Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024 How to cope with a micromanaging Japanese boss
Americans expect to have a feeling of control about their work, and a sense of ownership. They may feel that this is lacking when they work with a supervisor...
Working with Japanese
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Building a hybrid culture – Americans and Japanese working together
Japanese and Americans have radically different assumptions about how to communicate, how to make decisions, how to share information, how to run meetings, how to evaluate alternatives, how to deal...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Providing data effective for persuading Japanese
When wanting to convince someone Japanese to do something in accordance with American customs or commonly-accepted practices, I find that it’s useful to assume that they are not necessarily familiar...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Choosing a restaurant for dining out with Japanese
The care you put into restaurant selection will be appreciated by your Japanese guests, as food is such an important part of Japanese culture and business socializing.. If your...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Stay away from irony with the Japanese
The Japanese excel at indirect communication, they do it though extreme tact and understatement, rather than irony. When they listen to Americans, the Japanese tend to believe our words and...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Orienting the new Japanese manager
American managers in the same situation would likely call a meeting to introduce themselves, Japanese often prefer to keep a low profile and get to know the organization more organically....
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Gijutsu wo nusumu – Japanese workers “stealing knowledge” to get ahead
It’s the job of the company to provide the employee with all skills and explanations and information that they need to do their jobs well. So why should anyone...
Last Updated: 09 Apr 2021 HoRenSo – (Report, Contact and Consult)
Using the Ho Ren So system to keep in close communication with the Japanese may seem time-consuming, but it will increase their trust in your decision-making ability…by not fixing everything...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Japanese business culture – Being included
It is hard to overestimate this aspect of Japanese culture, particularly since it differs so completely from the experience of most Westerners. For a great many generations, the Japanese have...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Working with Japan – Let’s have lunch
In Japan, the lunch break is Noon to 1:00pm. All work stops and everyone goes to lunch at the same time…Americans work at their desks through lunch or get their...