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Transforming work Part 6: Transforming the Tyranny of ‘To Do’
Ever had a day, a week, or even a year where you’re troubled by...
- Posted November 20, 2015
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Transforming Work Part 5 – Slowing Down to Speed Up
Are you the kind of leader who is always putting pressure on your team...
- Posted September 11, 2015
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Transforming Work Part 4: Purpose Over Profit
(This is the 4th article in a series on the mindsets of workplace transformation. Click to go to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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Transforming Work Part 3: From control to creativity
The last two months have featured two key mindset shifts that forward thinking leaders...
- Posted July 10, 2015
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Transforming Work part 2 FROM STATUS TO SERVICE
An ever-growing volume of research is demonstrating that if businesses are to thrive and...
- Posted June 8, 2015
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Transforming work and workplaces
For more than 25 years now, I have worked with individuals and organizations to...
- Posted May 11, 2015
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Get real for big change
As a working mom, I am constantly bombarded with information about what I should...
- Posted April 9, 2015
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Lessons from a florist : 4 Ikebana principles to guide a happy life
I studied ikebana – Japanese flower arranging – for some time while I was...
- Posted November 10, 2014
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Honne and Tatemae
The concepts of tatemae and honne are deeply embedded in the Japanese psyche. Many...
- Posted September 10, 2014
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The 5 Secrets of Enduring Companies
apan has the privilege of claiming more than 20,000 companies that are over 100...
- Posted August 9, 2014
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The Top 5 Barriers to Finding Work You Love
With 25 years of experience coaching people to create careers that align with their...
- Posted July 12, 2014
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2014 - Year of Alignment
Living in modern society can be tough. It is stressful. A recent global survey...
- Posted January 1, 2014
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Is FoMO Your Biggest Barrier to Success?
Living in Japan offers plenty of opportunities to get out, learn, explore and try...
- Posted December 15, 2013
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Bracing for balance
In today’s fast-paced world, most successful people you talk to would say that they...
- Posted September 12, 2013
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Soul Success, Part 1: Define success on your terms
The biggest challenge with achieving success is that it is defined in reference to...
- Posted July 4, 2013
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Tsubos, Spirit and Success
(This is an excerpt from the introduction to my forthcoming book, Crafting Your Spirit)...
- Posted June 18, 2013
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The year of no excuses
We are now well into March and a majority of people have already fallen...
- Posted March 3, 2013
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The dark side of ganbatte
“Ganbatte” is a seemingly innocuous word that every foreigner in Japan quickly becomes familiar...
- Posted February 3, 2013
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Out with the old
Japanese year-end traditions are one of the many things about Japan that have continued...
- Posted January 2, 2013
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Learning to let go
Successful people often attribute their success to the tenacity with which they hold onto...
- Posted December 3, 2012
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Don’t sweat the ‘chisai mono’
In our world, August and September are usually slow from a work perspective. Many...
- Posted October 31, 2012
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Red socks and tattoos
This past month I came across two very powerful metaphors - red socks and...
- Posted September 28, 2012
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Genki: part 2
Last month I gave you three tips for physical energy to help you get...
- Posted July 31, 2012
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O Genki Desu Ka? My top tips to increase energy for life and work
“Genki” is one of my favorite Japanese words. Despite being used as the functional...
- Posted July 1, 2012
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Being jouzu: leveraging your talents for success
Any foreigner living in Japan quickly discovers the word “jouzu”, a Japanese word that...
- Posted May 31, 2012
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The one thing
The first quarter of the year has already come and gone and hopefully you...
- Posted April 2, 2012
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Spring cleaning for peak performance
Spring cleaning your house is a great way to renew your energy and lift...
- Posted March 1, 2012
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Love and other drugs
As Valentine’s Day looms and people around the world turn their minds to love...
- Posted January 31, 2012
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Criticize by creating
Life is filled with opportunities to complain and criticize. We witness it in both...
- Posted December 1, 2011
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Single vs Family: the right to choose
A recent article in The Japan Times suggested that Japanese people in their 20s...
- Posted September 29, 2011
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