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Every organization needs leadership training to prepare its employees to be ready if one day they are chosen to become supervisors or managers. Even though they don't get a certain position, at least they can retain a lot of leadership skills that they can use in their lives. To build a leadership spirit in employees, you need to carry out leadership activities and do them regularly in the office. The activities include games, training, and challenges for employee development and building team spirit. We have summarized the best exercises to help employees have leadership training, hone their leadership skills, and become good leaders. What are leadership games? Leadership games are activities and challenges that are fun but effective to help players hone leadership essential skills and improve their leadership knowledge. Becoming a good leader requires a lot of practice, theoretical knowledge and also in real-world scenarios. Sometimes learning about leadership will feel easy when we read books or listen to it from mentors, but it will be difficult if we do it in a work environment. With leadership games, employees can learn a lot about leadership in fun ways. How do you make leadership training fun? Creating leadership activities in fun ways is good to make it easier for employees to carry out and absorb important information. But you must be able to ensure that the activity is effective, your team is enthusiastic when doing something fun. The most essential thing before doing leadership games or activities is to know your objectives. You must understand what you want to achieve, what learning outcomes you want your team to gain from the activities. You need to measure the progress and feedback, align the game with your leadership development strategy. Having clear objectives can help employees to focus on the game and ensure they understand what they are learning. 15 Best Management Games to Play at Work To keep the activities fun while learning, you need to choose the right format. For example, some leadership games will be more exciting if played outside rather than in the office. You can set a special time for some activities such as weekends or work anniversaries. Ensuring employees carry out activities with enjoyment is the key to making leadership training fun. 12 fun leadership activities for workplaces Having leadership activities can increase productivity both in participants' personal lives and at work. Below are training and challenges ideas for improving employees' leadership skills. Flipping a rug over This game is a challenge for teams to flip a rug over without having to leave the rug's boundaries. Perform the challenge by dividing the group into smaller groups. Prepare a rug, mat, or sheet according to the number of participants in a team. After all participants stand on their rug, ask the groups to flip over the rug to the opposite side, but if one member leaves the rug, then one team dies. The first team to successfully flip the rug over wins. This team challenge aims to teach patience, problem-solving skills, and teamwork. Crossing the crocodile river This fun activity requires focus, high level of balance, teamwork, and strategic planning. Each participant will learn to express their opinion to the team as a form of leadership. Play this game outside the office, find objects that can imitate a stepping stone like paper, small pieces of plywood, or discs. Provide the stepping stones depending on the number of players. Mark out two lines to indicate the start and the end of the river. The goal is using stepping stones to cross the river without leaving any player behind. Time will be counted once a player steps stone, touches the river, od goes out of the boundaries. If one of the participants touches the river, then one team will start again. Icebreaker trivia Icebreaker is a great idea for fun leadership games for almost any event. Ask your team a lot of icebreaker questions like "which leader is your role model?" "What quote do you always remember?" "If you were asked to choose one superpower, what would you choose and why?" The team members will take turns answering the questions. It will be good if all participants provide their answers, and after everyone has finished submitting their answers, whoever can name more than 5 answers from their friends will get a prize. This will teach employees to actively listen, observe, while respecting others for differences in answers and opinions. 30 seconds experience This is a short fun activity before you start meetings or events. Each team member will convey their happy experience or best experience in life in just 30 seconds. Other team members must be able to understand what their friends are saying, and find out why the experience means a lot to the narrator. The 30 seconds experience teaches employees to summarize a story and convey it directly and clearly, while learning about time management and being productive in a short time. Debate Debate is a leadership training activity that helps employees communicate with one another. Divide the team into two or more groups. Each debate topic will be carried out by two groups against each other. The leader of the group chooses to be pro or con on the debate topic. You can choose the topic about work-related or non-work related. Give the groups several minutes to have a private discussion to prepare possible arguments. Set the time limit for each group to present their argument. After the time runs out, other groups will defend their arguments or come up with new arguments. The debaters will keep rotating to speak until the final time runs out. Silver lining This activity promotes the motivation and the leadership skills of positivity. Break the participants into two groups and explain that they are doing a project together. The first group will talk about the negative experience they had on a particular project, while the other group will talk about the positive aspects of the same project. If they take turns conveying their aspects, the two groups swap roles to convey the positive and negative aspects of the other project. This activity will teach about motivating their team members, and team bonding. It’s our ideas Make several groups with each group containing employees from different departments. Each employee in the group needs to write down what activities they want to do for self or team development. Collect papers