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Episode #191: Geoffrey Bossiere, Ex-20th Century Fox and Ex-Hulu Japan Managing Director

Geoffrey has started his own company Shining Prince Entertainment. Currently he is Japan Representative for ...

Episode #208: The Sales Basics Never Go Out Of Style In Japan

The Sales Basics Never Go Out of Fashion In Japan In sales in Japan we chill, cruise and take the foot off t...

Episode #548: As Leaders In Japan Let’s Can The Orders And Use Stories Instead

As leaders, we are busy bees. We are buzzing around, going from meeting to meeting. We are getting togethe...

Episode #374: Japan Small Businesses Must Pick Up The Dregs Of Sales

Japan is facing a serious shortage of staff in many industries. The job-to-applicant ratio rose to 1.28, th...

Episode #374: The Sad Wasted Life Of An Aging Presenter In Japan

It was a big affair. Many supporting organisations had promoted this expert dual speaker event and the larg...

Episode #308: Eradicate That Japan Sales Buyer "Existing Supplier" Nonsense

Japan loves the Devil they know over the Angel they don’t know. Change here is hard to achieve in any field...

Episode #190: Maxime Guilbot, Founder & CEO Ekohe

Maxime founded his company in 2007 in China and now has offices in Tokyo, Paris, Vancouver and New York. Be...

Episode #207: What Sports Can Teach Us About Leading In Japan

The classic movie half-time locker room Churchillian oratory from the coach, whipping the team into a frenzy...

Episode #547: Building Blocks To Leadership In Japan

There are many paths to the mountaintop in the leadership area. Today, let’s go back to the practical rea...

Episode #372: In Sales How To Be Liked By Different Types Of Buyers In Japan

Our circle of friends will usually be people with whom we share a lot of commonalities. Our viewpoints merg...

Episode #373: Should Women Be Public Speakers In Japan?

I hesitated to use this title, because it smacks of click bait, doesn’t it? To hell with it, live dangerous...

Episode #307: When Senior Executives Presentations Are Exposed In Japan

Speech contests and debating contests are usually for younger people at school or university. It is not of...

Episode #189: Guillermo Gutierrez, CEO Chanel Japan

Guillermo has spent most of his career at Chanel as Country Manager Singapore, Regional President SE Asia, G...

Episode #206: Get Self-Belief As A Presenter

When we stand in front of an audience, we are representing our personal brand and our firm’s brand. People e...

Episode #546: The Required Leader Communication Skills In Japan

You would think that organisations choose their leaders because they are skilled in communication. What i...

Episode #373: In Sales How To Break Through The Buyer Brain Logjam

Sales people are in massive competition today, with all the distractions that are out there for the client’s...

Episode #372: Creating Crowd Anticipation In Your Speeches In Japan

Pasedena, January 31,1993. Michael Jackson performs at the Super Bowl. He suddenly pops out of the smoke on...

Episode #306: The Leader Must Resolve Internal Conflicts In The Team In Japan

Business is more fast paced that ever before in human history. Technology boasting massive computing and c...

Episode #188: Derek Baines, General Manager Japan & Korea, Tourism Australia

Derek previously was Country Manager Japan for Tourism Australia. He has spent over 31 years working for Q...

Episode #545: Leaders Need to Be Excellent Listeners In Japan

Leaders may not even be aware that they are poor listeners. They are very focused on telling others what t...