BOUNDARYLESS LEADERSHIP PODCAST

Episode 5.

Leading Authentically Across Cultures

with Maki Futami

  • Maki Futami
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In this episode, Nozomi and Maki discuss:

  • Working hard, showing the skills, communicating well, and demonstrating leadership. 
  • Western versus Eastern leadership. 
  • How boundaries and borders are different and how it affects leadership. 
  • What is most important for leading in a diverse, multicultural world. 

 

Key Takeaways:

  • You cannot fake your way to authenticity. 
  • The environment around you is important – those around you also need to be comfortable with you being yourself in that environment. 
  • There is beauty in the differences. It is what makes each culture unique and each person special. 
  • Share your story. Share your experience. We all have difficulties and we all have things to overcome.

About Maki Futami

Maki is a managing director focusing on serving private companies mainly in automotive and manufacturing industries. She has 19 years of experience providing audit and non-audit services to public and private entities.

Maki’s areas of expertise include complex accounting and financial reporting matters, revenue recognition, IFRS and GAAP conversion and impact assessments, internal audit, compliance review, and enterprise risk management.

Maki’s key accomplishments include - led Japan’s first IFRS foreign private issuer GAAP conversion project, a member of PwC’s global inspection team focusing on compliance and application of regulatory requirements and PwC policies and procedures, maximized diversity and inclusion among workforce by offering intricate mentorship to cross-functional team members as Midwest Pan Asian Cultural Inclusion Network leader engaging in various multicultural women’s events.

Maki currently lives in Cincinnati and has an almost 9-year-old boy. Prior to moving to Ohio, she worked in various PwC offices including New York, Tokyo – Japan and Washington DC Metro area. Maki serviced as a board member and treasurer of District Advocate for Safe Housing (DASH - largest provider of safe housing for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in DC) until June 2021, and she is a member of the U.S.-Japan Council.

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