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A healthy working environment is important. However, if the office building accessibility is poor, the state of the working environment becomes irrelevant. Read More

One of the most important elements for sustained success in a business is an overall positive environment within the workplace. No employee can thrive or do really great work in an office that is constrictive, judgmental, critical or otherwise negative. Read More

Due to different concepts of what constitutes discrimination in the U.S. and Japan, the Japanese managers at Mitsubishi may not have been aware of the dangers of age discrimination. Although age discrimination became illegal in the United States in the 1970s, no such law exists in Japan. Read More

If you and/or your employees spend a significant amount of time sitting at your desks working on computers, you may be shortening your lives. Simple workspace changes can lead to healthier employees, and healthier employees mean a healthier business. Read More

Methods used to manage engineers in Japan often do not meet the expectations of non-Japanese engineers. This results in disruptive high turnover rates, and difficulty transferring technology.

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Take some hard steps today. Waiting for things to improve, especially when you know that waiting is certainly not going to help, is only going to make things slower for you. To make your life more productive, take strong decisions and do not overlook minor issues. Read More

For Japanese companies operating outside Japan, this means that the Japanese expatriates assigned to overseas locations are knowledgeable about different cultures and take those cultures into account in their business activities and that non-Japanese working for the company are informed about Japan Read More

There is a certain type of person who thrives in a small business or start-up setting. Here are some personal qualities you should look for. Read More

Are you using employee benefits as “bait” to lure, land and retain workers in your small business? After a few years in which employers downsized benefits to cut costs, Metlife’s 10th annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends found that more and more employers are realizing that benefits are more im Read More