Podcast

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...

Episode #187: Still Stinky Performance Assessments

Seems hardly a day goes by when yet another big player announces they are no longer using annual performance...

Episode #186: 2017-Three Day Trainwreck

Japanese language has lots of insightful sayings and “mikka bozu” or only lasting as a priest for three days...

Episode #185: Be The Light On The 2017 Hill

New Year, new starts or not? We religiously muscle up in January to set our resolutions to improve ourselves...

Episode #184: 2017 - Good or Bad?

There are many starts to a year. Some are based on financial years, zodiacs and calendar years. Generally sp...

Episode #183: Dangerous People

It sounds quite obvious not to hire people who are dangerous. The problem is people can have a nice resume, ...

Episode #182: One Of The Biggest Leadership Challenges

How do you run your business. Sharp on the cost control, right on top of the quality, working hard on build...

Episode #181: The Boss As Super Coach

The younger generation are the future and they want a different type of boss. That boss has to be a new mode...

Episode #180: The Madness Of Moods

Are you moody? You might say no. You see yourself as an upbeat individual, smoothly navigating your way thro...

Episode #179: Personal Visionary Leadership

Normally we think of a visionary leader as someone who shows us the way forward, who motivates, encourages a...

Episode #178: Become Your Own First Responder

There are billions being spent in the beauty business, the weight loss, fashion and entertainment worlds. Th...

Episode #177: Trust

Leaders gain automatic trust by dint of their position power. Title and authority ensure people will toe th...

Episode #176: Running A Foreign Business In Japan

Running your own business is challenging anywhere, but Japan adds a bit of spice to the broth. According to...

Episode #175: The Boss's Genius Ideas

Shinya Katanozaka President of ANA Holdings came up with a genius idea. Allow the passengers to order breakf...

Episode #174: Training Women In Japan

Discrimination against women in business in Japan takes many forms. Prime Minister Abe talks about targets f...

Episode #173: Japan - Your Educational Ladder Is On The Wrong Wall

Japanese education includes exciting things like adults screaming abuse, using threatening words, kids mouth...

Episode #172: People Are A Pain

"All of our problems walk on two legs and talk back”. I can’t recall when I first came across this expressio...

Episode #171: Employees As Number One

There is a great Simon Sinek video floating around about how companies say employees are important, but don’...

Episode #170: Gaining Willing Cooperation From Others

The hero’s journey is for the very, very few. I did it my way, I slaved away in a garret and got to the top...

Episode #169: Three Critical Things Entrepreneurs Need

Usually, when we think about how to succeed in our own business, we favour things like sufficient cash flow ...