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Episode #334 Japan Needs More Alien Leaders

Episode #333: When Things Go Wrong Everyone Dives For Cover In Japan

Japan is a no mistake culture. This breeds timidity, resistance to change, lower levels of innovation, avoi...

Episode #332: Six Staff Members To Be Careful Of In Japan

In most cases, as leaders we inherit the staff employed by our predecessors. It is a rare chance to employ ...

Episode #331 Luke Verwey-Japan Year One- What I Have Learnt As A Leader

Luke Verwey has been running Nielsen Japan for a little over a year and I wanted to ask him about his experi...

Episode #330: Harry Hill- From Zero to $700 Million

Today we have an interview with Harry Hill the ex-CEO of Shop Japan. He went from being an English teacher ...

Episode #329: The Leader Imposter Syndrome

In any field the people at the top can be plagued with self-doubt. It is especially prominent in the artist...

Episode #328: The Five Drivers Of A Positive Workplace

As the leader you set the culture and tone of the form. In Japan, up until a few years ago, you could get a...

Episode #327: Leader First Impression Success

In our presentation training classes we ask the participants, “how long does it take for you to make a judgm...

Episode #326: The Mental Game Of Coaching In Business

Today there is a lot of discussion about conscious and unconscious bias in the workplace, especially when di...

Episode #325: Leading The Firm From $150 Million To A $BIllion

Today we interview Mt. Yasuaki Mori, previous CEO of Infineon Technologies. Mori san was President there fo...

Episode #324: Why Coaching Is So Important Today

We all accept that high performance athletes need high level coaches. What about in the work place? Are we...

Episode #323: What Sort Of Coach Are You

Many Japanese executives have grown up in the “tough love” school of OJT – On The Job Training. They were sc...

Episode #322: How To Identify When You Need Help As A Leader

Asking others for help can be difficult. The psychology of driven, perfectionist people though is to prefer...

Episode #321: Problem Solving In Business For Leaders

Leaders are problem solving experts. They have the authority, money and time to apply their skills to fixin...

Episode #320: Leading Virtual Teams

We have seen some major changes within Japanese corporates as they move overseas. In the old days, the Japan...

Episode #319: The Secret World Of Conflict When Leading In Japan

Japan doesn’t like conflict. As the foreign boss you will be super busy and may be missing some areas of co...

Episode #318: Managing Or Leading-Which One Are You Doing?

Last week I was teaching a leadership programme for new leaders and this key question of what is the differe...

Episode #317: Build Your Successor's Storytelling Skills

We enjoy movies, dramas, novels, plays because they all excel at telling stories. They are not executed as s...

Episode #316: Don't Take Bad Advice From The Client

Clients worry about their bottom line, cash flow, brand reputation and their own career. They often move ar...

Episode #315: Leading Projects Across Multiple Offices

What a nightmare this is, dealing with different times zones, work styles, understandings, offers, commitmen...