports taking up a record-high share in the global market, the country’s customs regulator said Thursday. China’s foreign trade accounted for 12.8 percent of the world’s total during the first 10 months of […]
Business Opportunities for German Investors in China
Germany and China established diplomatic relations almost 50 years ago and, since then, have become partners, both economically and politically. China was Germany’s most important trading partner in 2019 for the fourth consecutive year, with a volume of trade worth €206 billion (about US$249.5 billion). In the second quarter of 2020, China surpassed the US […]
Value of China’s top 200 brands hits record high in 2020
The total value of China’s top 200 brands has surged 20 percent from a year earlier to hit a record high of 9.2 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) in 2020, according to the latest Hurun Most Valuable China Brands list released on Thursday. Leading Chinese baijiu brand Kweichow Moutai crowned the list for the third consecutive […]
Lead from the front, but remember to take a step back to breathe
Leaders and HR professionals from Ripple, British American Tobacco, OMRON Corporation, and groei share what they’ve learnt, including having a flexible and nimble culture, leading from the front, taking a step back to breathe, and more. As we enter 2021, to help set the tone moving forward, the team at HRO interviewed about 20 HR and business leaders to put together […]
Talent mobility trends for 2021
The Survey report will, under the theme of Reinventing Mobility Beyond 2020, explore the strategic changes mobility leaders must implement to help their organizations reinvent employee mobility over the next 12-24 months. The events of 2020 have brought about lasting change to people management, compelling many organizations to assess the support and care they provide to […]