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This chapter presents and examines the leadership wisdom of Japan. The chapter intends to offer key leadership pointers for effective strategies for succeeding in business/corporate world, conflict, and life. The sections that follow will examine:
Leading, the Samurai Way
Zen and Leadership
Nemoto’s Key Principles of Leadership
Leading, the Matsushita Way
Akio Morita and His Leadership Ways (Sony)
Soichiro Honda and His Leadership Ways
Team Leadership Lessons from Shinkansin, the Japanese Bullet Train
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Low, K.C.P. (2018). Leadership in Japan. In: Leading Successfully in Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71347-2_7
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