Podcast

Episode #128: Christian Wiedmann, President & CEO, BMW Group Japan

Christian Wiedmann, President & CEO of BMW Group Japan had already arrived in Japan on one first stint b...

Episode #491: The Japanese Concept Of Shu-Ha-Ri and Leadership

The Japanese idea of Shu-Ha-Ri is a combination of three characters – 守破離. Shu is to protect the traditiona...

Episode #317: The Japanese Concept of Shu-Ha-Ri for Sales

The Japanese idea of Shu-Ha-Ri is a combination of three characters – 守破離. Shu is to protect the traditiona...

Episode #317: Applying the Japanese Shu-Ha-Ri Concept For Presentations

The Japanese idea of Shu-Ha-Ri is a combination of three characters – 守破離. I first came across this concept ...

Episode #263: Selling Into Each Region Is Different In Japan

Japan is a big small place. It is about the same size as the UK, but is covered in mountains, the latter ma...

Episode #127: Dan Kerrigan Country Head Interactive Brokers Japan

Dan Kerrigan spent nearly six years with Citibank in Tokyo as Managing Direrctor, Head of Execution Services...

Episode #162: Well Organised Project Planning

It sounds so obvious that we should have structures for doing our project planning. However, the project te...

Episode #490: Companies In Japan Need Real Leadership Right Now

As a training company, we are the canary in the coal mine about commercial trends and corporate shortfalls. ...

Episode #489: Four Strategies For Building Confidence In Being A New Leader

We work long, diligently and hard. We are recognised for our devotion and the quality of our output and get...

Episode #316: Are Your Buyer Questioning Skills Good Enough?

Many salespeople contemplating this title would be flummoxed. They don’t have really good questions for the...

Episode #262: How To Present As A Team When Selling

In business, we are asked to present as a team. We may be pitching for new business and the presentation re...

Episode #126: Yusuke Asai, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, Tokyo Japan

Yusuke Asai is presently the CEO at Standard Chartered bank in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Asai has spent over 32 year...

Episode #316: Why Are You Such A Boring Presenter?

Contemplating this title you may be thinking “I am not boring”. You would be a rarity in business then, beca...

Episode #161: Be Clear Every Time You Present

Most talks and presentations we hear, we cannot recall. Why is that? We were there presumably because we h...

Episode #315: Four Strategies For Building Confidence In Sales

Buyers can smell fear and desperation on salespeople. When the sales funnel is sad and prospects are few, w...

Episode #315: Four Strategies For Building Confidence As A Speaker

As a presentations trainer, I can appreciate the difference between class participants when they cross that b...

Episode #261: Nature's Attack Of Productivity Is Real

Brace yourself for everything to take a big hit twice a year. Speed, attention to detail, output, results a...

Episode #125: Noboru Nakatani, President & CEO of JASTEC Co., Ltd.

Noboru Nakatani has been leading in a global environment in various industries including manufacturing, IT, ...

Episode #160: Don't Be A Wimp On Pricing

Salespeople don't set the price of what they sell. This is usually an obscure outcome decided by someone el...

Episode #488: How Do You As The Leader Deal With Two Face-ism In Japan

“Japanese are two faced”, is a common complaint you will hear from foreigners in Japan. The implication is ...