Podcast

Episode #309: How You Can Get Engagement In Japan

We know there are many challenges to getting the team to embrace changes. Resistance, poor buy in, fear of t...

Episode #308: Anticipating Trouble Before Activating Change Engagement

Change is glacial in Japan. Everyone complains about everything but no one wants to change anything if it i...

Episode #307: What Do you Do When Key People Quit

I once had the perfect team in business. I had spent years hiring well and really putting a lot into traini...

Episode #306: Why Japanese Staff Refuse Leadership Positions

It is an irony. In the West ambitious people have the elbows out to bundle you out of their way. They are s...

Episode #305: Value Led Leadership

When we think of the value of the leader, we are drawn to things like insight, vision, experience, technical...

Episode #304: The Leader Player Conundrum

When we are promoted into leadership positions or when we are running a small business, there is no luxury o...

Episode #303: Virtual Leader Best Practices

Developing people who you can walk up to and speak with face to face is hard enough for most leaders, let al...

Episode #302: As The Leader, Never Assume In Japan

Leaders are busy people. Processes become established and we assume they are working properly. You are sent...

Episode #301: Power Harassment And Being The Boss In Japan

“Pawahara” the Japanese adoption of the English term “power harassment” has only appeared in the last few ye...

Episode #300: You Have To Chastise People, Right?

I was meeting with the HR team from a client company. In fact, this was the first meeting with the HR team,...

Episode #299: Change Agent Leaders Are Highly Vulnerable In Japan

The Japan business has been around for many years, but it never seems to live up to the expectations the fir...

Episode #298: How To Kill Off Organisational Silos

Every organisation suffers from the Not Invented Here syndrome. This is where collaboration is dismisseD in...

Episode #297: Nine Leadership Lessons For Executives In Japan

As the leader are you coaching your people? I mean really coaching them, not giving orders or balling people ...

Episode #296: Okay Boss, Admit You Were Wrong

Litigious western societies are firmly against admitting wrongdoing. Legions of lawyers advise to admit not...

Episode #295: High Performer Coaching

Coaching high performers is tricky. They have talent, ability and are already highly motivated. They usual...

Episode #294: Death Of A Project Team

There are no shortage of projects and project teams inside companies. Often, for big projects, various peop...

Episode #293: Leaders Who Fail To Follow Up, Fail Their Business

Companies spend considerable time and treasure to improve the business. Ideas are generated and projects in...

Episode #292: Coaching Team Members

Coaching has been wildly misinterpreted in Japan. It should be there to motivate and encourage people in th...

Episode #291: What Is Your Tone As A Leader

Episode #290: Banish Personal Negativity

The boss is the fountain of positivity for the team, like a fountain of youth of lore and legend. We have t...