Local Global Power Team Japan
Dangerously underrated!
Make sure to unite your local and global teams for achieving your business goals in Japan. Otherwise, it will not work.
What does it mean?
Many companies are business experts in their home markets of the Americas or Europe because it is their home ground.
Taking the step to Asia is where the confusion starts. The first thing is that each country in Asia has a different culture, and Japan cannot be further away from the rest of Asia from the cultural and business point of view.
Many companies operate on a regional or semi-global scale. Then they start their engagement in Asia, including Japan. The basic assumption is that what worked in the Americas or Europe will automatically work in Japan. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
It leads to internal confusion, misunderstanding, or even conflicts. The result is that local and global teams "break down" to a level where it is difficult to find common ground, and "finger-pointing" starts. Local employees in Japan are not used to the more western introduced "blame culture" and, this is where the local employees will lose their motivation which will finally lead them to quit and leave the company.
It is a nightmare scenario where everybody loses. No one wants to see vital employees leave!
The LOCAL-GLOBAL POWER TEAM topic focus is to address all these issues.
The Identification of potential frustrations at an early stage is the key. Energize individual key employees and reinstate the team spirit with the involvement of all respective units. Finally, have the common ground to go after and achieve their business goals together.
It is crucial to act immediately, if
You hear first indicators that the legal entity in Japan gets "bad-mouthed."
You feel that there seems to be a gap between how the local entity and overseas business units want to execute.
You are not sure why your sales do not develop as planned?
You feel that there are different opinions of how to run the business in Japan.
You see that communication is not going well and performance is decreasing.
You suddenly see vital employees of your local entity in Japan leaving.
You want your employees to be energized and be passionate to drive company results as ONE team.
Note:
All the time, we see it happening that even we communicate in the same language, people cannot understand each other. Individual global markets differ from each other, and what works in one market does not necessarily mean it works in a different market, too. Different cultures lead to different views and different conclusions. The common goal is to eliminate any frustrations along the way and to focus on the bigger picture.
Do NOT let internal friction grow. Please act immediately.
Our offer:
We will partner with local and respective global teams for an overall assessment of the situation.
We will involve all the respective employees to get a detailed picture.
We will mediate the development of ideas from the local entity and respective global teams to improve the situation.
We will develop common ground by bridging the different business cultures.
We energize individual local and global vital employees, reinstate the team spirit and goal focus.
We offer a contact point to be available for guidance after the initial rollout and implementation of countermeasures. This contact point serves as a mediate and comes into play if tension should arise again. This service is available, for an on-cost, every month.
Packages, Time Frame and Pricing:
The POWER TEAM (PT) Package
The goal of The POWER TEAM Package is to identify these frustrations at an early stage, discuss, solve, agree, and align them. Energize individual key employees and reinstate the team spirit with the involvement of all respective units. Finally, have the common ground to go after and achieve their business goals together. Time Frame about 1 - 2 months.
The PT SUPPORT Package
The PT SUPPORT Package serves as a mediate point and is a great way to secure continuous guidance and support after the implementation, basically whenever you need it. This mediate point comes into play if tension should arise again. This service is available, for an on-cost, on a monthly or yearly basis.
Team friction with your Japan operation? Better act immediately.
Let us talk quickly about how we could support you.