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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

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...