from the group, and choose the 2 best activities from the ideas written down. Give each group time to convey their ideas and why their group chose that. This activity teaches how to choose the best ideas from the team and if one team can do it without problems. It is hoped that each group will carry out according to what they wrote for their development. Marathon eating challenge Prepare some food and drinks and arrange them on the table. Each group contains 4 or five people. Make sure the food and drinks you prepare are different in type and taste. For example, you can put the first table with sweet foods, the second table with savory foods, the third table with can foods, etc. Each group member must finish the food in front of him before other team members can start eating their food or drinking their drinks in sequence. Each team has 5 minutes to determine who eats what. The team with the fastest time is entitled to a prize. Complimenting team members This is a fun activity because it gives each employee the opportunity to convey the good work of their coworkers and their strengths. Each employee is required to convey one or more strengths to the person in front of them. Do this alternately until each employee has complimented all of the coworkers. Defend the ducklings Break employees into several groups, gather all groups in one place. Each group will line up, holding their friends' hips in front of them. The leading person is the mother duck, and is tasked with protecting their ducklings. The game is simple, each mother duck can take ducklings from other groups, but can only take those at the very back. Continue the game until a large line is formed. Give a time limit of 10 minutes, and the group with the most ducklings is the winner. Complete the sentences This activity teaches teams active listening, concentration, and the ability to remember information. All employees sit in a circle. Starting with one employee who starts a sentence with one word, followed by another word from the person next to him. If one of the members forgets the order of the words in the sentence, then go back to the first person. To be fair between one another, the first person must change position randomly after successfully saying the sentence. Leadership retreat Every leader also needs time to relax and take a break from leadership pressures. Give free time to leaders and employees to boost their morale. Invite employees to have dinner, karaoke night, or any activity funded by the office outside of work matters. After giving free time to leaders and employees, assign them to make the next full schedule and re-address their next challenges.   Leadership skills can be obtained by every employee by training and carrying out activities to boost individual or team skills. Every leadership game and activity can be done in a fun way but still has to be effective. By improving leadership skills, it is hoped that employees can increase their productivity, prepare to be good leaders, and boost their morale. That's all about fun leadership activities. If you want other information on leadership skills or progressing your business, visit the SMEbrother site. We prepare various information about finance, licensing, and tips to advance your business.

There are many kinds of different companies, other than what they sell or produce, the company is also divided based on its ownership and the type of its company shareholder liabilities. In many parts of the world, a private company, and sometimes a state company is divided into Limited Company and Unlimited Company. What are their differences, and what is the definition for each of them? In this article, we will show you the definition of both Limited company and Unlimited Company alongside their differences, and how you set up a company in Hong Kong. We will take Hong Kong as an example of how you should set up a company in Hong Kong, especially for both Limited and Unlimited companies.  What Is The Definition of Limited Company and Unlimited Company? Most of the time, the differences between a Limited Company and Unlimited Company lie in the position of their shareholder, alongside their liability and obligations to the company. Some of us might have heard about the Limited Company because it is one of the most popular types, however, it might be quite rare to find or hear about the Unlimited Company. Top Business Survival Tips in 2023 The Limited Company is a company model where its shareholders aren’t responsible and are liable for the company's debts, or obligations. Meaning that any debts or obligations owed by the company aren’t the responsibilities of their shareholders. However, the company itself is still liable for every obligation and debt that it owes from third-party contracts.  As for the Unlimited Company, The unlimited company shareholders have unlimited liability, meaning that shareholders are responsible for every debt, liability, and obligation of the company, even when the company when bankrupt and cannot pay. The nature and responsibilities of the shareholders are determined based on the company’s constitution. The Differences between Limited Company and Unlimited Company From the point of view of the shareholders themselves, we can see the difference here. One of the key differences is in the shareholder position and liabilities. Normally, unlimited company shareholders have more power, but at the cost of more liabilities and responsibilities, whereas the limited company shareholders have less power, but they don’t have many obligations and liabilities from their company. Here are key differences between Limited and Unlimited Companies, especially for privately owned companies. Minimum Capital requirement – For both private limited and unlimited companies, there has no minimum capital requirement to become shareholders, but for Public limited companies, there will be a minimum capital requirement. Limited liability for their shareholders – Private limited company will have limited liability and obligations for its shareholders, whereas an unlimited company has unlimited liability for its shareholder.  Needing Publishing account – For the limited company, they will need a publishing account, but for the private unlimited company, usually, they won’t need it. Several maximum shareholders, and directors – Both Limited and Unlimited Company have their maximum number of directors with a minimum of one, and the shareholders also minimum of one shareholder.

