You may have heard that I’m increasingly becoming known as The “Less Effort, More Impact” Coach.
These days, my focus is on helping overworking women in Japan and beyond to take care of their physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing and to expand their professional expertise, so that they can enjoy doing great work without sacrificing their personal lives.
But before I became obsessed with women’s success, for years I was known as the Communication Expert. This started from my 10 years with McKinsey Japan, where I trained consultants as well as their clients in skills such as listening, questioning, presentations, meeting facilitation, influencing, and of course logical thinking.
After I left the management consulting firm and set up my own business (the very next day!), I became the go-to expert for multiple multinationals in Japan to design and lead their communication training programs.
I’ve coached top global executives one-on-one as well as business leaders in Tokyo University’s Executive Management Program. I won the 2017 Waseda University Teaching Award for my Strategic Thinking and Communication MBA course. And I’m a TEDx speaker and coach.
So you can imagine that I know my stuff when it comes to communication skills.
In past episodes of the Sasuga! Podcast, I’ve shared many of the most practical communication techniques that I’ve learned over my 3-decade career. These are skills that my clients enjoy tremendous success with too.
Now, in the runup to celebrating Episode 200 of the Sasuga! Podcast on November 7, 2022, I’ve compiled a whopping 23 top tips from 5 communication-focused episodes to help you improve your communication skills for meetings, presentations, and networking events..
In Episode 197, you’ll hear
- 2 structures to sound clear, concise, and convincing in your English meetings and presentations
- 6 techniques to get others to speak in meetings
- 4 questions to ask yourself to help difficult conversations go more smoothly and for you to feel better
- 6 questions to make small talk easier
- 5 ways to talk to colleagues depending on their particular preferences
Enjoy!
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Mentioned in this episode
Episode 195: 15 Tips To Feel More Confident And Positive
Episode 166: This Drives Your Global Colleagues Crazy
Episode 117: How To Get Others To Speak In Meetings
Episode 149: Make Your Difficult Conversations Easier
Episode 126: How Do I Make Small Talk?
Episode 131: The 5 Love Languages For Better Relationships at Home and Work
Scaling Japan with Tyson Batino Episode 16: Growing Your Business Through Word Of Mouth
If you want to know more about facilitation skills and you read Japanese, I recommend Chapter 4 of my book Eigo no Shigoto-jutsu.
The book includes anecdotes from my 3-decade career in global business, activities to put the learnings into practice, and checklists.
The book is available in paperback and Kindle versions.
12 Essential Phrases For Clear, Confident English Presentations – In Person and Online – Download this quick guide for some useful phrases to make your English presentations – both in-person and online, run smoothly.
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