Sep 20, 2023
Japan is excellent at being two faced. In the West, this has a pejorative air, but in Japan this is how harmony can be maintained and everyone plays their part in keeping the public and private faces far apart. This means that a typical western approach of getting the two warring individuals into a room and thrashing...
Sep 13, 2023
Once upon a time in Japan there would be a thick pile of resumes sitting on your desk for you to go through and select the new potential hires for interview. You would conduct rounds of meetings, put them to the test in certain skill sets and then make a studied decision to bring onboard the best person. They were...
Sep 6, 2023
Leaders are different from managers. Managers have to make sure everything is humming. The quality standards have to be met. The logistics have to flow smoothly, so that production is working well. The budget has to be met and there should be no over spending taking place. Leaders have to do all of this, plus two...
Aug 30, 2023
The Ongoing Nightmare Of Small Business Recruiting
There are more jobs than candidates in Japan and this situation will only worsen from the boss’s viewpoint. Those halcyon days of wading through a big pile of resumes and tossing most away, have well and truly gone. If you get any resumes these days, you think you...
Aug 23, 2023
The boss is the light on the hill, radiating positive energy, belief, confidence and possibility. The moody boss can destroy the atmosphere in the office very quickly. We all know that, so we have to become expert thespians, masking our true feelings and putting on a fun face to the outside world. When things get...