TSNE Executive Director Jonathan Spack was invited by a group of Japanese nonprofit leaders to meet with colleagues there and present at symposia in Osaka and Nagoya in late 2007. Subsequently, he was asked to share his thoughts and perspectives about nonprofit leadership with Japanese NPO colleagues in an article written for the NPO Journal vol.21, issued by Kansai NPO Alliance (KNA). Following is an excerpt from the piece submitted to the journal's editors.