The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

The Leader Is The Mood Maker   When you are on the executive floor, the carpet is thick, the mood is quiet and the décor is sumptuous. It is a world removed from the scramble going on floors below. Maybe you are in your own President’s office, shielded from the fray outside the door. The further you place yourself away from the troops the harder it is to influence the mood of the team. Of course, you have direct reports overseeing the work and they too should be mood makers in their own right. There is something very powerful though when the boss is also the mood maker.   I visited President Nambu of Pasona a number of years ago, I was super impressed. To get to see him I had to walk past a large open plan workspace, in the center of which was a raised platform, which housed all the senior executives at their desks. I had to then walk on through the shokudo or cafeteria to get to Nambu san’s office. I was curious so I asked him about all these snakes and ladders to get to see him. He said he wanted the execut