The importance of leadership, a strategic vision and engaging everyone in an organisation

In this recorded lecture, Dr. Richard Keegan (Advisor to the EU-Japan Centre's World Class Activities and Adjunct Associate Professor of Lean Operational Excellence at Trinity Business School in Dublin) examines leadership, engagement and strategy in the EU and Japan. He compares and contrasts how successful EU and Japanese companies work and are structured.
The lecture covers how these companies ensure that they offer clear leadership, engage everyone in their organisation, have a strategic vision and prepare for the future, and the impact that the vision has on the way the company operates. It underscores the benefits of having a 'servant leader' who empowers the team by supporting their ability to deliver and of combining innovation and continuous improvement to drive the organisation's capabilities forward.
This is the first in an occasional series of recorded lectures on issues shaping business in Europe and Japan now and in the future.