Eric de Groot

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About Eric de Groot

Japan business development specialist with over 30 years experience creating opportunities, delivering results and managing Japanese and multi-cultural teams for non-Japanese companies.>Fluent in Japanese.>Focussed on construction and building materials industries.>Results oriented with full PL responsibility and proven ability to grow foreign enterprises in Japan. Anyone who's worked in Japan, especially for a Japanese organization, knows that for various historical and cultural reasons Japanese management, organizational structure, HR practices, strategic outlook, decision making, risk tolerance and process orientation can differ markedly from that of other countries. These differences need to be understood by everyone in a Japanese/non-Japanese cross cultural organization, whether Japanese managed with non-Japanese teams, or foreign entities working with Japanese teams and customers. Failure to comprehend these differences and create strategies for coping with them will lead to frustration, misunderstanding, employee dissatisfaction, lower employee retention and ultimately reduced efficiency and profits. JIC offers training courses designed and presented by long-term Japanese-experienced business professionals to address these very real problems.