Thought Leadership

How to Overcome Public Speaking Fear and Find Joy on Stage

Why does public speaking feel like a root canal for so many executives? Despite career success, many leaders s...

How to Introduce Yourself Without Losing Credibility in Presentations

Why do so many executives bore their audience with long, self-centered introductions? Speakers often overload ...

Primacy, Recency, and Chapter Structure in Business Presentations

Why do audiences remember only the beginning and end of a speech? The principles of primacy (the first thing w...

Openings, Chapters, and Powerful Conclusions in Business Presentations

Why do so many presentations start strong but end weakly? Executives often focus heavily on their opening, yet...

Breaking Presentation Rules with Impact

Why do so many presenters unknowingly break the rules of presenting? Like a Johari Window blind spot, others c...

Interactive Business Presentations

Why are so many business presentations still one-way monologues? In both in-person and online formats, the for...

Business Storytelling in Presentations

Why do so few executives use storytelling in business presentations? In a world where slides are overloaded wi...

Style vs. Substance in Business Presentations — Why Leaders Must Master the Two-Sword (Nitoryu) Approach

In large meetings, technical experts often rely on dense content while overlooking delivery. When confronted b...

Storytelling in Business Presentations — How to Overcome Information Overload

Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon predicted in 1971 that “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” ...

Authenticity vs. Imposter Syndrome — How Leaders Can Project Confidence in Presentations

Authenticity is the easiest state to maintain. Pretending or maintaining a fiction takes energy and increases ...

Why Leaders Fail on Video — and How to Avoid Communication Disasters

One global leader recently released a video asking for major financial support — and failed spectacularly. Poo...

First Impressions in Presentations — How to Win Audiences in 3 Seconds

A polished speaker can still miss the mark if the content isn’t relevant. One executive recently gave a talk o...

Cancel Culture and Public Speaking — How Executives Can Respond

Presenters today face more than distraction and cynicism — they also face cancel culture. A story, example, or...

How to Succeed in Virtual Breakout Rooms

Since 2020, breakout rooms have become a regular feature of virtual meetings and training. Yet many participan...

Why Engineers in Japan Need Strong Presentation Skills

Engineering students often choose math and science over communication skills. At university and early in their...

Presentation Skills in Japan — Balancing Professionalism and Cultural Expectations

In Western business culture, a confident, polished stage presence signals credibility. But in Japan, overt smo...

Video Presentation Skills for Executives

Video seems simple: stand in front of the camera and speak. Yet in practice, most executives lose 20% of their...

Improving Japanese Presentation Skills — Clarity, Confidence, and Impact

Many Japanese presenters excel at compiling data but overwhelm audiences with slides packed with information a...

Persuasion in Business Presentations — Structuring Punchline, Context, and Benefits

Frustration arises when colleagues, bosses, or subordinates reject requests or ideas. The common mistake? Pres...

Mastering Media Interviews, Panels, and Podcasts — Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo

Media interviews can build or damage your personal and corporate brand depending on the journalist, platform, ...