by Helen Iwata | Jun 6, 2023 | All, Communication Skills, Personal Growth
(Just for fun – the photo is with my friend, Sam, about 5 years ago on the stepping stones at a lovely village in Yorkshire where we used to go on family holidays as children.) The other day, Junko (not her real name) told me on a call that she’d recently been...
by Helen Iwata | Jun 5, 2023 | All, Communication Skills, Personal Growth
Oh, the difficulty of receiving! This photo is from 2014. I was speaking at a seminar organized by FEW (For Empowering Women) Japan and this was the panel discussion toward the end of the event. After this, there was a raffle. My name came up as a winner! In my mind,...
by Helen Iwata | May 9, 2023 | All, Communication Skills, Personal Growth
As we come out of Golden Week in Japan, I have a sort of “New Year” feeling. In March, many businesses went through the crazy busyness of the fiscal year end. In April, it was all about new hires and moving to new departments. And then the holidays. So now seems like...
by Helen Iwata | May 2, 2023 | All, Communication Skills, Managing Conflict, Personal Growth
Are you taking time off for Golden Week? If so, I hope you’re enjoying it ❤️ As you may know, I was on hols with family in Thailand last week. We had a wonderful time. But when we arrived at Bangkok airport all refreshed and ready for our flight back to Japan, we had...
by Helen Iwata | Apr 24, 2023 | All, Other Topics, Personal Growth
As Golden Week approaches, will you be traveling? When you’re on holiday, do you switch off completely or are you still doing some work? In the past, I was constantly overworking. I always had my BlackBerry and laptop with me even when I was in Thailand or the UK with...
by Helen Iwata | Apr 3, 2023 | All, Other Topics, Personal Growth
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