{"id":1646,"date":"2019-04-01T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2019-07-07T05:14:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T12:14:01","slug":"hit-the-target-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/hit-the-target-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit the Target 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hit the target 2019. A week does not go by without a colleague or client expressing deep concern for what seems an overarching and singular need for their company to reach their sales numbers. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To most, despite a number of vital business initiatives, they feel the monthly demand to meet \u201cPlan&#8221; matters most.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can recall a few years ago while mentoring a new American divisional vice president being pulled aside by his Korean expatriate counterpart, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songdoibdcitytalk.com\/blog\/vodcast\/everything-korea-april-3-episode-working-korean-teams-part-1\/\">Executive Coordinator<\/a>. The Korean who I was also coaching seemed troubled and obviously under duress. The Korean manager knew I understood the company as well as Seoul HQ expectations.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Korean asked passionately for me to stress to the new American VP they needed to \u201cHit the Target.\u201d &nbsp;He repeating the phase, 3 times so to ensure I got it\u2026 then patting me on the back and sending me over to the adjacent office with the VP to share the message.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frankly, as long as I have been working with Korea facing global business it has been the driven force. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another case, I was a speaker at LG\u2019s Mobile Phone National Sales Meeting. &nbsp;Capping the upbeat and motivating event, the Korean CEO with a huge graph projected behind him shared their amazing unit sales growth over for the years. He then added the next year\u2019s \u201cstretch goal\u201d as a hush came over the room. &nbsp;The new goal a huge bump over past years, which had pushed teams and the organization to their limits. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;To be fair, this model is not unique to Korean business. But it has been the subject of frequent discussion in Korea. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, South Korea\u2019s modern economy was once rooted in a state-run export-driven model\u2014the government fixing private industries and well as the nation\u2019s overall production and sales quotas in many sectors. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Today despite leading international as well as Korean economic experts arguing the old model is dated and need to move more to the service sector\u2026 &nbsp; the export production model still remains a driving force\u2026&nbsp;In part with so much of the Korean economy and jobs tied to export production the Groups are under pressure to continue to seek growth each year\u2014 and push their teams even harder. &nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;So what\u2019s the solution? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, we need to accept this has long been the foundation of Korean business. &nbsp; Change is underway but will take time.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s part of their Culture and a still a norm accepted by many. &nbsp;&nbsp;In turn, others do hope and argue for Korea to re-invent and redefine itself, less focused on growth numbers and more on a being a leader in new technology and innovation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here as always, and actively interested in new and challenging projects.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgingculture.com\">https:\/\/www.bridgingculture.com<\/a>   <a href=\"mailto:dsoutherton@bridgingculture.com\">mailto:dsoutherton@bridgingculture.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hit the target 2019. 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