My morning alarm woke me as usual. My first thought was, “Where am I? Shanghai, Xian, or somewhere else?” I reached for my cell phone with that question still on my mind, as “One new message” appeared on the screen. “This is your flight summary for the year” it read: 97 flights taken; 186,400 kilometers covered; 21 cities visited. You might think that I am a pilot or a flight attendant, but no! I am a talent development consultant in China.

When I started my career as a college professor in China, I had no idea I would move into corporate life as a trainer in a sales department and work my way up to a learning and organization development director ...

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