香港作為國際的金融中心，世界各地的企業紛紛入駐，同時它也是內地企業進行出口貿易的重要港口。 內地的企業如果想要真正的能在世界市場中立足和壯大，在香港成立公司無疑便是各大企業的一大契機。 註冊一家香港公司，不僅僅是在實地經營中可以獲取利益，並且在開設離岸賬戶，最終實現一個返程的投資回報上，都能對傾向於出海的企業有十分大的幫助。 今天為大家分析，註冊香港公司到底有些什麽優勢。 設立一家香港公司優勢眾多： 1、擁有健全的法律體系； 2、香港知名度高，易獲國際信用； 3、擁有多元化的融資管道； 4、無外匯管制，資金進出自由； 5、經營範圍不受限制； 6、稅制簡單、稅率低； 7、每年只需申報一次利得稅；  一、優良的營商環境 01簡單稅制及低稅率 香港公司運營簡單，稅種較少、稅率較低。 每年僅需做一次年審和做賬報稅，不需要像內地公司，每月都要做賬報稅（國際上有許多機構利用香港的稅務優勢合理約稅）。 而且香港沒有預扣稅、增值稅及資產增值稅。奉行地域來源征稅原則, 海外收入可申請豁免。  02註冊香港公司無行業限制 香港可以經營任何合法業務，基本不受限制，這一點有助於後期公司的業務、產品的開拓，且不至於因為行業限制而讓公司發展受到阻礙。 03香港是全球最自由的商貿港口，物流進出自由 一般貨物進出不征關稅；香港資金進出自由，各種外幣可以隨時兌換調動；對於貿易公司尤為重要，香港公司的資金自由度很高，可以自由兌換。 而且，非香港戶籍人士，只需註冊香港公司，就可以開設外幣賬戶銀行帳戶。 04利用香港知名度創立品牌，提升公司國際形象 如果是珠寶類、醫藥類、電子等香港的優勢產業，可以利用香港的優勢行業作為其品牌推廣的助推器。 05香港是內地企業走向國際的最佳跳板 通過香港“走出去”成為內地企業開拓國際市場的最佳途徑。 無論是香港政府還是內地政府都鼓勵內地企業通過香港積極的“走出去”，充分發揮香港的優勢，更快更好的走上國際市場。 06香港公司是屬地征稅 香港以屬地為征收稅項的基礎，只對來自香港的利潤及收入進行征稅。  二、香港公司註冊環境自由 01公司起名自由 不論公司註冊資金大小，香港政府都允許公司名稱含有國際、集團、控股、實業、投資、學院、協會、基金會、研究所等字眼；公司名稱前面還可以加上自己喜歡的國家或地區名字，其經營範圍卻極少限制。 專家提醒，公司取名雖自由，但需要註意以下幾點： （1）公司名字不宜太長，一般銀行都有字數限制，比如“匯豐銀行”有30個字母的限制，超過三十個字，客戶打款時容易由於名字輸不完整，被退票。 （2）公司名字可以只取中文名字，英文名字，不能一個中文名字里含有英文字母。也不能英文名字里有中文漢字，因為政府規定了這是不行的。 （3）公司名字結尾中文必需是：有限公司，英文必需是：LIMITED。 （4）COMPANY，可簡寫成CO.，如果名字太長，可不寫。 02註冊流程簡易快捷 註冊流程其實很簡單：委托書→簽署協議→交付定金→簽署法定文件→到政府各部門辦理手續、8-12個工作日支付余款可獲整套資料。 在註冊香港公司時，最低的註冊資本只需要10000港元，並且可以根據實際情況來提高註冊資本，但到位的資金無限制。 03每年只用申報一次利得稅 香港公司每年只需要申報一次利得稅，不用每月每季度申報，方便簡單。 此外，香港還擁有健全的法律和會計體系，香港投資及創業情況旺盛也就不難理解了。   香港是一個著名的融資平台、不管是民間借貸、政府扶持、銀行放款、上市融資以及國際財團風險投資應有盡有。  投資者可以充分利用香港金融產品，銀行資源，通過香港公司進行一定程度上的資本運作。 在香港開公司優勢還有很多，更多詳情請聯系我們！

The COVID-19 pandemic might be slowing down, and governments all around the world are slowly planning on returning to something similar to the “normality” in the past. As the first country to feel the impact from the pandemic, China is also rising back to its former glory. BBC.com reports that China has reported an economic growth of 18.3% in the first quarter of 2021. Hence, new businesses were created, and job opportunities are advertised for new recruits. The post-pandemic world also presents a new opportunity for new entrepreneurs. During the lockdown, e-commerce and digital marketing grew significantly. Online sales grew by 3% during the first two months of the pandemic, and it surely will not stop. If you are looking to start a new business in China, creating an online platform would be a perfect place for you, considering that it could also reach a wider range of audience. Plus side is: it won’t even bother your main job! You could just consider it as a side business if you are hesitant in leaving your main income. Starting A New Business: Now (or never?) Now let’s get back to the topic. Online sales or not, starting a new business in China is a pretty good opportunity, and one that you can’t afford to miss. Even before the pandemic, owning your own business is definitely a risk that will pay off with high rewards if you play your cards right. Perhaps, you would wonder: why now? Is it really the right time, considering that the economics are still in recovery? Well, we are here to explain why now, more than ever, would be the perfect time to open a company in China!   Interest rates at a low point Business climate in China and everywhere has definitely changed since the pandemic. New businesses are emerging in China after the lockdown. And if you are wondering ways to get a business loan in China, then worry not! Interest rates have been lowered as a result of COVID-19, and it’s probably best for you to seize this opportunity to invest in your business.   Cheap, cheap, and cheaper In this digital world, your business won’t be successful without the help of services such as Canva, Zoho, and other tools you need. Fortunately, due to the impact COVID-19 has on the economy, vendors need to activate their survival mode and offer a lower price for their services. With the promotional prices and discounts all flooding the market, what better time to be doing a business here in China right?   