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Episode #207: Where Is My Praise

The Spa magazine in Japan released the results of a survey of 1,140 male full-time employees in their 40s, a...

Episode #206: Japan Still Scared Of Its Own Shadow

The world’s third largest economy and one of the most sophisticated and advanced countries is a notorious un...

Episode #205: Tatemae, Honne and The Gaijin Boss

Japanese people are famous for having learnt over many centuries how to get along with others. High density...

Episode #204: Sontaku -The Secret Sauce For Leaders In Japan

Sontaku is a Japanese word which means to surmise or conjecture about someone else’s feelings or desires. It...

Episode #203: Leaders Need To Skate To Where The Puck Will Be

Wayne Gretzky is famous for this ice hockey quote about anticipating where and when the critical actions hav...

Episode #202: Productivity Not Immigration

During the “bubble years” of surging economic growth, Japan could not keep up with the supply of workers for...

Episode #201: How To Resolve Internal Conflicts

Business is more fast paced that ever before in human history. Technology boasting massive computing and com...

Episode #200: Fear And Loathing In Japan

The Spa magazine in Japan released the results of a survey of 1,140 male full-time employees in their 40s, a...

Episode #199: Big Brother Japan Inc Style

“What anchors their behavior is the salaryman’s desire to protect himself – no one wants to put their positi...

Episode #198: Bad Business Battlefield Promotions

In the military, junior officers are the equivalent of middle management in business. In times of warfare t...

Episode #197: Positive Mindset For Leaders

How do we set up a positive mindset? More importantly how do we set it up from morning when we awake and wh...

Episode #196: Hey Boss, Teach Your Japanese Staff How To Relax

METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and industry), and the peak industry bodies the Keidanren (Japan Business F...

Episode #195: Japanese Leaders Needed Now

Rising in a company in Japan requires talent, but this is often held hostage to time. Your age, longevity an...

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...