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• Create more meaning, fulfillment and impact in your work

  While holidays are a time most people look forward to because they can forget...

  • Posted December 22, 2016
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• Saving your business without selling your soul

  A few years back I spent most of August on a self-styled writing retreat...

  • Posted June 16, 2016
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• Success by Accident: The Kintsugi Path to Soulful Success (part 2)

  Last month you learned three of the three keys to which artist and entrepreneur...

  • Posted April 10, 2016
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• Success by Accident – The Kintsugi Path to a Fulfilling Life

  On January 29th, I published my first book, Wabi-Sabi Wisdom: Inspiration for an Authentic...

  • Posted March 12, 2016
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  WA

    “Wa” is a concept integral to understanding the roots of Japanese culture. Most...

  • Posted February 23, 2016
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• The 8th Mindset of Workplace Transformation: Motivation vs. Inspiration

  The eighth (and final!) mindset of workplace transformation addresses where people derive the energy...

  • Posted January 10, 2016
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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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  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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