Thought Leadership

Your Own Leader Voice

The new Japanese financial year has already started now and I hope that last year’s results went well for you....

Professional Leader As The Coach

Leaders become leaders because they were the best at their job, their tasks, their function. They are promoted...

Leaders, How To Get Your Act Together

Here is a simple question – are you only working on the highest value items, that only you can do? Some thing...

Success Formula For Leading Project Teams

Leading projects can be tricky. Often the enthusiasm for the detail overrides the brain and the team are leapi...

Japanese Leadership Legend Mr. Atarashi's Big Breakthrough

Ever heard that a training course changed somebody's life? "It was good", "I enjoyed it", “I learnt something...

Peter Drucker, Leadership And Japan

Peter Drucker has this great quote. “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion ...

More Power To The Positive

Yes, but often we don’t. There are few things we can be 100% in control of and our attitude would have to rank...

The Persuasive Leader

A friend of mine was lamenting that he had not taken the time to complete our High Impact Presentations Course...

Accountability Starts With The Leader

Holding our people accountable is one of the basics of being a leader. They flounder, deadlines pass unheeded,...

Leaders Make Or Break The Firm

How do you run your business.  Sharp on the cost control, right on top of the quality, working hard on buildin...

The Boss Is Not Allowed The Luxury Of Reacting

Are you moody? You might say no. You see yourself as an upbeat individual, smoothly navigating your way throug...

Leaders Need To Provide Visionary Leadership

If we want to influence others with our visionary leadership, then we have to start with ourselves and clarify...

Trust Is Earned

Leaders gain automatic trust by dint of their position power.  Title and authority ensure people will toe the ...

Yes Boss, Whatever You Say

As leaders in Japan, one of our biggest fears is ignorance.  We may come up with a genius idea that is actuall...

Sports Lessons Which Instruct Leaders

The classic half-time locker room Churchillian oratory from the coach, whipping the team into a frenzy for the...

Boss Induced Aggravation Antidotes

Conflict with bosses can often be a fundamental difference in personality types.  These differences are usuall...

Leaders Make Or Break The Firm

How do you run your business. Sharp on the cost control, right on top of the quality, working hard on building...

The Art of Leading a Foreign Business in Japan

Running a business in Japan is not for the faint hearted. Plenty of big companies with deep pockets have faile...

Can Leadership Be Automated?

As a species, we like to dominate rather than be dominated, which is why we are trashing the planet so vigorou...

Charisma For Leaders

“Born to lead” is nonsense. Many things shaped that person in order for them to achieve credibility with other...