Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership 15 Japanese Managers and the Companies They're Leading to New Growth

Who are Asia's biggest business leaders? What kind of leadership skills and philosophies do they possess that have put them at the forefront of their respective industries? What makes these business leaders, in particular, best-equipped to meet the challenges of a 21st century global economy?

In Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership, we gain insights into the leadership strategies of Japan’s most successful global brands, including Toyota, Canon, and Nintendo.

This book will be the first title in a series on Asian business leaders, leading companies and corporate philosophies in the 21st century. The inaugural volume will focus on business leaders and strategies at Japanese companies that are not only driving and reshaping their respective industries in the 21st century, but are demonstrating a knack for consistently meeting the various challenges of today's rapidly changing world.

Japanese companies have proved to be remarkably resilient – they have weathered the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the post-bubble malaise that lasted throughout the 1990s and now, the current global financial maelstrom. Business strategists today are looking to Japan to discover new means of succeeding in global markets and riding out the rough times.

Written by leading journalist and academic, Yozo Hasegawa, this is a timely collection of profiles of the country’s most innovative CEOs, who are not only driving growth and reshaping their respective industries in the 21^st century but are demonstrating a knack for consistently meeting the various challenges of today’s rapidly changing world. It includes such luminaries as Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata, Canon Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai, and Shisedo President and CEO Shinzo Maeda. Together, they represent the core of a growing breed of savvy business leaders who are well-rooted in classical Japanese business values yet also subscribe to and are well-versed in global business realities.

Author Yozo Hasegawa masterfully uncovers the leadership skills, philosophies and key strategies that these 15 leaders possess and distills them into principles that apply to every company and every manager. He also discusses what makes them captains of industry and their companies well-equipped for growth and success through the next century and beyond.

Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership provides a window into some of the best business minds behind Japan’s most successful global brands, and gives penetrating insight into what makes them tick and what we can learn from them. As other Asian companies seek to expand their global market, this book is a must-read for its valuable lessons from Asia’s first global success story.