We had guest speakers talk in front of us on Monday and Wednesday. On Monday, we invited Mr. Kakutaro Kitashiro, Chair of the Board of Trustees at ICU and Executive Advisor, IBM Japan, Ltd. He spoke to us about lessons in leadership. His lecture was in different style from that of President Hibiya. He first talked about his biography; his life experience was more profound than expected. He belonged to numerous economic organizations and constituency. He also told us about recollections as a middle manager and president. Due to difference in the position, he followed different guidelines as well. I was shocked to see a graph that looks like a ravine and to know that Mr. Kitashiro was appointed as president in the year when the company profit was at the bottom of ravine. However, by several techniques, programs, innovatice actions, he became the savior.
Floyd Takeuchi and Joe Daisy visited our class on Wednesday. Through their stories, we learned how College of Micronesia went through time of crisis and Joe Daisy saved it from closing down. According to Joe, he emphasized the importance of teamwork and working together rather than doing something innovatice by himself. I had never heard of Micronesia before, but I got an impression that Micronesia is too dependent on the others.
It was a priceless opportunity to learn about leadership from their life experiences.
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