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Episode #174: Erwann Mao, Managing Director, ebm-papst Japan

Prior to this position Erwann was Trading Department Director at Saint-Gobain Japan, Vice-President Glass Ja...

Super Self-Awareness

As professionals how do we grow in our business careers? Academic studies usually form the platform to whic...

Elegantly Accepting Your Kudos

You want to promote your business or organisation, so that you can be more successful. A genius idea pops ...

Episode #173: Victor Osumi, President, Delta Airlines Japan

Previously Victor was Area Vice President, Japan and Guam for Marriott International, Managing Executive Off...

Episode #201: People Can Be Difficult

All of our problems walk on two legs and talk back”. I can’t recall when I first came across this expression...

Episode 301: Your Face Is More Important Than Any Screen

We have all seen it. The presenters face is expressionless, wooden, devoid of emotion or life. It is usual...

Episode #172: Petra Fare, CEO, CSO, Ikea Japan

Prior to coming to Japan, Petra has had a number of roles for Ikea in Sweden as Global Business Area Manager...

Episode #200: Which Data For My Presentations

How much is enough data in a presentation? How much is too much? Generally speaking, most presenters have ...

Episode 300: Leadership Tough Love Won't Cut It Anymore

In a previous episode, I mentioned a Spa magazine survey in Japan of 1,140 male full-time employees in their...

Episode #171: Vincent Nelias, President Triump Japan

Previously Vincent was Managing Director of Swarovski Japan, Japan Sales Director for Van Cleef &Arpels,...

Episode #199: Success Techniques For Presenting To Buyers

Finding clients is an art and so is building trust and credibility that you can actually help them solve the...

Episode #299: Don't Forget Your Customers

This is an old saying in sales and one we forget at our cost. We might have made the sale and then we keep ...

Episode #170: Jose Gozalbo, Country Head, Maetel Construction Japan

Jose has previously been O&M Senior Sales Manager at Trina Solar, Director of Fotovoltaica de la Mancha,...

Episode #198: Employees Are Number One

There is a great Simon Sinek video floating around about how companies say employees are important, but don’...

Episode #298: Clarify Your Message When Presenting

The head of a pin isn’t much real estate is it? The metaphor for presenting is to have pin point accuracy a...

Episode #169: Rionne McAvoy, CEO, Japan Media Services

Multiple award winning filmmaker and CEO of a video production company based in Tokyo, Japan. A former profe...

Episode #197: How To Do Impromptu Talks

Suddenly you hear your name being called upon and you are being requested to make a few remarks. Uh oh. No...

Episode #297: Soft Skills Are Final Frontier

A number of years ago, I recall reading in Japan’s Spa magazine, the results of a survey they completed of 1...

Episode #168: Johan Gade, CEO Saxo Bank Japan

Saxo Bank is a securities broker started thirty years ago in Denmark and they have been in Japan for 13 year...

Episode #196: Pushing Buyers

Pushy salespeople are very, very annoying. They try to bug you into buying and none of us like it. We may ...