Wealth Without Borders Podcast

Talent is about people and most challenges are settled once the right person is assigned in the right job role.

Organizations need a balance between performance measurement systems and an energized management team that believes in empowering human potential including those who are weak and without a voice. 

Brian JC Sun has over 20 years of experience in the corporate world and as an entrepreneurial experience, mostly based in Shanghai. He's got a distinguished career in talent acquisition and management.

In this episode, Brian talks about why talent is important in leading an organization and the challenges a multinational company faces related to a cross-cultural environment.

What you will learn from this episode: 

• Determine the relationship between the quality of talent to business performance
• Find out why talent should not be fought for but co-exist holistically with the pulse of the organization
• Learn about the cultural problems encountered by multinational companies and how to resolve them through deeper knowledge and communication

“Common mistakes that people make in terms of if they are coming from international markets would be their habits and their existing knowledge.”   

- Brian JC Sun

Topics Covered: 

01:40 - Brian defines his ideal client: “My ideal client is a client that understands my value in providing alternative advice, giving them that third party perspective that they are not able to capture, especially in the area of assessing candidates, especially personalities, and also leadership skill sets.”  

02:31 - Problems that Brian solves for his clients: Chemistry problem- the chemistry of aligning two different personalities and skillsets together

03:00 - Cultural awareness, understanding different regulatory practices, the common symptoms his clients faced 

04:18 - The common mistakes that people make in terms of if they are coming from international markets: their habits and their existing knowledge

05:32 - What must someone who is going to a new market or coming into a new country do and consider? Be a wide reader. Have wider conversations with people who have been there and done that. And discerning how you interpret and receive information.

06:30 - Brian’s valuable free resource: Classical traditional reliability of entrenched media such as a good economist magazine, Financial Times, and also Glassdoor reviews and Linkedin comments

07:46 -What concept or book or program or tool has been most impactful in Brian’s own experience?: The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura

08:55 - What are the core values that I practice regularly whether it is with a client or with a friend? Think about the values that are just beyond just an assignment or a business, or what are the values that are relevant to my existence. 

Key Takeaways:  

“The chemistry of aligning two different personalities and skillsets together because to differentiate the difference between organization and a candidate that is really about the line manager, the boss and what he or she demands or expects from the incoming incumbent.” - Brian JC Sun

“From a problem of analyzing a new market or coming into a new country. I think one, wider reading. Two, wider conversations with people who have been there and done that, and discern how you interpret and received information.”- Brian JC Sun

 Ways to Connect with Brian Sun: 

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunbrian 

Ways to Connect with Howard Whiteson 

• Website: http://www.wealthwithoutborders.net   
• Podcast: https://wealthwithoutborders.net/podcast/ 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardwhiteson