Thought Leadership

Episode #142: We Need Help

Why did DIY typing make smart leaders stop delegating? When Executive Assistants and secretarial pools faded, ...

Episode #143: What The Dale Carnegie Course Delivers

Why Do Professionals Around the World Trust This 104-Year-Old Leadership Course? Many professionals ask, “What...

Episode #144: Delivering Presentations with Clarity

How Can Professionals Deliver Powerful, Persuasive Presentations? Many business professionals in Japan struggl...

Episode #145: Japan's 3 No Ys Society

Why do so many Japanese employees today seem to lack desire, dreams, and drive?Author and futurist Saka...

Episode #146: Stop Killing Your Sales

Why Do Words Matter So Much in Sales Today? What we say — and how we say it — can make or break a deal. In tod...

Episode #147: How To Get Good Ideas

Many professionals feel frustrated when their good ideas meet only rejection or harsh criticism. In some corpo...

Episode #148: Why Leading Project Teams Is Tough

Why Do So Many Projects Fail to Deliver Results? Across organizations worldwide, projects have become routine ...

Episode #149: Dojo Business Lessons

Why do martial arts principles matter in today’s business world? In Japan’s competitive corporate envir...

Episode #150: Attitude Control

Why Is Controlling Our Attitude So Difficult — Even for Experienced Professionals? We can control 100% of our ...

Episode #151: Drucker On Leadership

Why do high-performing companies in Japan still struggle with friction, confusion, and underperformance? Becau...

Episode #152: Ancien Regime Corporate Leaders

Why do so many top innovators lose momentum in their 40s? In business, just like in sports, early success ofte...

Episode #153: How To Be A Much Better Leader

Why “Born to Lead” Is a Myth for Today’s Leaders Many professionals believe leadership is innate — that some p...

Episode #154: Hard Talk Fallacies

Why do so many “hard talk” communication methods fail in Japan? Many global communication “gurus” preach that ...

Episode #155: You Don't Want Sales

Why Do Salespeople Have Such a Bad Reputation? Many professionals associate sales with manipulation — slick ta...

Episode #156: Charismatic Leadership

How Can Leaders in Japan Become More Charismatic and Influential? Many business professionals and executives i...

Episode #157: Structured Project Planning

Why Do So Many Teams Fail to Plan Projects Properly? In modern business, projects are everywhere — yet many te...

Episode #158: Good Messages Delivered Badly

Why do intelligent leaders still give poor presentations? Even accomplished executives often undermine their o...

Episode #159: Running A Foreign Business In Japan

Why Is Running a Business in Japan So Difficult? Running a business is demanding anywhere, but Japan adds uniq...

Episode #160: REAL Leadership

Why Do Great Leaders Still Struggle to Earn Trust? In Japan’s complex corporate environment—whether in domesti...

Episode #161: Effective Project Management Rules

Why Do So Many Projects Fail Even When We Know What to Do? Modern organizations have access to decades of proj...