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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...

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...