Nov 30, 2022
Bosses coaching employees is such a critical task, yet so few leaders get any training on how to be effective in this role. In Japan, the OJT On The Job Training is supposed to provide the guidance needed. That probably worked back in the 1960s when Japan was doubling the size of the GNP. Today though it is a poor...
Nov 23, 2022
The Japanese idea of Shu-Ha-Ri is a combination of three characters – 守破離. Shu is to protect the traditional techniques, the basics, the fundamentals. Ha is to detach and break away from the tradition, to innovate and depart from our attachments to what we are doing. Ri is to transcend to a level where there...
Nov 16, 2022
As a training company, we are the canary in the coal mine about commercial trends and corporate shortfalls. During a recent Sales Consultants Forum we were discussing client needs and the same theme kept coming up. Companies are asking about leadership skills around better communication between Middle Managers and...
Nov 9, 2022
We work long, diligently and hard. We are recognised for our devotion and the quality of our output and get promoted. Instead of being solely responsible for our own results, we are now in charge of our colleagues and we are accountable for their results too. If we stride around like the boss and are bossy, we are...
Nov 2, 2022
“Japanese are two faced”, is a common complaint you will hear from foreigners in Japan. The implication is you cannot trust someone who has two faces, so believing what you are told is a folly here and you need to really evaluate the messenger carefully. It is totally true that Japanese are two faced, in fact...