Mar 29, 2023
Leadership requires discipline and accountability. We claim to know more than the team about the strategy and direction we need to take. Are we being honest with ourselves though? We probably made some New Year Resolutions in January and here we are one quarter into the new calendar year and how are we looking on...
Mar 22, 2023
In Japan, we are in a zero sum game, death struggle for talent. Actually, we are in the same struggle for even the modesty talented. We had better get used to a lowering of standards going forward, as we struggle to get people, any people. They aren’t making Japanese in the numbers we are used to and each year the...
Mar 15, 2023
Some may believe that it is better to have staff who will argue back, than have a room full of yes-men and yes-women. In Japan, in particular, it is hard to get anyone to dispute the boss’s opinion, so if we get counterpoints to what we think, we should be popping corks and celebrating. This is a fine line for...
Mar 8, 2023
Leaders are time poor. There is too much to do and not enough time. We are constantly being challenged to get control of our time management and for most of us, that struggle is often one we are losing. Meeting and emails are time killers. Multi-tasking is a given, which means that we are constantly losing time,...
Mar 1, 2023
Business owners have a total stake in the enterprise and a commitment level that is always peaking at maximum. They have their wealth enveloped in the business and they take on debt, risk and the trials and tribulations of business cycles. Executives are rewarded with salaries, bonuses and profit share depending...