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Discover how Japan’s new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business success In Resolute Japan, Waseda University’s Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School’s Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan’s corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews with more than 100 CEOs and top executives of Japan’s largest and most influential companies, including Hitachi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, NTT, and Panasonic. In this book, you will discover: + How Japan’s new leadership model has led to superior performance in the stock market and beyond; + The core principles and practices that characterize Japan’s new leadership model and how they differ from the old models; + How Japan’s new leadership model enables companies to balance multiple and often conflicting objectives, such as shareholder value and social responsibility, short-term results and long-term growth, and agility and stability; + How Japan’s new leadership model fosters innovation, resilience, and competitiveness in a rapidly changing global environment; + Why, even in an environment of macroeconomic stagnation due to economic policies at the national level, individual companies can achieve sustainable development through this new leadership model; and + How Japan’s new leadership model can inspire and inform business leaders in the West and elsewhere who are facing similar challenges and opportunities. Resolute Japan offers a rare and insightful perspective on the new corporate fabric of Japan, one that is sure to both challenge and enlighten leaders around the world.

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"""Resolute Japan is a must-read for anyone looking for a research-grounded book that distills some nuanced and distinguishing features of leaders who have transformed their organizations. Based on detailed interviews with more than 100 CEOs, Jusuke J. J. Ikegami, Harbir Singh, and Michael Useem provide practical and actionable advice that emerges from the experiences of this exemplary set of leaders.""-- ""Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School Professor and Author, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies"" ""I've experienced firsthand the authors' understanding of leadership and management through classroom engagements and through my own study of their research on corporate governance, leadership, and change management. It's no surprise that their new book is grounded in academic rigor and practical insights combined with an ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and engaging way. They offer invaluable tools for current and future global leaders.""-- ""Janet Foutty, Former CEO and Chair, Deloitte Consulting, and Coauthor, Arrive and Thrive"" ""Resolute Japan did a superb job of reigniting my steadfast commitment to leading with 'strategic ambidexterity' as I ponder the future of Progressive. Through the detailed company examples, this book confirmed the direction we are on as far as both exploitation of current businesses and having the courage to explore new products and services as we think about the near-, medium-, and long-term health of the business.""-- ""Tricia Griffith, President & Chief Executive, Progressive Insurance"" ""Large Japanese corporations are staging a remarkable comeback. With in-depth interviews of their leaders, Waseda University's JJ Ikegami and Wharton's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem identify their new leadership engine for innovation and competitiveness. Japan's business revival offers an inspiring model for company managers everywhere, and Resolute Japan compellingly tells the story.""-- ""Ram Charan, Advisor to Boards and CEOs, Business Consultant, and Coauthor, Execution and The Leadership Pipeline"" ""This book unveils the management realities of resurgent Japanese companies through a collaborative study involving leading institutions in the U.S. and Japan. It explores various dimensions, including corporate governance, business portfolio management, business strategy, human resource management, and leadership. In today's dynamic business landscape, leaders must manage sometimes conflicting factors such as diverse stakeholder interests and short-term and long-term business results. Resolute Japan delves into how forward-thinking top executives in Japanese companies tackle these challenges and introduces an extremely thought-provoking and fresh leadership paradigm.""-- ""Reiko Akiike, Managing Director & Senior Partner, Co-Head of BCG Japan"" ""Through interviews with top leaders of more than 100 of Japan's best companies, Resolute Japan reveals in concrete terms the reality of various management reforms. The book also provides companies around the world with a useful reference for business portfolio management that utilizes ambidexterity and balanced stakeholder management, which are currently the focus of much attention in Japan. The exemplary Japanese companies and leaders profiled in the book may serve as an opportunity for Japan, which has long been somewhat mired in pessimism, to objectively reevaluate its situation and give it courage.""-- ""Yuka Tanimoto, Executive Director, Managing Editor, Forbes JAPAN Web Editorial Team"""

