Podcast

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 ...

Episode #249: The Focused And Disciplined Boss

Intellectually, we all know what we should be doing and how we should be doing it, but that isn’t how things...

Episode #248: Leader EQ in Short Supply

Intellectually we get it. We know that what we think influences what we feel about something in our business...

Episode #247: Soft Versus Hard In Leadership

I was invited to speak about Japan at an HR Forum in Taipei recently. The audience was made up of very senio...

Episode #246: Bruce Lee Nailed This Leadership Flaw

I am a big Bruce Lee fan, but I never thought of him as a purveyor of leadership wisdom. Lot’s of interestin...

Episode #245: Japan's Galapagos Syndrome Still Alive And Well

The description of Japan, as similar to the remote islands of Galapagos off the South American coastline is ...

Episode #244: Japan Must Globalise But Where Are The Global Leaders?

The consumer demographics for Japan are crystal clear. The domestic market is shrinking and will continue to...

Episode #243: Questions As Incoming Missiles

The new President, a super star with a brilliant resume, started attending our Division’s weekly meetings. W...

Episode #242: Effective Team Building Is Not A Snap

You are sitting there at your desk beavering away as usual when you get the phone call. Suddenly you are cal...

Episode #241: My Japanese Managers Are Duds

The foreign firm sets up in Japan and they hire an experienced senior Japanese President. Things roll along...

Episode #240: Me, Me, Me Leaders

Getting to the very top of a company is a zero sum game where you either make it or you don’t. There are win...

Episode #239: Japan's Big Challenge

The demographic challenge for Japan is looming on the horizon. The decrease in the numbers of young people ...

Episode #238: Stop Making Yourself Invaluable

It is rather counterintuitive to suggest we leaders become less invaluable isn’t it. When you are climbing o...

Episode #237: Boss - Maintain Your Enthusiasm

Episode #236: Dealing With Companies' "Senior Problem" In Japan

A senior problem in the past meant having a “senior moment”, where you forgot something and this lapse hinte...

Episode #235: The Foreign Leader In Japan

We know leaders who are friction magnets. They upset those working with them on a regular basis. They are qu...

Episode #234: How To Guide Your Team In Japan Through Change

Up until these last few years being capable and loyal was enough in Japan. Technology has changed the busine...

Episode #233: How To Get Change In Japan

Japan doesn’t have a monopoly on resisting change. Having said that, it will probably rank fairly high in te...

Episode #232: The Leader Is The Mood Maker

When you are on the executive floor, the carpet is thick, the mood is quiet and the décor is sumptuous. It i...

Episode #231: Who's Really In Charge?

Japan is going through one round of revelations after another in different industries, where the proper comp...