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EXPANSION THE ART OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR XALLES IN CHINA |
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| news XALLES SUPPORTS GHANA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE PROJECTS
On March 14, Mr. Thomas Nash, Chairman and CEO of Xalles Limited, presented the seminar entitled, “International IT and BPO Marketing”, that was designed to arm local Ghanaian companies with practical tools and information needed to prepare them for international expansion and new markets. The seminar guided the participants through global opportunities available with practical guidance that included the topics of competitive business management, financial readiness, product development, and business intelligence. This full day seminar, provided at no cost as part of the Golden Jubilee program, was attended by 92 participants and included one-on-one business coaching sessions as well as a facilitated workshop session for participants to begin crafting a strategy suited to their companies and unique circumstances. The sessions helped direct the executives and entrepreneurs to actions in areas of effort that might not have been thought of before to be critical for successful international marketing. ASIA EXPANSION
Xalles recently established its formal presence in Asia to support the expansion of its international business. Xalles’ core activities in the region consist of assisting local firms who possess innovative products and services with competitive prices and offerings to enter the North American and European markets as well as provide financial supply chain consulting for payment solution providers. Mr. Nash, Chairman and CEO of Xalles, travelled to Asia last month, visiting China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand in search of innovative solutions and companies that
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potential During his visit, Mr. Nash also lead a series of educational seminars on international marketing to local businesses that want to go global but do not have the experience or knowledge to make it happen. Mr. Nash revealed the requirements for expanding into new markets and helped attendees learn how to determine if their organizations and their products are ready for global expansion. Xalles plans to assist these local entrepreneurs to Xalles also met with a selected group of companies to establish working relationships for its financial supply chain services within the region. Photos: 1. (l-r) Antony Widjaja from Xalles, Ms. Wang of CCPIT Shenzhen, representative from ZTE and Mr. Nash at ZTE headquarters in Shenzhen.
for more news click here .......................................................................... customerprofile RAISING CAPITAL FOR OUR CLIENTS Aspen Capital Partners
Based in Tampa, Florida, Aspen has established its reputation through its work with Diatect International Corporation (DTCT), Innovative Software Technologies Inc. (INIV), and the investment banking acumen of the company’s founder Peter M. Peterson. Aspen Capital Partners will assist clients with developing business plans, identifying key management and board of director candidates, securing the right funding, and providing ongoing financial management guidance to rapidly growing business enterprises.
Xalles will be working with Aspen throughout 2007 on multiple consulting engagements to bring new growth plans to life on an international basis. Future articles will feature some of these exciting projects in the financial services and information technology industries. For more information about Aspen Capital Partners, LLC refer to their website at www.aspencp.com. Photo:The Aspen team. (l-r) Jillian Paradis, Peter Peterson, Lynnmarie Boltze, Danicet Cura. .......................................................................... creativityinfusion THE ART OF PROJECT MANAGMENT
We have identified 10 skill areas that we consider to be the science of project management. For any existing project manager the items in this list should be fairly self-explanatory so we will not elaborate on each here. In no particular order the skill areas of “Science” are:
We have identified 10 skill areas which we consider the “Art” of project management. Being skilled in the traditional areas of project management may allow someone to effectively “administrate” a project. The problem is that even if all these skill items are performed with proficiency, there are many opportunities for complex projects to fail. So what is missing? The Art!
Team Management - The art of building and managing a team means understanding each person’s strengths and weaknesses, their personality and behavioural tendencies, and their opinions about the project and the other team members.
Business Savvy - Understanding the nature of project sponsors, champions and the motivation of each of those individuals will help you greatly on any difficult project.
Problem Solving - Advanced problem solving involves analysis to separate the problem from the symptoms, followed by a series of separate creative and critical thinking sessions to optimize the ideas generated.
Strategic Thinking - Strategic planning is the skill of selecting and executing against existing strategies, whereas strategic thinking is the development of new approaches using creativity.
Marketing and Spin Control - Project marketing involves the job of persuading people to follow and support your cause throughout the project. Spin control is the difficult task of communicating bad news about the project in such a way that the entire project will not be sabotaged.
Leadership Skills - The art of leadership involves knowing when to delegate, when to jump in, when to coach, and when to keep your opinions to yourself.
Negotiating Skills - The PM has to value the objectives of the project while finding a way to get the other party what they want.
Mediation Skills - The fine art of knowing when to push, when they need to pull, when to present, when to persuade and when to be quiet are all pieces of the mediation puzzle.
Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity – The PM needs to understand the working styles of the team itself and then understanding the cultures and natural preferences of the stakeholders with which the team will be interacting with.
Training - It’s important for any project manager to learn how to design effective training and also how to deliver training efficiently.
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China has made it easier recently for corporations to set up Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFEs). Companies no longer need to dance around the Representative Office (Branch Office) limitations of the past. Multinationals are moving in quickly, some more successfully than others, but that is par for the course. What China in general accomplishes in terms of sheer industry size and growth with numbers, it still struggles with the tactics of international marketing and establishing the right partnerships and distribution channels outside the country. We are pleased to be helping companies fill this strategic gap and as a result of the demand for our services, we are embarking on a venture to establish our own subsidiary and local office or potentially offices within regions of the country that most require our services. Look for more news in the future about our China expansion plans. TWN. Thomas W. Nash is the Chairman and CEO of Xalles Limited, with offices in the US, Canada, Ireland, Brazil and Ghana.
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Xalles would like to feature Aspen Capital Partners, LLC in this edition of our newsletter. As a company whose principals have over 100 years of experience in financial management and investment banking, Aspen has partnered with Xalles to provide a complete set of services to its clients, that includes consulting on raising capital, investor relations, financial management, corporate partnering and mergers & acquisitions.
Aspen has extensive expertise in capital raising activities which is allowing Xalles’ clients to quickly and effectively achieve their business objectives. Aspen specializes in introducing private and public clients to multiple sources of capital including private placement equity and debt financing. Aspen’s principals and advisors have raised in excess of $3 billion USD of capital for client companies. They have achieved this by maintaining strong contacts with high net worth individuals and key sectors of the investment community, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, insurance companies, pension and trust funds, mezzanine funds, strategic equity, and other investment groups. 
As I reflect on my recent trip to China, it becomes very obvious to me what part of the public hype is real and not real. Is China growing by leaps and bounds? Yes. Are their technology industries well poised to compete internationally? Absolutely. Is China ready to dominate the global economy making it almost impossible for most goods to be competitive anywhere else? No yet.
China has produced some very innovative products over the last 20 years, but as has happened in other regions, country borders are becoming less important than corporate borders. 