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#153 The Lettuce Diaries - Leadership Lessons
Manage episode 434748370 series 2814974
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/
Please also tune in to episode
127 Expats leave China
119 Returning home after 10 years
136 China-focused future
142, 133, 132, 85 Entrepreneurship
39, 122, 135 China Marketing for Brand success in China
138 European values
139 Coach your team
154 episodes
Manage episode 434748370 series 2814974
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/
Please also tune in to episode
127 Expats leave China
119 Returning home after 10 years
136 China-focused future
142, 133, 132, 85 Entrepreneurship
39, 122, 135 China Marketing for Brand success in China
138 European values
139 Coach your team
154 episodes
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