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Episode #155: Connecting With Your Audience

Getting up in front of people is confronting for a lot of speakers. Beady eyes are boring into you, a sea o...

Episode #255: Performance Assessments

Performance evaluation is not popular anywhere, but especially so in Japan. Teamwork and so team performanc...

Episode #121: Mark Militello, Japan Country Head, APAC Head of Markets and Collateral, APAC at Bank Of New York Mellon Financial Corporation Limited

Mark Militello is the Country Representative of the Bank of New York Mellon. This is his third posting to Ja...

Episode #154: Dumb Sales Questions

Three woeful contributions from salespeople include "we have this widget", "you should have it?" and "we can...

Episode #254: Don't Pitch

Stony motherless silence unleavened by a stony face. That was the reaction to my questions from this first ...

Episode #120: David Bennett, former President, Lenovo Japan

Mr. David Bennett has been in Japan for more than 10 years in total. He has lived in Japan throughout his st...

Episode #153: Blow Up Your Own Comfort Zone

“We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do”. This quo...

Episode #253: Presenters, Lose the Vice Like Grip on The Rostrum

Good posture never goes out of fashion. Standing up straight shows confidence, allows good breath control a...

Episode #119: Bill Hall, President at Ipsos Healthcare Japan Ltd

William “Bill” Hall is currently the President at Ipsos Healthcare Japan Ltd. Mr. Hall has a long-standing h...

Episode #152: Presentation Rehearsal

Every performance is better when practiced beforehand and presenting is no different. We are putting oursel...

Episode #252: The Persuasive Leader

A friend of mine was lamenting that he had not taken the time to complete our High Impact Presentations Cour...

Episode #118: Jennie Petit, President & CEO, TUV Rheinland in Japan

Jennelle “Jennie” Petit is the President of TUV Rheinland in Japan. Over 30 years, Ms. Petit has gone throug...

Episode #151: Cold Calling

Cold calling is an unheralded intervention into someone's already packed schedule. They are distracted by t...

Episode #251: Close That Sale

You would think that asking for the order would be the simplest thing in a sales job. Not the case here in ...

Episode #117: Campbell Hanley, Managing Director, Weber Shandwick, Japan

Originally from Australia, Mr. Campbell Hanley is presently the Managing Director of Weber Shandwick, Japan....

Episode #150: Leadership Ideas From Drucker

Peter Drucker has this great quote. “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusio...

Episode #250: Two Dimensions Needed When Presenting

When you hear an excellent presentation, it is easy to be well satisfied. When you are giving such a presen...

Episode #116: Ernie Higa, President & CEO, Higa Industries

Ernest (Ernie) Higa shares his extensive leadership and entrepreneurial experience starting from his mid-20s...

Episode #149: Memorising Presentations

How should we reproduce the content we have designed for our talk? Do we have to remember it exactly, memor...

Episode #249: Stickability Needed

Japanese language has lots of insightful sayings and “mikka bozu” or only lasting as a priest for three days...