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Wow! I was amazed to receive the Waseda University Teaching Award for my business school course in Strategic Thinking and Effective Communication. I was invited to attend the commencement ceremony and had tears in my eyes as I saw not only students I knew from my...
Do you wonder what to do with your hands when giving presentations? Let me first share with you what NOT to do - three common hand positions to avoid if you want to build trust with your audience and get your message across clearly. 1. The fig leaf The “fig...
Have you noticed? When you’re stressed it’s difficult to communicate with others. How does that impact your work? And how does it make you feel? Wouldn’t it be GREAT to reduce your stress and IMMEDIATELY improve how you interact with colleagues and clients??? I did...
An Interview With Japanese Marketing Expert May Nakamura I discovered May Nakamura when she found out about me through Emiko Rasmussen of the Her Confidence Her Way podcast. May contacted me, asking to chat and learn more about what I do. I was inspired by May’s...
- An Interview With Makeup Artist Nobue Doi What kind of communicator do you want to be? I want to be a communicator who helps to press people’s buttons to “on”. What “on” means depends on the person. It could mean to be happy, energetic, playful, smart,...
"I get so nervous about speaking in public.” Many clients tell me this when we start working together. And my response is usually, “Good. That means you’re a normal human being.” As human beings, from primitive times, we have needed to be part of a group to survive....
- An Interview With Emiko Rasmussen, Higher Education Professional and Founder of the Her Confidence Her Way Podcast and Community I "met" Emiko Rasmussen when she contacted me via Facebook messenger. She had seen my TEDx Talk and wanted to connect and know more about...
Do you feel awkward at networking events? Not sure how to approach someone or what to say? In Japan, at least the formalities of exchanging business cards give us something to do and say, but what else? At the networking event following TEDx Roppongi, a gentleman came...
Essentialism has been my favorite book for a long time, but I’ve now found another that I’m obsessed with. I read it and then immediately started rereading it: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. I’ve been quoting Gay Hendricks for a while after I heard him say on a...
Picture this: A talented Japanese businesswoman is updating an executive from global headquarters on the progress of a new project. She has good news, but the executive thinks things aren’t going so well. Or picture this: A Japanese businessman is presenting to a...
I'm thrilled to share this interview with Toru Nishikawa, president and CEO of Preferred Networks, Inc., in which he tells us how he prepared for a keynote speech in the United States. We talk about overcoming nerves how not to go blank building confidence the...
The other day, I lied. I was HORRIFIED because I like to think of myself as an honest person. But the lie just plopped out of my mouth before I could even think. While ordering lunch, I told the lady selling Thai food from a truck near my office that I’d just got back...