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– a conversation with Shu Matsuo Post Do you consider yourself a feminist? I didn’t until recently. Despite long being an enthusiastic linguist, I’d never looked up the dictionary definition of “feminism.” I associated “feminism” with confrontation, being anti-men,...
“The most common form of stress that we experience is the feeling of being overwhelmed with far too much to do and having too little time to do it in.” - Brian Tracy International The other day, I asked participants in an online training their biggest problem with...
– a conversation with Sarah Furuya (Part 2) How often do you apologize in your work? “Sorry I’m late.” “Sorry my camera isn’t working.” “I’m sorry for my poor English.” Have you ever fully considered that when you apologize frequently (habitually), your apology loses...
– a conversation with Sarah Furuya When executive coach Sarah Furuya walks into a room of clients, she sees Japanese women who are “phenomenal” and who are the senior leaders of the future. From Sarah’s perspective, she comes in as a business partner. But,...
Have you decided your word of the year for 2021 yet? If you’re not familiar with this concept, the idea is to choose a word or phrase, usually at the beginning of the year, that will help keep you focused and inspired. You may also find a word of the year useful to...
What do you do when you make a mistake? How do you react when a colleague makes a mistake? After we published our celebratory episodes of the Sasuga! Podcast with fabulous soundbites of advice from past guests, I suddenly realized… ... we’d missed out one of the...
– a conversation with Kanako Machidori When human resources manager Kanako Machidori started running more than 10 years ago, her maximum was 200 meters. Gradually, she increased her distance until she ran in her first half marathon. Kanako thought it would be...
What are you committed to? Do you make “hard” and “soft” commitments - ones that you’re definitely going to stick to and others that you’re okay letting go of? Have you ever said that you’re going to do something and then - when it came to the time to do that thing -...
Well, we’re finally here. Episode 100! If you happened to listen to Episode 2 from waaaaaaay back in January 2019, you may recall that I spoke about the dangers of perfectionism. I can assure you that we would NOT have got this far if I’d attempted to be perfect. As...
If you’re like many high-performing women in a fast-paced work environment, you’re probably constantly “putting out fires” - rushing from one urgent task to the next, without pausing to consider how to really make the most of your expertise, time, and energy. Even if...
If you’re like many Japanese business professionals who feel uncomfortable or uncertain speaking in online meetings and presentations in English, you may think that your English capability is the problem. Actually, that’s probably not the main problem. In fact, you...
– a conversation with Angel Guevara When Angel Guevara emigrated from Venezuela to America at the age of 18, he found that people were very nice, polite and kind. It was the same when he came to Japan. You probably recognize that, in many countries, people are...