Digital world: a world for everyone One of the positives to be taken out of the pandemic is the increased networking via digital channels. As a result, it’s so easy to find talents you will need for your business to grow. Most of the workers out there are currently looking for a new shift and job opportunities. Before big time companies such as Google and Apple, who are aggressively hunting for fresh faces snatch them, you best bet that now would be the perfect time to hunt down quality workers. Can’t afford to pay them on a monthly basis? Worry not, as there are so many freelancers out there that could suit your criteria! Time for You to Step Up Another positive to be taken from the ever-growing world of digital platforms is the opportunity it presents for you to compete with big time players out there. With ideas and creativity, it’s not an impossible task to be David and beat Goliath. But those things alone are not enough, as there are a lot of Goliaths you will be facing out there. You will need strategic planning, as well as careful considerations to execute your mission in order to be the best and beat out other businesses in China. There are a lot of ways to build and plan out your mission, but here are some of the basics you will need to know in order to really get you company going:   What’s your passion? It may seem simple, but it could be really essential. Here’s why: building a business based on something you like would definitely reduce the burden of “working” on your mind, as you are doing something you are passionate for. To start a business, you will need to do some background research. It will certainly require less time to research when you do something you like. The period of time you saved can be used for you to fasten up the launch of your business   What’s happening out there? Unfortunately, there’s a possibility that your passion doesn’t align with the trend. Don’t sleep on this fact, and make sure to study China’s business market. It would be a waste of time to build a cool company that attracts no interest. You could also check out the top 10 industries in China, and use them for your reference in starting your own. One more thing: try to think of what your potential customer needs now rather than what they needed before during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Planning and execution A good plan will help guide you to the right path. To make it right, you will need to answer some questions, such as: -          What’s the cost of doing business in China? -          How many tools will I need to help develop my business? -          What kind of marketing strategy I needed to use, and which platform to use it for? Hopefully, those questions will be able to help you in mapping out your business strategy. You could also search out other companies and learn how they are doing their business in China. Business in China for foreigners: doable? Starting your own business is a very interesting opportunity for everyone, including foreigners. In fact, what better way to make a living by being your own boss? The Chinese government allows foreigners to start their own company. In fact, they could own a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, or WFOE. Other alternatives would be to open a joint venture and do business with Chinese companies. Either way, it’s a very exciting prospect. Still unconvinced that doing business in China as a foreigner is a huge opportunity? Try to search for the list of foreign companies in China, and you will find a huge number of it. By the end of 2019, there were a total of 179,268 companies with foreign direct investment in Guangdong alone, and the list will keep on getting bigger as time goes by. Here are some of the top foreign companies you could find in China: -          The Daimler Group -          GE (General Electric) -          Walmart -          Microsoft -          Honda -          Casio -          Fujifilm Mind the Culture! As a foreigner, it is important for you to learn and adapt to the local culture. It will proof to be beneficial, and helps you to understand people in your environment. The same thing goes for business reasons. You wouldn’t want your business going down in flames just because of a clumsy misunderstanding with others, right? Besides the local Chinese culture, you will need to understand the business culture here in order to avoid any errors. We have listed down some of the basic cultural knowledge that you could note down.   