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ltimately a business only has a few levers to pull to dramatically affect the performance of the business – marketing, sales, product development, and people,” says Klaus Duetoft, senior regional HR director at eBay & PayPal Asia Pacific. While this may be true, it also depends on how the lever is pulled. Duetoft, who has HR experience in government and pharmaceutical FMCG organisations, has witnessed firsthand the dramatic growth of one of the world’s most recognisable brands for seven years. “eBay was client number two for the outsourced HR company I set up and I worked with them in an outsourced capacity for five years. eBay are flexible and very relaxed. Every year they would ask, ‘do you want to come and join us?’ I wanted to build my company and they understood that. When I did join them two years ago, not a lot changed. In some ways I still operate as I did as a consultant. As a consultant you can cut through the political bureaucracy, cut to the chase, and there’s independence and objectivity. I think I’ve kept that style of operating, which works so well in the business,” he says. Duetoft’s responsibilities cover the full range of HR duties across Australia and Asia. First and foremost, Duetoft says
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