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Digg it UP - How to Understand Russian Business Mindsets
Not too long ago, people in the fundraising community, would peg stewardship as the thank you letter that was sent to a donor upon receipt of a gift. A form letter with an unrecognized signature, stuffed into a #10 standard envelope and run through the postage machine. In many fundraising shops the gift information would be logged into a donor database and that would be it until the charity went looking for the next gift from the donor.A production line approach with little in the way of personalization, little in the way of sharing the mission and vision of what the organization was about, in other words a quick fix attitude to saying thank you.Times are changing. In our nanosecond society where billion dollar fundraising campaigns a
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Ru
I know a woman in her sixties. She worked for a company for a little more than a decade as an administration and office assistant for a staff of one hundred sales people, who loved her dearly. She always made sure all the faxes got to their desks; the stationery stock was full and each staff member had what he needed.Beyond her job description, she was like a mother to all of them: making sure the toilets got cleaned, old food was removed from the fridge and decorating the entire floor which the department occupied. She worked hard and never complained. She was always smiling, friendly and polite.She felt good about being a ‘mother’ to all the people who entered and left that department. She was comfortable with her position. No-one els
These five mindsets are
1. How things happen or don’t
2. Decision making – Hierarchy
3. Concept of time
4. Connections – “Blat”
5. Faith in own system
6. Conspicuous consumption
How things happen or don’t
In Russia how things happen or don’t is a mystery very difficult for outsiders to understand. For example, in neighbouring Finland things (excluding matters to do with politics) usually happen rather systematically in a bureaucratic fashion and the process is usually rather transparent. In Russia nothing important happens without a crisis or big drama which forces people to act and the forces behind such crises could remain hidden from view. When you are caught up in this “period of inaction” don’t tell the Russians that they are lazy or inefficient. This is a big mistake. They are immensely proud of their culture, their status as a superpower and achievements like space exploration.
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Ru
In the Industrial Age the main skills you needed to survive and prosper in the business arena were loyalty and strong work ethic. You could set your watch by annual pay raises. Seniority was the standard for upward mobility, but that was long ago.Survival today takes a lot more. If you have a job, you’re probably working harder and longer than you were ten years ago, earning fewer pay raises, benefits and languishing on the promotion stepladder.People used to have career master-plans: Get a degree, get a job, and retire with a pension and full benefits. Today, career planning is an oxymoron. Technology, reengineering, and a global economy have altered the career landscape. To survive, you have to learn to manage your career and your lif
2. Decision making – Hierarchy
3. Concept of time
4. Connections – “Blat”
5. Faith in own system
6. Conspicuous consumption
How things happen or don’t
In Russia how things happen or don’t is a mystery very difficult for outsiders to understand. For example, in neighbouring Finland things (excluding matters to do with politics) usually happen rather systematically in a bureaucratic fashion and the process is usually rather transparent. In Russia nothing important happens without a crisis or big drama which forces people to act and the forces behind such crises could remain hidden from view. When you are caught up in this “period of inaction” don’t tell the Russians that they are lazy or inefficient. This is a big mistake. They are immensely proud of their culture, their status as a superpower and achievements like space exploration.
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Ru
What's the best way to go about teaching English in Japan? The good news is that there are quite a few. Some of them even offer you a free plane ticket!I'm probably biased here, but I'd say the best English teaching job in Japan is the Japanese Government's JET Programme. That's how I first came to Japan. It stands for "Japan Exchange and Teaching" Programme, and although you will probably be in schools teaching English for several hours a day, the main aim of the programme is to get local communities used to foreign faces. Just imagine if in your town back home no one had ever seen someone of a different race or culture, only on TV. Well that's what most of Japan is like. You're basically paid to be a foreign face!The JET programme bri
In Russia how things happen or don’t is a mystery very difficult for outsiders to understand. For example, in neighbouring Finland things (excluding matters to do with politics) usually happen rather systematically in a bureaucratic fashion and the process is usually rather transparent. In Russia nothing important happens without a crisis or big drama which forces people to act and the forces behind such crises could remain hidden from view. When you are caught up in this “period of inaction” don’t tell the Russians that they are lazy or inefficient. This is a big mistake. They are immensely proud of their culture, their status as a superpower and achievements like space exploration.
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Ru
I remember the early days of my fundraising. I was an aspiring Winter Olympian and a young man inexperienced in the ways of the world - let alone the fine art of fundraising. After struggling financially in my first two years of competition, I realized I needed to devise a new plan for fundraising.Initially I began the same way as any amateur athlete would: I put together a nice portfolio full of wonderfully spun phrases on how I was going to be an Olympian and all I needed was the support of ABC Corporation. I followed up and followed up and had conversations with many people who thought what I was doing was great - but they had no idea who I was and had little interest in supporting an unmarketable amateur athlete.Had I continued
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Ru
When you surf the Internet, your IP address and your location can be found. These are some of the most important data, through which other valuable information can be also discovered: name, address and even your social security number. This exposes you to hackers and you can also be a target of many advertising agencies. These are some of the many reasons why free anonymous web surfing proxy sites have been created.Furthermore, when a person surfs the web, his/ her habits of surfing can also be monitored and marketing agencies can then send you a lot of junk mail, spams. There are also many sites that actually promote themselves using spy ware, junk advertising or spams and you will be target of all these if you do not use the free anonymous w
Decision-making – Hierarchy
Russia is a very hierarchic society and decision-making processes are very different from western (especially Finnish and Swedish) models. The hierarchical nature of Russian society with very large power distance is very important to remember in business dealings. Who approaches whom in business dealings is crucial to the success. Nowadays, Russian businesspeople pay a lot of attention to how they are dressed. Russian people in general probably spend more money from their family budget on clothing then any other nation in the world. Those who can't afford to buy top fashion brand clothing (such as Versace, Armani or Hugo Boss) prefer to be dressed in cheaper but still well made clothing. There is an old Russian proverb--"They want to meet you depending on how you're dressed and they say good bye depending on how wise you seem."
Concept of time
Many business people in neighbouring Finland have started adopting the American concept of time - time is money. This is rather strange to
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