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No matter which country you’re in, leadership skills are always needed
What leadership frameworks can help us when we lead across different countries and cultures? Seasoned leader Melanie Brock shares her leadership insights from businesses in Japan and Australia. Our world needs more bridges of understanding. Factionalism, nationalism, partisanship have created huge rifts in cultures and between countries. Melanie Brock is an Australian who has lived and worked in Japan for over thirty years now. She has learned how to navigate two worlds and help people see each other better. In this interview, we explore the differences in leadership between Australia and Japan.
Why you should listen: leadership skills and frameworks vary across countries
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How Japanese culture values belonging and community and how that affects social norms
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How community-oriented values drive consensus-based decision-making: pros and cons of each leadership framework
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Why applying the basics of etiquette is a good first start in other cultures, but it’s not the only leadership skill to be mindful of
We explore leadership values and frameworks that vary country to country
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The changing expectations of young Japanese that will have huge impacts on business: from commitment to company and country to commitment to family first
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The relationship between older and younger generations in mentorship: the Senpai and Kohai relationship as a critical leadership framework
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Australian values that sustain Melanie overseas: boots and all, get on with it, muck in, get stuff done.
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About Melanie Brock, Founder & CEO, Melanie Brock Advisory
Melanie is one of Japan’s most respected APA specialists. She combines practical commercial business leadership and language skills to deliver on business, regulatory and partnership outcomes for Japanese and foreign corporations both domestically and globally.
Her contribution to advancing business interests in a global economy was recognised by leading Japanese gaming company, Sega Sammy Holdings, when they appointed her a non-executive director. Melanie is Global Ambassador for the Advance organisation, board member of the Australia Japan Research Centre and a member of the ‘Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee’ (AJBCC). Melanie is Chair Emeritus of the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan having completed over six years as Chair.
Advisory has worked with numerous global companies spanning the financial services, tourism and infrastructure sectors including work focused on global events such as the Rugby World Cup 2019 and ongoing work for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Highlights include leading nationwide marketing campaigns, a successful bilateral free trade agreement and architect of regional Japan CSR activities. In 2020 she was a recipient of the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for her role in the advancement of the Australia-Japan economic relationship.
Melanie is a passionate advocate for women in Japan and supporter of reconstruction activities in Tohoku post 3.11, where she has become an honorary ambassador.
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.