by Wendela Elsen | Dec 11, 2020 | Story blogs
I had landed on my feet. After about seven months in the local Taipei office of one of the Big Four accounting firms, working in a complete Taiwanese environment without speaking the language, I had moved on to the Asia Pacific Regional office in the role of Regional...
by Wendela Elsen | Dec 8, 2020 | Content blogs
Living your values is the greatest success in life for each individual. Values are the foundation of your purpose in life and living according to your values brings fulfilment. Values are very personal; for one they may be around money and career, for another around...
by Wendela Elsen | Dec 8, 2020 | Content blogs
When clients tell me that they are not happy with their current lives, I generally don’t focus on that word ‘happy’; I talk about fulfilment. But what exactly is fulfilment and why do I prefer using that word over happiness? These days there is a particular focus on...
by Wendela Elsen | Dec 8, 2020 | Story blogs
After about six months in my new job in Taipei it was Chinese New Year, in February. This meant that the office would close for a whole week! I was hired locally and that meant that I had no right to annual leave in the first year. As a European, I found that...
by Wendela Elsen | Dec 8, 2020 | Story blogs
I had followed my boyfriend to Taipei where he was sent on an assignment by his company and I was locally hired by one of the Big Four accounting firms as an executive search professional. My job was to penetrate the Western business community to find new clients for...