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Episode #354: The Nuts And Bolts Of Running Virtul Meetings

Running meetings used to pretty straightforward. We would all assemble in the meeting room, go through the ...

Episode #353: Leading Your Japanese Team In Lockdown

Your team are sitting at home, unable to go outside and so as the leader what are your priorities? Crunchin...

Episode #352: Covid-19 Financial Crisis Leadership

The Covid-19 virus is nomadic, persistently wandering around the countries of the world infecting people and...

Episode #351: Two Waves Theory And Covid-19 Leadership

As an Aussie, I enjoy going surfing in Australia. Blue skies, golden beaches, clean oceans and good surf ma...

Episode #350 Covid-1929 - Are You A Wartime Or A Peacetime Leader

“Hey Greg, you misspelt the name of the virus, you dummy - it’s Covid-19”. Well, did I now? Actually the 1...

Episode #349 Stress Is Mounting In Japan And What Can You Do About It

PM Abe’s sudden announcement closing every school in the country from Elementary level on and up created imm...

Episode #348 Enabling Success In Japan

Vijay Deol originally came to Japan to teach English in rural Kyoto before starting at en world, a global re...

Episode #347: Building A Media Empire In Japan From Scratch

Robert Heldt, founder and President of Custom Media, an award-winning bilingual media agency, originally sta...

Episode #346: Hire People Smarter Than You And Trust Their Judgement

Allan Smith: Ex-CEO of RGA Japan Generally speaking, compared to other nationalities, they are a bit more r...

Episode #345: You Have Not Come Here To Be Comfortable As A Leader

Nikhil Gutpe The standard dress code is much more formal in Japan than many other countries, even including...

Episode #344: Five Generations Of Leadership Learning In Japan-Seiichiro Asakawa

Seiichiro Asakawa As a leader, I learned to not compete on things I did not have expertise in. I had a fina...

Episode #343: Be An Authentic, Vulnerable Leader To Draw People To You

Paul Hardisty Once you walk the talk over a given period of time as a leader, you gain trust, and then peop...

Episode #342: The 2020 Leader

Are you a perfect leader? If you are, bully for you. For the rest of us we continue on the journey. As th...

Episode #341: Want To Be A Great Leader - Then Be Yourself

Masa Namiki While you can be ready for a position from a capability or mindset perspective, it does not nec...

Episode #340: 2020 Will Be Different

Let’s make IWWCW our motto for 2020. Quite a mouthful as far as acronyms go, but the meaning is sensible, y...

Episode #339 Reflecting On Your Leadership Journey

We all tend to live in the moment as leaders. We swing from meeting to meeting like a great ape moving acro...

Episode #338: Leading An Intentional Leader Life In 2020

Leaders are made not born. Yes there are some bossy types and charismatic types who bubble to the top and a...

Episode #337: Dominic Carter-Five Guiding Principles To Create The Right Culture

Episode #336: Lessons On Why American MBA Style Leadership Struggles In Japan

Episode #335: Kervin Go On Leading A Small Team In Japan