Clarity is crucial for sustainable growth. We decode the “black box” of China and provide an objective, management-level assessment of your current situation – discreetly and without disrupting your day-to-day operations.

Your priority is your home market. Current pressures demand your full attention and absorb critical capacity. Meanwhile, the rules of the game in Asia have changed fundamentally. China is moving faster than ever within an information vacuum.

• You are experiencing a gradual decline of transparency.
• Local leadership is making decisions without strategic alignment.
• Key directional choices are being made on the basis of limited visibility.

This is not a question of commitment. It is a question of time for precise diagnosis.Managing a business operation from 8,000 kilometers away under these conditions represents a growing strategic risk. Benefit from 20 years of experience in and with China. We provide the facts you need to navigate this new reality with confidence.

The Steinkellner CPC is a focused, high-impact initial diagnostic for companies with operations or exposure in China. Within a short timeframe, it creates transparency around performance capability, leadership architecture, and structural risk, providing a foundation for management and investment decisions.Through a structured strategic plausibility assessment, we benchmark your financial metrics, HR structure, and internal management perspective against current market realities in China.

• Objective external perspective: We cut through internal blind spots and uncover structural discrepancies. This allows you to identify where internal reporting no longer aligns with on-the-ground market dynamics.
• Early warning system: We detect leadership-level risks (headquarters alignment vs. local autonomy) that typically remain invisible in standard reports. This helps you avoid costly misjudgments and emerging strategic crises before they materialize.
• No operational disruption: Our approach is discreet, non-invasive, and conducted quietly in the background. Your internal resources remain protected, and your China organization continues operating without unnecessary disturbance.
• Strategic executive session: Manfred Steinkellner personally contextualizes the findings. Together, you evaluate your strategic options with clarity and immediate decisiveness.
• Decision certainty in 14 days: The final CPC report is not a data compendium, but a concise, executive-grade second opinion for your governance bodies. The focus is maximum clarity, not volume.

Your effort: The CPC is designed to protect your executive capacity. You provide only a limited number of clearly defined core parameters. The structured working documents can be easily delegated to the respective departments and responsible managers for completion. We intentionally avoid time-consuming workshops or internal alignment loops. The result: maximum analytical depth with minimal internal resource commitment.

The China Performance Check is built on more than 20 years of substantive operational experience. As an active project leader and external advisor, Manfred Steinkellner has supported numerous mid-sized enterprises in executing their strategic initiatives in Asia. He has developed a deep understanding of local mechanisms, systemic dynamics, and structural realities.He knows the typical fault lines, the paralyzing leadership dilemmas, and the hidden inefficiencies that rarely surface in standard reporting frameworks.

Manfred Steinkellner does not pursue short-term engagements. He builds loyal, transparent alliances focused on sustainable success. His objective is to strengthen executives who seek not just to administer their China operations, but to actively and confidently shape them.He provides the perspective that is often lost internally: objective, experienced, and uncompromisingly candid.