Globalzation Road Trip:Day 2 & 3
Ralph and the chairmen
I spent Monday meeting with my team in Beijing, a great group of very motivated employees. I talk to some of these folks several times every week, however face-to-face contact really makes all the difference. The good news was that I finally had time to see a little bit of Beijing (other than customers offices). We were able to tour the Forbidden City (Palace Museum) and Tienanmen Square. Quite a sight!
The team at lunch
Tuesday we went south about 70Km to visit my largest customer in China. We had a great meeting and for the first time they had nothing but good things to say about our products! Compliments are not part of the normal negotiating process.
Tomorrow on to Xi amen to visit a supplier (it is nice to be a customer sometimes).
March 29th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
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