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  Transforming Work Part 7: TIRED vs GOOD TIRED

  How do you maximize performance? Great leaders and the most successful and valued employees...

  • Posted December 10, 2015
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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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  Beyond Rajio Taisou: New Directions for Creating Wellness at Work

  Workplace wellness programs that focus on improving physical fitness are becoming commonplace in leading...

  • Posted March 11, 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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  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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  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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• To eat or not to eat? That is the question

  In my efforts to eliminate the last ten pounds I gained while pregnant with...

  • Posted September 1, 2011
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• Creative living in Japan

  Many people long for a more fulfilling life, yet few take advantage of the...

  • Posted July 29, 2011
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