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Performance Appraisals

Performance appraisals are one of the hardest jobs in leadership because they affect promotions, bonuses, big...

How To Get Performance Alignment

When an organisation has lots of moving parts, coordination becomes a competitive advantage. Divisional rival...

The Planning Process

We’ve all heard the old line: “we don’t plan to fail, we fail to plan.” Yet when you watch a team get handed ...

The Innovation Process for Leaders

Doing more, faster, better with less has become the default setting in modern commerce. Demands keep rising w...

Time Management For Leaders

The reality of business in the 2020s is we’re constantly juggling **time, quality, and cost**—push one and t...

How To Get Better Results

When you’ve got a dozen priorities, meetings, emails, and “urgent” requests hitting you at once, the problem...

How Leaders Can Strengthen Relationships With Their Team (Part Three)

Over the last three episodes we’ve covered not criticizing people, giving appreciation, understanding wants,...

How Leaders Can Strengthen Relationships With Their Team (Part Two)

In the last episode we covered three principles for strengthening relationships: avoid criticism, express si...

How Leaders Can Strengthen Relationships With Their Team (Part One)

Most leaders want strong relationships with their team, but not every relationship works well—especially whe...

The Five Drivers of Leadership Success

When markets are kind, anyone can look like a genius. The test arrives when conditions turn—your systems, sk...

Balancing People and Process—and Leading

br> Newly promoted and still stuck in “super-doer” mode? Here’s how to rebalance control, culture, and del...

How to Stop Forgetting Things

Feeling busier and more distracted than last year? You’re not imagining it—and you’re not powerless. This gui...

The Right Japan Workplace Culture

How to reshape culture in Japan without breaking what already works. What is the first question leaders shou...

How To Remember People’s Names at Networking and Business Events

Short intro: Forgetting names kills first impressions. The good news: a few simple, repeatable techniques ca...

Episode #267: The Secret Power Of Sales Bridges In Japan

How Do You Use Sales Progression Bridges in Japan? Sales meetings aren’t random. They follow a rhythm—trust b...

The Boss Must Become the Human Alternative to AI

Why authentic leadership is vital in 2025, when AI is everywhere Back in 2021, the big conversation was abou...

No Change Agents Needed in Japan

Why foreign “hammers” fail and what leaders must do differently in 2025 For decades, foreign companies enter...

Should the Leader Concede?

Balancing strength and flexibility in leadership in 2025 Leaders are often told to “never surrender” and “wi...

Leaders Sensing Versus Managers Knowing

Why leadership requires sensing and feeling, not just knowing, in 2025 Managers often prioritise what they “...

Leaders Having Visions Were Disparaged

Why vision, mission, and values still matter in 2025—if leaders make them real Not long ago, talking about “...