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Episode #194: Leaders Who Can't Listen

Dynamic, powerful, driven, single-minded leaders get stuff done. They are resourceful, disciplined, patient...

Episode #193: Leaders Be Persuasive

A friend of mine was lamenting that he had not taken the time to complete our High Impact Presentations Cour...

Episode #192: Accountability In Your Team

Holding our people accountable is one of the basics of being a leader. They flounder, deadlines pass unheede...

Episode #191: Boss Stimulation Needed

Our education moves through many transitions. We do our basic academic education at school and university a...

Episode #190: Get Ready For Your Productivity Nosedive

Brace yourself for everything to take a big hit. Speed, attention to detail, output, results are about to fa...

Episode #189: Hey Donald Trump, Try "Winning Friends and Influencing People" Instead

Donald Trump’s phone call with Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s Prime Minister was major news. The tastier part...

Episode #188: Buying People

When we buy a company, we are buying the people and all the “assets” - plant and equipment come with them, r...

Episode #187: Still Stinky Performance Assessments

Seems hardly a day goes by when yet another big player announces they are no longer using annual performance...

Episode #186: 2017-Three Day Trainwreck

Japanese language has lots of insightful sayings and “mikka bozu” or only lasting as a priest for three days...

Episode #185: Be The Light On The 2017 Hill

New Year, new starts or not? We religiously muscle up in January to set our resolutions to improve ourselves...

Episode #184: 2017 - Good or Bad?

There are many starts to a year. Some are based on financial years, zodiacs and calendar years. Generally sp...

Episode #183: Dangerous People

It sounds quite obvious not to hire people who are dangerous. The problem is people can have a nice resume, ...

Episode #182: One Of The Biggest Leadership Challenges

How do you run your business. Sharp on the cost control, right on top of the quality, working hard on build...

Episode #181: The Boss As Super Coach

The younger generation are the future and they want a different type of boss. That boss has to be a new mode...

Episode #180: The Madness Of Moods

Are you moody? You might say no. You see yourself as an upbeat individual, smoothly navigating your way thro...

Episode #179: Personal Visionary Leadership

Normally we think of a visionary leader as someone who shows us the way forward, who motivates, encourages a...

Episode #178: Become Your Own First Responder

There are billions being spent in the beauty business, the weight loss, fashion and entertainment worlds. Th...

Episode #177: Trust

Leaders gain automatic trust by dint of their position power. Title and authority ensure people will toe th...

Episode #176: Running A Foreign Business In Japan

Running your own business is challenging anywhere, but Japan adds a bit of spice to the broth. According to...

Episode #175: The Boss's Genius Ideas

Shinya Katanozaka President of ANA Holdings came up with a genius idea. Allow the passengers to order breakf...