Podcast

Episode #417: Stop Procrastinating And Start Delegating

The most fatal words ever spoken by a leader are , “it will be faster if I do it myself”. No it won’t. If ...

Episode #416: Stakeholder, Customer, Employee - Whose Interests Should Leaders Prioritise?

Shareholders put up their future security in the hope of increasing their returns and adding further to thei...

Episode #91: Credibility Sells

The first sale is to yourself regarding what it is you are selling. If you are not sold, then get out of th...

Episode #90: Japan's Work Rhythm

There are 15 public holidays a year in Japan plus some accepted company holidays as well. However there are...

Episode #89: Public Speaking Techniques For The Drunken Rabble Audience

This is the hardest time ever for presenters. We are already in the Age of Distraction and the Era of Cynic...

Episode #191: Buyers Have No Urgency So We Have To Create It

Having a buying need and doing something about it can often be quite disparate ideas. There are many things...

Episode #190: Enthusiasm Is Key When Presenting

Positivity in life is electric and it can impact others very quickly. Our mindset and energy output are engi...

Episode #189: Adrenaline And Leaders

The brain when triggered by fight or flight impulses, releases adrenalin into the larger muscle groups. It ...

Episode #56: Kiyo Weiss, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Air Canada

Kiyo Weiss shared extensive insight into her path to leadership starting from an OL in a Japanese corporat...

Episode #55: Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director, SGK Japan

Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director of SGK Japan, first began her career as a radio DJ in Kobe, where she gr...

Episode #54: Ken Shibusawa, President, Shibusawa and Company, Inc

Ken Shibusawa shares extensive insight in the global financial sector and alternative investment that has be...

Episode #53: David Wouters, ex Corporate Liaison Manager, Coca-Cola Japan

David Wouters is the President of InterSearch Japan, an executive search and human resources consultancy com...

Episode #52: Moeko Suzuki, Founder, StartUp Lady/Tailor Innovations

Moeko Suzuki provides valuable insight as a young global-minded entrepreneur having studied in the UK, US an...

Episode #51: Seth Sulkin, CEO, Pacifica Capital, Pacifica Hotels, Food-e

Seth Sulkin takes us through his journey in Japan from working as a journalist to a civil servant to becomin...

Episode #50: Jim Weisser, CEO & Co-founder, SignTime K.K.

Jim Weisser shares his leadership journey in the Japanese IT sector after arriving in Japan to initially te...

Episode #49: Frank Foley ex Managing Director, HarperCollins Japan

Frank Foley, founder of the Next Big Thing and former Managing Director of HarperCollins Japan, provides a d...

Episode #48: Claus Eilersen, Senior Vice President, Novo Nordisk

Claus Eilersen, Senior Vice President of Novo Nordisk, Japan, provides deep insight in leading in the pharma...

Episode #47: Wolfgang Angyal, President & CEO, RSN (Riedel) Japan

Wolfgang Angyal, President of Riedel Japan, originally grew up in Austria and came to Japan in 1985 as an Au...

Episode #46: Loic Rethore, President North Asia, Dyson Japan

Loic Rethore, North Asia President of Dyson, shares his diverse background working in the consumer, luxury a...

Episode #45: Timothy Connor, Managing Director, Synnovate Advisory

Timothy Connor, Managing Director of Synnovate Advisory has been a veteran of Japanese business, having work...