330: Harry Hill- From Zero to $700 Million

330: Harry Hill- From Zero to $700 Million Today we have an interview with Harry Hill the ex-CEO of Shop Japan.  He went from being an English teacher in Gifu, to the founder of firms that grew into a $700 million business.  He has his own leadership mantra, using the acronym VICES.   V - Vision I - Integrity  C - Competency E - Efficiency S - Sustained Success   He also mentioned that although VICES can sound a bit negative, as an acronym, but it also reminds him that power can be a vice, pride can be a vice, inflated self-importance can be a vice and that you are always just a step away from crashing failure and oblivion in business. When I asked Harry for three pieces of advice for new leaders in Japan he nominated these points: 1. Trust and Check 2. Listen rather than want to be heard 3.  Identify who are the biggest obstacles and immediately and publically remove them