Description

Christopher Pellegrini is a shochu and awamori expert, author, podcast host, and die-hard Tokyo Swallows fan, incorporating his infectious enthusiasm and knowledge of Japanese spirits in all his professional endeavors. He launched Honkaku Spirits in March of 2020 with the mission of bringing intensely artisanal Japanese spirits to discerning American consumers, especially koji-based spirits including shochu, awamori, and koji whiskey. 

After honing his skills as a brewer at Otter Creek Brewing Company in Middlebury, Vermont, Christopher became a full-time professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Following the launch of Honkaku Spirits, he now lectures at the university on a part-time basis.

In this episode:

• Christopher shares about his background and how become a shochu and awamori expert
• Sharing the secrets about spirits of Japan to the world
• Looking up to Carles Puyol his work ethics and how he was able to help his team focus on the field
•  Being comfortable with change and how to adapt to it 
• Expectations of employees towards their leaders 

Key Takeaways:

• Take a break from your work and problems and come back with fresh eyes to tackle it 
• The way we communicate has changed and we have to adapt to it 
• Leaders need to learn to interpret data in ways they have not been able to before 
• Employees expectation of what a meaningful job is has changed

Tweetable Quote:

“A leader needs to be comfortable with interpreting data in a way that they might not have when they were either leading a function, or leading a smaller team. They also need to be much more comfortable with challenging assumptions, ” - Christopher Pellegrini

“The business culture is so wickedly different and risk taking, it's two sides. It's not even the same coin. It's two sides of two separate coins.”-  Christopher Pellegrini

Connect with Christopher:

Website: https://honkakuspirits.com/ 

Social Media:LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter 

Connect with Denis:

Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.com

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/