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Episode #399: To SER With Love

In the movie “To Sir, With Love”, Sidney Poitier was brilliant in the role of a black teacher in a tough Lon...

Episode #398: The Year Two Covid Danger Zone For Leaders

Covid-19 popped up out of nowhere in January 2020 and we began following the news reports about this mysteri...

Episode #397: Four Superheroes of Coaching for Leaders

We have seen Hollywood pumping out comic heroes as movie franchises to get the money flowing into the studio...

Episode #396: Working Through Others Who Are Not Working

The chain of command is a well established military leadership given. I have three stripes, you have none, ...

Episode #395: Modern Micro-Planning For Leaders

Best laid plans of mice and men. That was 2020 wasn’t it. We all started that year with our plans, hopes, ...

Episode #394: The Three Circles Of Leadership

Most leaders are not properly trained for leadership. This is especially the case in Japan. Here you study...

Houseclean The Team Every Year

Japan has a wonderful year end tradition where the entire house is given a massive clean up. Dust is dispatc...

Episode #392: The 2021 Leader

Looking back, 2020 started quite well and then rapidly descended into a nightmare for most of us. Very few ...

Episode #391: Is Japanese Leader Charisma The Same As Western Charisma

I met the owner of a successful business recently. He had bought the company twenty years ago and then pivo...

Episode #390: Leadership Silk Purses From Sows' Ears

The ad on social media said, “we are looking for sales A players”. I know the guy who put out the ad and he...

Episode #389: Namby Pamby Kids Today And Tough Love Leaders

Years ago I inverted the pyramid and promoted the best salespeople to become the branch leaders. The existi...

Episode #388: Micro Leadership Techniques

Time is the enemy of good leadership. It takes time to develop a team of individuals. A common metaphor is...

Episode #387: The Leadership Equation

I remember reading once about a President reflecting on the cost controls he had instituted inside his organ...

Episode #386: Effective Teamwork is No Accident During COVID-19

Working from home can easily become working apart. Japan is a group oriented society and now the group has b...

Episode #385: As A Leader, How To Provide Guidance Your People Will Follow

Giving people orders is fine and fun, when you are the leader. Not so great when you are on the receiving e...

Episode #384: Leadership Principles Are An Absolute Must

Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School and INSEAD Business School are all awesome institutions. ...

Episode #383: How Decisions Are Really Made Inside Japanese Companies

The President of a company is a very powerful force. They drive the direction, the strategy and the culture...

Episode #382: Leaders Need To Empty Their Cup

Tokusan the scholar visited Ryutan the Zen Master to learn about Zen. Tokusan was a very smart fellow and v...

Episode #381: Key Competencies Needed To Lead Others (Part Two)

In Part One we looked at two broad categories of leadership competences around being Self-Aware and having A...

Episode #380: Key Competencies Needed To Lead Others (Part One)

Leading is super easy. You are given the title, the authority, the budget, the power and then you just tell...