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Have you ever seen a robotic presenter? The presentation just looked too rehearsed? Actually, the problem was probably not being too rehearsed. More likely, the presenter hadn’t rehearsed enough. When I coach executives for keynotes and other important presentations,...
I was lost – somewhere in Tokyo - five minutes before my meeting with a new potential client was scheduled to start. The company should have been only a few minutes’ walk from the station. I’d arrived 30 minutes ago and had been walking, following directions on my...
What’s more scary than giving a presentation? The Q&A session after the presentation. A Japanese executive who I’d been coaching for a keynote speech emailed me the other day because he’d just found out from the conference organizers that he would have a Q&A...
I loved this question in the Sasuga! Community Facebook group| (thanks, Helen Lewis!): “I struggle with handling all the different threads that come at me - from friends, from family, from students, not to mention work colleagues. There is never time to be all things...
One of the funniest moments I remember from my ten years with McKinsey was when I sent an internal chat message to a young consultant who’d done something that I appreciated. I can’t remember now what he’d done, but I’ll never forget what happened later that day. The...
I’m sad when I hear that people spend time and money on training and then don’t put what they’ve learned into practice. What a waste. Mottainai. This applies to me too. I’ve taken courses and not made the most of what I learned. Why do we waste time and money like...
Do you give yourself reasons why you can't do something? "I don't have time." "I'm not good enough." "I should give the opportunity to other people." By doing that, you're arguing for your limitations. If you keep doing that, you prevent yourself from going beyond...
An Interview with Emi Takemura, Co-Founder at FutureEdu Tokyo I met Emi Takemura when we were both speaking at TEDx Roppongi in September 2016. I admired Emi's diligence in preparing for her presentation. When I saw her spending many hours over several days in front...
An Interview with Hiroko Sasaki, President & CEO at ChangeWAVE Inc. After working with Hiroko Sasaki during our McKinsey days, I remember being deeply inspired when I visited her ChangeWAVE Inc. office a short while after I set up my own business in 2013. Hiroko...
Can’t see the video player above? Watch it on YouTube. Scroll down for the full video transcript 3 Essentials To Improve Your Communication In 2017 1. Have Courage Step out of the comfort zone! We need to do this to learn something new. And because...
Can’t see the video player above? Watch it on YouTube. Scroll down for the full video transcript Conference calls are a challenge for multiple reasons: technical problems, time zone difficulties, and confidence issues -- especially if you're speaking in your...
Can’t see the video player above? Watch it on YouTube. Scroll down for the full video transcript Considering how much time we spend in business meetings and the cost of each person in each meeting, it’s crucial to make meanings meaningful. If one person keeps talking,...