Jul 26, 2023
Japan is a unique country where underperformance is not considered a legitimate reason to terminate someone’s employ. Leaders new to the country will often run into this issue. They arrive with a mandate from HQ to “fix” Japan and get it up to a required performance standard. As soon as the new broom brings in...
Jul 19, 2023
It is very frustrating at times, being a leader. Staff don’t hit their targets, forget things they need to do, complete tasks in a less than satisfactory manner and make stupid mistakes. Time poor leaders are the norm, so we are always operating on minimums to get it all done. We are usually in a rush, and this is...
Jul 12, 2023
Some problems are relatively difficult and can be fixed, ignored or coped with. Others are more substantial and can place the entire enterprise at risk. Covid certainly struck some industries harder than others and we have seen many venerable establishments disappear. The Japanese government wisely made low-interest...
Jul 5, 2023
Artificial intelligence is bringing a lot of speed to tasks and helping with mundane work. As we all become better at prompting the machine, we will uncover greater utility for it to propel our work. It will not be able to replace the human aspect of leadership though. One thing it won’t fix is watching 40% of new...