April 16, 2021

#47 Expat Assignment Prep. and More with HongHong Xu

32 minutes

HongHong Xu, originally from Beijing, has moved to Germany 30 years ago with hardly any money in her pocket, studied hard and got to work at the world’s largest chemical company, BASF. She learned to work between two cultures and through her traditional approach "hard work and humility", she got promoted and assigned to work in Hong Kong for 5 years. After 24 years in the corporate world she has started her own company Peking Bridge, which helps European and Chinese companies overcome their intercultural obstacles. In this 30 minute episode, HongHong shares a wide range of crucial flexpat advice:

This is what you’ll learn:

Working between European and Chinese cultures

Expat assignments & Family decisions

Busting traditional ideas "I am the expat, not my husband!"

Succeeding back home after being an expat abroad

One tool to make Chinese teams collaborate better internationally

Transition from corporate work to entrepreneurship or professorship

How European students learn about China in business school

Connect with HongHong on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hhx/

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