Japan’s World Champions

03/06/2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

A major event took place in Tokyo this past weekend at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Held were the 16th World K […]

Leadership

11/12/2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

People often ask me to describe a leader. My pithy answer is to suggest that you will recognize a leader when […]

29/07/2013.Reading time 8 minutes.

I can certainly understand your ambition. We have always put HBS at the top of our top school ranking for seve […]

25/03/2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

There’s something special to be in the presence of champion athletes in a world-class all their own: Carl Lewi […]

20/07/2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

First and foremost: Huge, heartfelt congratulations to the Japan team that won the women’s World Cup last Sund […]

22/06/2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

Well, generally I stay out of the crosshairs of politics, especially as I can’t vote in Japan as a permanent f […]

08/06/2011.Reading time 3 minutes.

I just returned from New Orleans, my home town, which I had not visited since Katrina hit the Big Easy (as New […]

18/05/2011.Reading time 8 minutes.

One of the topics that my clients often bring to the table in MBA consulting and leadership coaching is the de […]

12/05/2011.Reading time 3 minutes.

One of our clients, soon to be headed to Kellogg in the entering class of 2011, wrote some insightful comments […]

04/04/2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

Today I attended a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on the impact of the earthquak […]