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With a new year many people set new goals for the year. Many individuals set regular exercise as their New Years resolution and usually fail in a few months into the year. CEOs don’t have the luxury of failure and keeping their jobs. Running a firm in the Japan is no easy task. Some CEOs additionally […]

Every boss expects good results. When we talk results, the sales people and business development teams are the first players to come under the gun. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. No matter how great the product, if it doesn’t sell we don’t see that company in the market for very long. In the […]

Shinzo Abe's return as PM ended a revolving door of Prime Ministers. Political stability has brought the implementation of committed, strategic economic reform resulting in economic growth, job creation, deregulation and increased numbers of women and migrants in the work force. The Lower House election scheduled for October 22, 2017 has highlighted that there is […]

When we are busy our health is the last thing we think to look after. We get caught up in the mindset that we don’t have time. This is a mistake and it does not have to be this way. 70% of the Fortune 500 CEOs exercise at least once each day, and 50% do […]

For decades, Japan has been the land of low interest rates, and with the advent of Abenomics interest rates have gone from low to zero and even into negative territory. Taking a loan has never been so cheap, yet Japanese citizens and companies continue to hesitate to borrow and invest. Citizens in Japan are sitting […]

Online advertising surpassed print advertising in volume in 2012. According to a study released in 2012 by eMarketer, online advertising was expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales that year — a 23.3% increase from 2011 — compared to $33.8 billion on print. However, like anything humans do, it’s hard to break old habits. Fast […]

The Edelman Trust Barometer, the world’s largest survey of trust in institutions conducted in 28 countries shows that only 40% of Japanese employees trust the company they work for. This is somewhat counter intuitive given the image of the self-sacrificing, all for the company image that is held about Japans salarymen. Ross will address this […]

As yet another year closes, many executive offices are reviewing what worked and what didn’t, what sold and what didn’t, what blew up and what overflowed. In addition to national responsibility, many of our member CEOs have other countries in Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand reporting to them. Growth is about reflecting on management […]

In January 2016, CEO Insights members welcomed Dr. Christoph Walther, CEO and founder of CNC – Communications & Network Consulting. The meeting was off the record but something that everyone enjoyed gaining insights on the importance of communications for the inter-workings of business and governments incl. political leaders. We continue to receive great feedback for […]

As a business professional, there are many wonderful places in the world to live. However, there is some appeal to Japan that seems to draw people from around the globe. The food, the safety, the thousands of great companies..the reasons may vary. Every major company in the world that is successful, likely has an office […]