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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...

Episode #115: Dieter Haberl, President & CEO, Furla Japan

Originally from Austria, Mr. Dieter Haberl has a wide array of experiences, the most recent being the Presid...

Episode #148: To Start Or Not Start Sellng

It always astonishes me that many salespeople have very little sense of proper timing to start selling their...

Episode #248: Ask Don't Tell

In the West, we have all been trained in consultative selling for many decades. The buyers are used to sales...

Episode #114: Masatsugu Shimono, ex-senior Vice President, IBM Japan

Masatsugu Shimono is the former Senior Vice President at IBM Japan. Mr. Shimono has a longstanding career of...

Episode #147: Good Idea Finding

We find it frustrating when we have good ideas or suggestions but all we receive is rejection or even worse ...

Episode #247: Develop Persuasion Power

Being persuasive is not down to luck or accident, it is the result of good planning and execution. This is ...

Episode #113: Philippe Jardin, Country Manager, Pierre Fabre, Japan

Philippe Jardin is the Country Manager for Pierre Fabre in Japan. His interest in the global world was great...

Episode #146: Passions Speaks Volumes

Formulistic presentations tick the boxes, but don’t ignite much enthusiasm in the audience. The things that...

Episode #246: Where are We Going

New Financial Years, new calendar years, new starts or not? We religiously muscle up and set our resolution...

Episode #112: Hans Werner Burg, Representative Director, Leschaco KK, Japan

Hans Werner Burg is currently the Representative Director for Leschaco KK in Tokyo Japan. Originally from Ge...

Episode #145: What Do You Care About In Sales

I am a buyer too and am constantly amazed by what some people get up to. They are playing that pathetic, fai...

Episode #245: We Buy Benefits Not Features

Japan loves data and detail. All good, but it can be a trap when you are here trying to make sales in Japan...

Episode #111: Scott Smalley, Managing Director, Solutions, Japan, DSV

Scott Smalley is presently the Managing Director of DSV in Japan. Mr. Smalley is originally from Michigan in...

Episode #144: Youth Society Challenges In Japan's Workforce

Sakaiya Taichi, well known author and futurist, made an interesting observation about the current trend of ...

Episode #244: You Don't Need To sell From Stage

The organisers of public presentations are usually not very happy for the presenter to start flogging their ...

Episode #110: Per Rasmussen, President and Representative Director for Millet Mountain Group, Japan

Per Rasmussen is currently the President and Representative Director for Millet Mountain Group, Japan. Mr. R...

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