Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWolfgang Angyal — President of Riedel Japan
"Trust is really the only currency that is the beginning and the end of pretty much every human relation."
"You give trust first, before you get trus…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lorenzo Scrimizzi — President, Carpigiani Japan
"the most important thing, I mean in Japan, for business, is to hire the right people" "the keyword is gaining trust" "you need to allow people to …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Bob Noddin — Previous CEO of AIG Japan
"Japan is different and hard."
"It's consistency, it's sustainability of the vision and the theme that's going to matter."
"You couldn't be the super…
5 months ago
Mike Alfant - CEO Fushion Systems
"Everyone wants to play for a winning team." "You've got to go to war with the army you've got, not the army you wish you had." "In Japan, talk is ch…
5 months, 1 week ago
Peter Jennings - Previous President of Dow Japan and Korea
"this job is really primarily a people job"
"if you get the right people, you don't have to spend a lot of time micromanaging; get out of their way a…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ross Rowbury - Previous President, Edelman Japan
"The key thing is that the leader needs to be able to identify where those turning points or tipping points are so that they don't become a bottlenec…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Paul Hardisty - Former CEO, Adidas Japan
"The trust part is very important." "Change was a dirty word." "Anything controversial was normally me." "Doing the same thing over and over again an…
6 months ago
Harry Hill — Former CEO, Shop Japan
"Everybody having a shared sense of purpose and shared values… is just absolutely imperative."
"I trust you, and I start from the perspective of trus…
6 months, 1 week ago
284 Grant Torrens — Managing Director, Hays Japan
"First thing I'd say is do it… just throw yourself into it." "Spend the first ninety days getting to know the people… listening… before acting." "Com…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
283 Beat Kraehenmann — Managing Director, Levitronix Japan
"Don't be the loud foreigner who just says we do this and this and this." "It's okay to make mistakes if you identify them, if you learn from them in…
6 months, 3 weeks ago