Podcast

Episode #586: Why Authenticity Matters – Inspiring Leadership For Japan’s Evolving Workplace

The blow torch has never been applied more ferociously to how leaders lead than what we see today. Once up...

Episode #585: Why Becoming An Effective Leader Is Challenging In Japan

We recently completed an in-house Leadership Training for Managers programme for a local Japanese firm. The...

Episode #584: Breaking Leader Bad Habits - The Struggles of Health, Fitness, and Stress We All Face

Are you sitting too much and for too long at your desk every day? Are you eating too much every meal becau...

Episode #583: AI Enabled Leadership In Japan

We know that AI has gone from the domain of geeky people in white lab coats to the mainstream of business i...

Episode #582: Leading People Through Disagreements in Japan

Recently, I was teaching a class of APAC executives on how to handle pushback to their ideas. Some particip...

Episode #581: Techniques For Getting Agreement As The Leader

Pulling rank on people is clearly the fastest and easiest way to get people to fly straight and do what we ...

Episode #580: No Legacy Leadership In Japan

Have you ever had the experience of leaving a job and seeing your successor screw it up? We spend so many ...

Episode #579: Leaders Embracing Change In Japan

Is change good or bad? When I was promoted or received a big bonus, I liked the change from my previous si...

Episode #578: “Ichi-Go, Ichi-E” (一期一会) Cherish The Moment Leaders

This Japanese expression “Ichi-Go, Ichi-E” (一期一会), linked to Zen, focuses on transience and can be translat...

Episode #577: Seven Points For Leaders When Giving Talks

Recently, my social media has been full of short videos of various politicians and supporters giving talks ...

Episode #576: Twelve Steps To A Win-Win Conflict Resolution Part Two

Twelve Steps To A Win-Win Conflict Resolution Part Two We have looked at some of the steps in Part One, so...

Episode #575: Twelve Steps To A Win-Win Conflict Resolution Part One

“Remember that other people may be totally wrong, but they don’t think so”. This quote from Dale Carnegie s...

Episode #574: Resolving Internal Conflicts In Japan

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

Episode #573: What Is “Enclothed Cognition” And Why Does It Matter To Leaders in Japan?

I saw a video recently from Rampley and Co in the UK featuring Caryn Franklin, a Fashion and Identity Comme...

Episode #572: The Leader Is The Face Of The Business In Japan

I meet a lot of CEOs in Japan. I am always out there networking and looking for clients. If they cannot b...

Episode #571: Joe Biden’s Lessons On Destroying Your Leadership Credibility For Japan CEOs

Being an Aussie I don’t have the right to select the next US President or get involved in American politics...

Episode #570: Navigating Going For It And Blowing Yourself Up In Japan

I am a maniac. A less charged descriptor might be an “enthusiast”. Now Japan is a country chock full of e...

Episode #569: Delegate Or Disappear In Business In Japan

They are not making as many Japanese as they used to. Every year we get these headlines about the new lows...

Episode #568: Business Opportunities In Japan

Episode #567: Tough Love Or Fake Praise To Motivate Staff In Japan

This tough love or fake praise alternative is a dubious construct. Are these two alternatives really the on...