"""This book unveils the management realities of resurgent Japanese companies through a collaborative study involving leading institutions in the U.S. and Japan. It explores various dimensions, including corporate governance, business portfolio management, business strategy, human resource management, and leadership. In today's dynamic business landscape, leaders must manage sometimes conflicting factors such as diverse stakeholder interests and short-term and long-term business results. Resolute Japan delves into how forward-thinking top executives in Japanese companies tackle these challenges and introduces an extremely thought-provoking and fresh leadership paradigm."" * Reiko Akiike, Managing Director & Senior Partner, Co-Head of BCG Japan * ""Large Japanese corporations are staging a remarkable comeback. With in-depth interviews of their leaders, Waseda University’s JJ Ikegami and Wharton’s Harbir Singh and Michael Useem identify their new leadership engine for innovation and competitiveness. Japan’s business revival offers an inspiring model for company managers everywhere, and Resolute Japan compellingly tells the story."" * Ram Charan, Advisor to Boards and CEOs, Business Consultant, and Coauthor, Execution and The Leadership Pipeline * ""Resolute Japan did a superb job of reigniting my steadfast commitment to leading with ‘strategic ambidexterity’ as I ponder the future of Progressive. Through the detailed company examples, this book confirmed the direction we are on as far as both exploitation of current businesses and having the courage to explore new products and services as we think about the near-, medium-, and long-term health of the business."" * Tricia Griffith, President & Chief Executive, Progressive Insurance * ""Through interviews with top leaders of more than 100 of Japan's best companies, Resolute Japan reveals in concrete terms the reality of various management reforms. The book also provides companies around the world with a useful reference for business portfolio management that utilizes ambidexterity and balanced stakeholder management, which are currently the focus of much attention in Japan. The exemplary Japanese companies and leaders profiled in the book may serve as an opportunity for Japan, which has long been somewhat mired in pessimism, to objectively reevaluate its situation and give it courage."" * Yuka Tanimoto, Executive Director, Managing Editor, Forbes JAPAN Web Editorial Team * ""I’ve experienced firsthand the authors’ understanding of leadership and management through classroom engagements and through my own study of their research on corporate governance, leadership, and change management. It’s no surprise that their new book is grounded in academic rigor and practical insights combined with an ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and engaging way. They offer invaluable tools for current and future global leaders."" * Janet Foutty, Former CEO and Chair, Deloitte Consulting, and Coauthor, Arrive and Thrive *"

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Jusuke J. J. Ikegami is a Professor and Dean of Waseda Business School. He is also Director of Waseda Blue Ocean Shift Institute and Deputy Director of Global Strategic Leadership Institute. He received his MA in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; an MBA from the Judge Business School, Cambridge University; and a Doctor of Business Administration from Hitotsubashi University, Japan. His working experience includes Boston Consulting Group, Mars Japan, Director of New Business Development for Softbank EC Holdings, Chief Venture Capitalist at Nissay Capital, one of the largest institutional investors in Japan, and independent director at Toyo Inc. SC Holdings. Ikegami has chaired and served on various committees of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. He is the author of Situational Strategy and editor and co-author of Inbound Business Strategy, Inbound Renaissance, and Blue Ocean Strategy in Japan. Harbir Singh is the Mack Professor of Management, co-director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and faculty director of the Huntsman Program for International Studies and Business at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as vice dean for Global Initiatives at the school. He focuses on the development of capabilities and of sustainable competitive advantage, and his interests in research and teaching lie in strategic leadership, growth and innovation via alliances and acquisitions, and the evolution of competitive strategy. Singh is the author of books on strategy and leadership in a global setting, including The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap, The India Way: How India’s Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management,and Fortune Makers: The Leaders Creating China’s Great Global Companies. He teaches and directs customized programs for companies and associations around the world. He has been a visiting faculty member at London Business School, Bocconi University in Milan, and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a founding faculty member of the Indian School of Business. Michael Useem is Faculty Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management and McNulty Leadership Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He works on leadership development, general management, and corporate governance with companies and organizations in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. He is the author of The Leader’s Checklist, The Edge: How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead, The Leadership Moment, Executive Defense, Investor Capitalism, Leading Up, and The Go Point. Useem is also co-author and co-editor of Learning from Catastrophes and co-author of The India Way: How India’s Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management; Leadership Dispatches: Chile’s Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster; Boards That Lead; The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap; Fortune Makers: The Leaders Creating China’s Great Global Companies;and Mastering Catastrophic Risk: How Companies Are Coping with Disruption.

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