Today, we have a special episode. It is May, which means it is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in the U.S. To celebrate, we wanted to bring back all the amazing Asian voices that we’ve had on our podcast so far. When I counted, we had more than 10, and each person had such an amazing thing to share. So, we decided to make a compilation of the golden nuggets from each of our guests with Asian heritage. This will be part 1 of a 2-part special. So stay tuned for our next special with another set of amazing guests. Thank you for listening to Boundaryless Leadership Podcast, I am excited to share the wonderful insights and takeaways from our past guests and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Enjoy!
Key Takeaways:
- In order to be in the higher levels of leadership, you need to bring your whole self to work.
- Everybody is different regardless of where they are from. In supporting those differences, your organization will be stronger for it. There is no right or wrong, only different.
- Boundaries are set from within, borders are external. Do not allow yourself to stop you from leading across those boundaries.
- Who you are is how you lead, but you also need to understand those you are leading to facilitate clear communication.
“We need to figure out how we can work together. It’s not about changing someone else, or, doing it a specific way, with companies or teams especially. What is most important is when you have these lots of different types of people, which makes the team better that makes the organization better, is to really have clear values and have a clear culture, and then you can align to that.” — Nozomi Morgan
“I do spend a lot of time making sure that everyone understands the process, and everyone has a say in the process. And what that does is it really makes everyone feel like they own that process.” — Masami Tyson
“You need to understand what they’re thinking, what their background is, why they’re seeing this, because, at the end of the day, you just need to understand, otherwise, you can’t really have sufficient communication. Understanding doesn’t mean that you agree, you can understand but still disagree with it. But if you don’t understand then it’s so difficult to even assess whether you are actually sending the right message or the wrong message.” — Joji Koda