E-week: Global Talent Panel

Some comment from the distinguished speakers on finding talents on a global level hosted by eweek:
http://eweek.stanford.edu/2009/0223.html

1. Interview skills are short in supply both on interview and interviewee side
2. Most Chinese engineer thinks that if they don't become a manager at age 30, they're a failure
3. Sometimes one cannot promote managers from within, need to hire from external environment
4. Process Management skills are extremely important, and do due diligence.
5. Build one culture amongst different offices when you're still a relatively small company.
6. Communication skills are extremely critical in cementing a team, bridging cultural differences
7. Trust
8. Passion for hating to lose
9. In China, lack project managers or process managers (Fish analogy: one small fish gets eaten by big fish, a group of small fish will scare away the big fish from a distance)
10. Don't overlook your friends' shortcomings
11. Good sleeping habits are important (Have to work on that...)
12. How to schedule things correctly
13. A round of Mahjong can show a person's personality.