Starbucks China partners visit with Howard Schultz chairman emeritus

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Howard Schultz stood before the ballroom full of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) partners (employees) in Beijing with one ask: Open your hearts to each other. “Being authentic and being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. Being open and honest and sincere is a strength,” Schultz said at the Partner Open Forum, attended by 1,000 partners in person and another 15,000 who joined virtually. “Starbucks is at its best when we are embracing our humanity. And this whole room ri