Apr 24, 2019
The Leader Player Conundrum
When we are promoted into leadership positions or when we are running a small business, there is no luxury option of just being a leader, focused solely on working through others. We have to both lead and produce. As a first time leader, this can be extremely dangerous. Often our career...
Apr 17, 2019
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 along doing this when they are in another country and in a difficult time zone. Fortunately these days the technology is pretty good when it comes to virtual meetings, where we can...
Apr 10, 2019
As The Leader, Never Assume In Japan
Leaders are busy people. Processes become established and we assume they are working properly. You are sent in to run the Japan operation and or you join a new company here and you are faced with major tasks, like raising the revenues or reducing costs or expanding market share...
Apr 3, 2019
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 years in this country. In 2006, there were 22,153 complaints lodged with the Japanese labor Bureau and in 2016 it has jumped to 70,917 cases. In a 2016...