Jan 29, 2020
Seiichiro Asakawa
- As a leader, I learned to not compete on things I did not have expertise in. I had a financial background, not a technical background, so there was no use trying to convince technically strong employees on that front – I had to use financial data as facts in order to convince my employees to...
Jan 22, 2020
Paul Hardisty
- Once you walk the talk over a given period of time as a leader, you gain trust, and then people will follow you, instead of just doing what you say. Then you start getting buy-in and ideas and you can work cross-functionally.
- On engagement surveys, if you are giving a very low score, then you should not...
Jan 15, 2020
The 2020 Leader
Are you a perfect leader? If you are, bully for you. For the rest of us we continue on the journey. As the great American philosopher Yogi Berra once noted, leading is easy, the getting people to follow you bit, is the snag. Leaders do make such a huge difference. This sounds like the great...
Jan 8, 2020
341: Want To Be A Great Leader - Then Be Yourself
Masa Namiki
- While you can be ready for a position from a capability or mindset perspective, it does not necessarily mean you are ready from an actually `doing the job` perspective. One of the biggest struggles is that I did not have a viable local leader...
Jan 1, 2020
2020 Will Be Different
Let’s make IWWCW our motto for 2020. Quite a mouthful as far as acronyms go, but the meaning is sensible, yet challenging. In What Way Can We is a perfect foil for inspiring those who resist peaking out from deep inside their comfort zone. By the way, we have now captured a big proportion...