Discipline The Chinese held on to a strict discipline. They really value punctuality, and working hours are usually 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. They have two hours break within that period, and work stops during the time to eat, nap, or refresh yourself. However, sticking to an end of a schedule is not a common thing, as the end of an appointment is rarely scheduled. Chinese people also held a strict hierarchy. During a meeting, people who enter the room first are the one with the highest rank.   Conversation Chinese people liked to have small talks at the beginning of the meeting. Popular topics to begin a conversation are: art, landmarks, climate, or travelling experience. However, avoid political-related discussion at all costs. They would also appreciate it if you learned and used a couple of sentences in Chinese.   Numbers Numbers play a huge part in Chinese business culture as well. As part of their beliefs, some number hold a good omen, whereas others don’t. Here are some of the examples: o   8 is the luckiest number, giving something with this number means a good gesture too o   Number 6 is often considered as a blessing for progress and smoothness o   4 is the number of death, and 73 means “funeral” How to Register a Company as a Foreigner? You may wonder this question, right? Perhaps you would worry that it will be one of the many challenges for foreign companies in China. But turns out that it is not a difficult task to do, after all. Registering a company in China is a simple task to do. Follow this task below!       Prepare all of the documents Typically, you will need to submit the documents such as: Legal ID, homecoming permit, and Shareholder ID. You will also need to provide the name address for your company, business scope, and proposed capital.   Figuring out your legal structure Before moving on, it is best for you to try and figure out the legal structure of your company. As previously mentioned, there are different types of companies owned by foreigners: WFOE, Joint venture, and Representative Office. WFOE is a company owned fully by foreigners, whereas Joint Venture is a cooperation between foreigners and Chinese partners with less restriction.   Recruit talents It’s highly advisable for you to try and recruit local workers for your staffs. They understand the local culture and market better than foreigners do. They could even provide you with suggestions to further develop your company while adapting to the local culture. To accomplish this, you will need to find a recruitment agency. They will be able to find top talents that are suitable for your needs.   Opening a bank account If you haven’t already, make sure to open a new bank account intended solely for your business purpose. WFOE is required to have a minimum of two bank accounts: an RMB basic account to help your daily operation and foreign currency capital contribution account for receiving financial injection abroad. Both of them will function are a must have for your operation, so be sure not to miss it.       Find agencies Registering a company by yourself will take a lot of your time and money. Therefore, you could use the help of agencies that specialize in this situation. We could help you to register your company! So, what’s the procedure? After making sure that you have all the documents and legal files needed, you will need to follow these steps: -          Application for name verification and registration online -          Supply information -          Waiting for review the application. It usually takes up to three working days -          Finalization completed registration -          Business license obtained and your company is a go! Sounds easy and simple, right? Just like that, you will own a legitimate international business in China. SME Brother won’t take you to a longer path in order to obtain your licenses. What are you waiting for? Go do some research for your business, and get rich by doing so!

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隨著社會的發展，越來越多的香港人有自己的想法，開始走進中國內地市場。 你是否同樣厭倦平淡無味的朝九晚五？想走出自己的小圈子去看這個大世界？