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Episode #474: Leaders, Not Just Managers Please

Over the last six months we have been getting a steady stream of enquiry for leadership training. Covid ind...

Episode #473: Things Leaders Should Be Doing

Over the last six months we have been getting a steady stream of enquiry for leadership training. Covid ind...

Episode #472: Leadership Essential Understandings

The P&L, the Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Projections, revenues, profit, the list goes on regarding where we...

Episode #471: Guiding Principles Of Leadership (Part Two)

In Part One we covered principles 1-7 and we continue looking at some fundamentals we all know but may have ...

Episode #470: Guiding Principles Of Leadership (Part One)

We pick up ideas on leadership from multiple sources – books, training, articles, blogs, guidance from mento...

Episode #469: Leader Outputs - Divorce, Awry Kids, Weak Finances And No Friend

Japan was decimated by the Pacific War and really struggled until they had the lucky break called the Korean...

Episode #468: The Difference Between Western and Japanese Meetings

Internal meetings are held for worthy purposes such as reporting, planning and innovating. Not everyone vie...

Episode #467: How To Be A Successful New Leader

We have been toiling away long and hard, being accountable, going the extra mile, starting early and finishi...

Episode #466: Business Meetings Are Mostly Ridiculous

When you mention the word “meetings” to people in business, their eyes often start to roll. Why is that? Us...

Episode #465: Leaders Must Sell The Need For Innovation

“It’s obvious, we need to be continually innovating”, we say to our team. But is it obvious to them and do ...

Episode #464: Sixteen Communication Success Principles For Leaders

“Yeah, I’m a good communicator”, we say to ourselves, but that proposition is rarely seasoned with some soli...

Episode #463: Leadership Communication

Our image of leaders is often of someone giving orders or pontificating about what is supposed to happen. O...

Episode #462: How To Get Mistake Handling Right

Out of all the things we do as leaders, one of the most difficult is dealing with poor or substandard perfor...

Episode #461: Under Used People Development Techniques

Developing people should be a committed constant of leadership. That is not always the case though. Often ...

Episode #460: We Have To Know Our People In Order To Motivate Them

The concept of motivating people is a misnomer really. It is a short form of saying, as the leader, we buil...

Episode #459: We Follow Leaders Based On Their Values

Thrusting oneself into leadership positions usually relies on confidence, drive, capability and ambition. A...

Episode #458: Kokorogamae - The Secret Japanese Ingredient For Business Success

Kokorogamae means to clarify your true intention. It is a compound word combining two characters – one for k...

Episode #457: Competing Perspectives On Leading

When we think about leadership what is the perspective we are taking? There are many ways of thinking about...

Episode #456: Leaders Need To Protect Themselves

Business is stressful. It becomes very stressful when your industry is hit by a global pandemic. Just when...

Episode #455: Providing Constructive Feedback

Giving feedback at any time about performance issues is always fraught. Providing constructive feedback is o...