Podcast

Episode #389: Namby Pamby Kids Today And Tough Love Leaders

Years ago I inverted the pyramid and promoted the best salespeople to become the branch leaders. The existi...

Episode #388: Micro Leadership Techniques

Time is the enemy of good leadership. It takes time to develop a team of individuals. A common metaphor is...

Episode #387: The Leadership Equation

I remember reading once about a President reflecting on the cost controls he had instituted inside his organ...

Episode #386: Effective Teamwork is No Accident During COVID-19

Working from home can easily become working apart. Japan is a group oriented society and now the group has b...

Episode #385: As A Leader, How To Provide Guidance Your People Will Follow

Giving people orders is fine and fun, when you are the leader. Not so great when you are on the receiving e...

Episode #384: Leadership Principles Are An Absolute Must

Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School and INSEAD Business School are all awesome institutions. ...

Episode #383: How Decisions Are Really Made Inside Japanese Companies

The President of a company is a very powerful force. They drive the direction, the strategy and the culture...

Episode #382: Leaders Need To Empty Their Cup

Tokusan the scholar visited Ryutan the Zen Master to learn about Zen. Tokusan was a very smart fellow and v...

Episode #381: Key Competencies Needed To Lead Others (Part Two)

In Part One we looked at two broad categories of leadership competences around being Self-Aware and having A...

Episode #380: Key Competencies Needed To Lead Others (Part One)

Leading is super easy. You are given the title, the authority, the budget, the power and then you just tell...

Episode #379: The Slings And Arrows of Outrageous Fortune Running A Virtual Team

Japan has some set pieces around leadership. The Middle Manager boss sits at the head of an array of desks ...

Episode #378: How To Have Executive Presence

Clients sometimes ask us to help their Japanese executives have more “presence”. This is rather a vague con...

Episode #377: Why We Need Phase Three Thinking

In business we live in the world of shallow statements of opinion. Imagine there is a topic for discussion ...

Episode #376: Short Tempered Leaders (Like Me!) Explode During COVID-19

Leadership is stressful during normal times. Dramatically different situations being enforced to deal with ...

Episode #375: Kokorogamae For Leaders

Kokorogamae is one of those Japanese concepts which are a bit tricky to translate. Kokoro by itself as a wo...

Episode #374: Do We Need To Adjust Our Expectations About Performance Because of COVID-19

In any organisation we are going to have our A, B and C players. Hopefully no D players but if you do, then...

Episode #373: Holistic Time Management For Leaders

Leaders are now leading invisible people. Their staff are no longer in sight or at best are only visible in...

Episode #372: Leading Remotely But Keeping Close With Staff

Leaders who are remote from staff have long been identified as a problem. They don’t delegate, preferring t...

Episode #371: Furloughs And Firings Trigger Fear and Loathing Toward Leaders

Leaders do dumb things and sometimes they have to do difficult things. The line between which is which can ...

Episode #370: How Leaders Can Do A Better Job Of Engaging Their Staff

Many decades ago, I remember a visiting Korean business delegation coming to my home town of Brisbane. At t...