Is Chrysler Japan involved in any CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities?
We try to do charity events at least once a year. With our launch activities for the 300C, we did a big charity auction for the Make A Wish Foundation. We don’t typically give a car away. What we’ll do is give a free year lease, depending on the event. How many staff do you have? Here we have 52 people. Most of the back office functions we get from the Mercedes side. That’s the way it was done before the split. What is your management style? I’m hands on in some areas. I really want staff to take ownership of their particular area, so I try to empower them as much as possible. I like to have staff meetings once a week with the entire staff because I want the information to be shared among everybody. In many ways, you don’t have to be as explicit as you would in the U.S. about getting something done. On the other hand, people may head off in a totally different direction from where you want to go. I really try to be careful about that. What is a typical day for you? I take my kids to th
