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Have you ever wondered what is the perfect number of slides for a 30-minute presentation? Maybe your company has guidelines around how many PowerPoint pages to prepare based on the time you have? Perhaps you’ve heard of time and number stipulations in Pechakucha or...
When Japanese clients ask me how they can improve their English listening skills, I often recommend podcasts. You can easily listen to podcasts while doing something else, such as commuting, exercising at the gym, or doing the housework. Podcasts are free and you can...
- An Interview with Annie Peguero, Healthy Life Strategist How resourceful are you? When you’re faced with a difficult situation, what do you do to overcome it? I’m writing this just after Okinawa has been hit by two typhoons. Annie Peguero is an entrepreneur, healthy...
And A Lesson From A Tea Strainer Last week, I was outside Japan, coaching 29 speakers for an Asia regional conference. Let me share with you my top three conference presentation tips (and a surprising lesson) to help you when you next have an opportunity to speak at a...
That’s A Recipe For Disaster! When you see a baby learning to walk, do you say, “That baby’s not good at walking”? Probably not, right? You recognize that the baby is learning by practicing, falling down and getting up again, and often holding a grownup’s hand for...
– Especially In Another Language! When I’m coaching people in presentation skills, I always urge them to talk about a topic they know well and are passionate about. People respond, “But sometimes I have to present information at work that I haven’t created myself and...
Conference calls are a challenge for multiple reasons, including technical problems, time zone difficulties, and feeling a lack of confidence about speaking up — especially in your non-native language. You can’t change technical problems (except for checking in...
An interview with Shizuko Yamasaki, Brand Producer, at Color Preview Co., Ltd. Years ago, I was part of a team working on two books that brought together essays from dozens of respected international business people, politicians, academics, scientists, journalists,...
You may have heard me talk about the benefits of stepping OUT OF your comfort zone. Stepping out of your comfort zone means doing something uncomfortable - like giving a business presentation or telling a colleague that you disagree with his idea. Stepping out of...
Here’s a post for my Japanese readers who are keen to communicate with clarity and confidence in global business. Do you struggle to find the proper words to express yourself in English? You may feel frustrated at work because you can’t show your true capability and...
Have you thought how much stress comes from what we tell ourselves about a situation rather than from the situation itself? Last week, I spent a lovely time in Germany, reuniting with friends from my student days there - 29 years ago!!! On the final morning in our...
Do you work with colleagues in multiple locations? Have you experienced the miscommunication and frustration that come from a lack of face-to-face meetings, different languages and cultures, and varied time zones? I first learned how to work effectively with remote...