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Episode #494: The Japanese Don't Take Enough Leave And That Is Bad

Every month, I check the leave balance for my staff and am always unhappy with the numbers. The team can ac...

Episode #493: The Seasons Of Leadership

When we first start out in business we are ninja boss watchers, studying our leaders with a level of forensi...

Episode #492: Why Is Coaching So Hard?

Bosses coaching employees is such a critical task, yet so few leaders get any training on how to be effectiv...

Episode #491: The Japanese Concept Of Shu-Ha-Ri and Leadership

The Japanese idea of Shu-Ha-Ri is a combination of three characters – 守破離. Shu is to protect the traditiona...

Episode #490: Companies In Japan Need Real Leadership Right Now

As a training company, we are the canary in the coal mine about commercial trends and corporate shortfalls. ...

Episode #489: Four Strategies For Building Confidence In Being A New Leader

We work long, diligently and hard. We are recognised for our devotion and the quality of our output and get...

Episode #488: How Do You As The Leader Deal With Two Face-ism In Japan

“Japanese are two faced”, is a common complaint you will hear from foreigners in Japan. The implication is ...

Episode #487: The Leader’s Unconscious Biases

There is a lot of focus on conscious and unconscious biases at the moment given the amount of attention bei...

Episode #486: Leaders Dealing With Bad News

When things are humming along beautifully, leading is a snap. We can even indulge ourselves in some tangent...

Episode #485: Ensuring Fairness As The Leader

Being fair to everyone in the team is one of the most basic elements of leadership. It builds leader trust,...

Episode #484: Remote Work Going Forward

Some company polices toward remote work are let a hundred flowers bloom, a thousand schools contend. Others...

Episode #483: As A Leader, Welcome Common Enemies

I have talked before about the loneliness of the leader. This is often felt most strongly when facing diffi...

Episode #482: Emotional Fitness For Leaders (Part Two)

In Part One we looked at Dr. Emily Anhalt research with 100 leaders and 100 psychologists. She identified s...

Episode #481: Emotional Fitness For Leaders (Part One)

Dr. Emily Anhalt is an American psychologist who has created a gym for mental health, based on research she ...

Episode #480: ABCD Players

Episode #479: When The Leadership Student is Ready, The Teacher Appears

We are all exposed to leadership lessons throughout our lives, yet for most of the time we are unaware of th...

Episode #478: Leaders Need To Have More Meals With The Team

Covid driving us all to work from home has been good for the commuter. For Tokyo, many people typically fac...

Episode #477: Leadership's Necessary Cocktail of Strategy, Culture and Brand

Leadership encompasses many required skills and mind sets and it is always interesting to dissect the topic ...

Episode #476: The Leader Who Loses Their Integrity

All guns blazing the new leader hits the ground running. They are the new broom, sweeping all the detritus ...

Episode #475: Who Do You Talk To, When You Are The Leader?

Covid-19 cases are skyrocketing every day. Just when you thought we might be getting somewhere, the latest ...