Podcast

Episode #269: Celebrating Wins When Doing Business In Japan

We imagine we are celebrating our wins, but are we really? I think about myself and I realize, I am not doi...

Episode #268: Handling Mistakes In Business In Japan

Mistakes happen. The important thing though is how we handle mistakes in Japan? How do you handle mistakes...

Episode #267: Time When Doing Business In Japan

Time is life, time is money and time is your business. Business decisions are glacial here in Japan but buy...

Episode #266: Delegation In Business In Japan

We know that delegating tasks is important but we have tried it in the past and found it didn’t work well, s...

Episode #265: Japan Can Be Brutal In Sports And Business

We recently had a blatant example of poor sportsmanship here in an American Football game between two tradit...

Episode #264: The Future Of Leadership

Episode #263: Stress In Business In Japan

We know that stress is a killer. Stress is something that sits there under the surface and it effects our h...

Episode #262: Worry In Business In Japan

There are so many things we have to worry about in business. Do we have enough cash flow to pay the bills, w...

Episode #261: Longevity In Business In Japan

Longevity means a lot in Japan. People who are risk averse like the fact your company has been around for a...

Episode #260: Praise Or Flattery When Doing Business In Japan

Japan is awash with praise but it is praise more on the flattery side of the equation. When you get here an...

Episode #259: Dealing With Crime In Business In Japan

Crime is going to be a feature of any society. There are going to be different elements of crime – activiti...

Episode #258: Face Is Very Important In Business In Japan

If you enjoy a good debate, well Japan is not the place for you then. In Western culture debating is part of...

Episode #257: Getting Change In Business In Japan

Getting change anywhere is a difficult process, but Japan is a special case. Often in business, we represen...

Episode #256: Getting Staff Engagement When Doing Business In Japan

According to our global research, there are three critical issues that determine the level of engagement and...

Episode #255: Recruiting Staff In Business In Japan

Demographics are accentuating a talent shortage in Japan. The supply of young people has halved over the la...

Episode #254: How To Brainstorm In Japan

Japan can only copy! This once upon a time was what we heard about Japanese innovation. It was used dispara...

Episode #253: Bosses Need To Celebrate Wins In Business

Engaged employees are self-motivated. The self-motivated are inspired. Inspired staff grow your business but...

Episode #252: Execute On My Shiny Idea, Now!

A genius idea springs into your head and off you go to share it with your staff member. Well share isn’t qu...

Episode #251: Ownership Versus Dictatorship In Leadership

Leading people can be easy, if you want to be a total dictator and just order everyone around. The way of do...

Episode #250: Leading Your External Partners In Japan

For many companies it makes no sense to fund their own sales force in Japan. The money, expertise and time ...