The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

Execute On My Shiny Idea, Now!   A genius idea springs into your head and off you go to share it with your staff member.  Well share isn’t quite the right word.   Actually, delegate is the right word because you want them to do something for you.  The staff member is sitting there thinking , “I want no part of this” and the excuses start pouring forth.  This is a simple thing – you are the boss and you want something done and they get paid to do what you need them to be doing.  Or so it seems.  Japan is an interesting place.  It has quite a clear hierarchy established throughout the society in terms of wealth, position, rank, age and seniority.  So why do staff ignore what the boss wants?   Well they won’t outright refuse all that often, although that can happen. They are usually more subtle than that.  The societal reluctance to confront others, particularly those in positions of authority, run deep.  Instead they will put your passion project on the back burner and then conduct a war of attrition around not