Cultural Intelligence, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 6

Motivating and Leading across Cultures

CLASS CONDUCT

Kenichi Tokuzawa, a Japanese man of twenty-four, was a graduate in languages and was fluent in various languages, including English. Prior to his university study, he had trained as a schoolteacher, had taught for two years in a Japanese primary school, and had been acclaimed as an outstanding teacher. Kenichi put his success down to his clear structuring of lessons, meticulous preparation, effective use of language, and ability to make topics interesting. The results were impressive: when Kenichi taught, every student paid close attention.

In his final year at university, Kenichi won an international scholarship enabling him to spend a semester studying at a university in New England, ...