China Flexpat17 Aug 2024

#153 The Lettuce Diaries - Leadership Lessons

Flexpat leadership lessons by an experienced entrepreneur and international leadership advisor

- Build a company in China as a flexpat

- Be prepared for the long game, dont give up

- Create a strong company culture and clear differentiation

- Ask your Chinese team for help, keep learning

- Find your role as a flexpat, explain a complex situation to those who dont understand it

- If you leave China, stay in touch

Xavier Naville is the author of "The Lettuce Diaries", a business memoir about his years in China’s food industry. He came to China in 1998 and eventually started and grew his own company to what is now an organization with 9 factories serving 6,500 restaurants a day and $150m in revenue.

More about "The Lettuce Diaries": https://www.xavier-naville.com/the-lettuce-diaries

As a CEO & Leadership Teams coach, Xavier helps small and mid-size business leaders to scale their organizations faster with measurable results.

https://www.vision-consultants.org/

Find Xavier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xaviernaville/

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