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countries but some from Eastern
Europe and South America, too.
Professor Ni, a friendly-looking man
wearing a Western-style suit, a goldcolored
tie with a Chinese drawing of a
waterfall, and a shy smile, began the
class with an overview of American
business culture. In the United States,
he warned, you need style as well as
substance if you want to get ahead. It
may not be fair, and it might not be the
best way of judging a person’s contribution
to the bottom line, “but if you
don’t have charisma you can be the
most brilliant person in the world and
you’ll still be disrespected.”
This is different from many other cultures,
said Ni. When a Chinese Communist
leader makes a speech, he reads
it, not even from a teleprompter but
from a paper. “If he’s the leader, everyone
has to listen.”
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