Podcast

Episode #244: What Japanese Presenters Get Wrong

Clients have some common problems with their Japanese leaders. I know this because the same requests keep co...

Episode #243: A Smile, Energy, Eyeline Make Such A Difference When Presenting Online

Once upon a time, we taught public speaking and presentation skills in a class room, with tons of people all ...

Episode #242: Naomi Osaka And The Public Speaking Mindset

“Naomi Osaka would have earned at least $200,000 dollars if she made the Top 16 in the French Tennis Open and...

Episode #244: The Craziness Of Sales In Japan

Japan’s image as a sophisticated country with a solid, unique traditional culture is well placed. For examp...

Episode #243: We Need More Formality On Line When Selling To Japanese Buyers

Selling to a buyer in-person and selling to the same Japanese buyer online are worlds apart. Yet how many sa...

Episode #242: I Like It, It Sounds Really Good, But I Am Not Going To Buy It

You manage to get the appointment, which at the moment is seriously job well done. Trying to get hold of cl...

Episode #417: Stop Procrastinating And Start Delegating

The most fatal words ever spoken by a leader are , “it will be faster if I do it myself”. No it won’t. If ...

Episode #416: Stakeholder, Customer, Employee - Whose Interests Should Leaders Prioritise?

Shareholders put up their future security in the hope of increasing their returns and adding further to thei...

Episode #91: Credibility Sells

The first sale is to yourself regarding what it is you are selling. If you are not sold, then get out of th...

Episode #90: Japan's Work Rhythm

There are 15 public holidays a year in Japan plus some accepted company holidays as well. However there are...

Episode #89: Public Speaking Techniques For The Drunken Rabble Audience

This is the hardest time ever for presenters. We are already in the Age of Distraction and the Era of Cynic...

Episode #191: Buyers Have No Urgency So We Have To Create It

Having a buying need and doing something about it can often be quite disparate ideas. There are many things...

Episode #190: Enthusiasm Is Key When Presenting

Positivity in life is electric and it can impact others very quickly. Our mindset and energy output are engi...

Episode #189: Adrenaline And Leaders

The brain when triggered by fight or flight impulses, releases adrenalin into the larger muscle groups. It ...

Episode #56: Kiyo Weiss, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Air Canada

Kiyo Weiss shared extensive insight into her path to leadership starting from an OL in a Japanese corporat...

Episode #55: Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director, SGK Japan

Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director of SGK Japan, first began her career as a radio DJ in Kobe, where she gr...

Episode #54: Ken Shibusawa, President, Shibusawa and Company, Inc

Ken Shibusawa shares extensive insight in the global financial sector and alternative investment that has be...

Episode #53: David Wouters, ex Corporate Liaison Manager, Coca-Cola Japan

David Wouters is the President of InterSearch Japan, an executive search and human resources consultancy com...

Episode #52: Moeko Suzuki, Founder, StartUp Lady/Tailor Innovations

Moeko Suzuki provides valuable insight as a young global-minded entrepreneur having studied in the UK, US an...

Episode #51: Seth Sulkin, CEO, Pacifica Capital, Pacifica Hotels, Food-e

Seth Sulkin takes us through his journey in Japan from working as a journalist to a civil servant to becomin...