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Tokyo, Japan

Facilitating skill-based courses in Critical Thinking, Academic and Technical Writing, and Socio-Scientific Argument and Presentation. Paul also serves as a writing and presentation coach for researchers, faculty members, and graduate and postdoc students for all their communication needs, including submitting journal articles and grant applications and making presentations.

Tokyo, Japan

Design and deliver workshops and practical worksheets that promote higher order thinking about Macroeconomic theory and policy and focus on putting knowledge to work to understand Japan's current economic situation.

Tokyo, Takebashi

Design, development and delivery of a 2 Year course incorporating: Critical Reading, Analysis, Discussion and Thesis WritingHitotsubashi University offers the two-year Asian Public Policy Program (APPP) at the School of International and Public Policy, leading to the degree of Master of Public Policy (Public Economics). The program targets young professionals in Asian governments, central banks and other policy-related organizations. The APPP has been and continues to be an important stepping-stone for such individuals to become fully-fledged fiscal or financial economists, economic planners, policy analysts, and policymakers in their governments as well as in international organizations.The course distinguishes itself from other graduate programs offered in the public policy area with its strong focus on economic policy, with almost all of the required and elective courses structured around economics and its applications to policy. The program aims to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills to analyze and develop policies against a sound knowledge of economic theory.The Program is also especially attractive for the personalized attention it provides to the students. The class sizes are quite small – at most around 15, and each full-time faculty supervises around 4 student per annual intake, and is able to give close guidance to the student’s academic undertakings. The small size of the Program also allows students to build strong ties with their fellow students, which can last a lifetime, and will be a valuable asset in his/her career.

Tokyo, Japan

Japan Solutions offers a wide selection of Seminars & Workshops run by Experienced Business Professionals that improve the skills necessary to successfully communicate and conduct Business in English.Recent projects include:A two part cross-cultural negotiations project. Part one is a series of negotiation training for primarily Japanese global business professional in Tokyo. Part two takes place in San Francisco, and entails providing insights into the nuances of Japanese negotiations as part of global sales training workshops for enterprise sales teams. The second part is delivered for one of the fastest growing Performance Improvement companies in the United States, providing training services to improve productivity in Sales and Marketing, CRM, Management, Negotiations, Presentations, Customer Service, and Time Management.

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Business English (TBE) was founded based on the following:Mindset: "I intend to learn" NOT "I want to be taught"TBE coaches English Learners to take control of the learning process. TBE directs ambitious learners towards setting and achieving ambitious but realistic learning goals. The most important part of the learning process is using English in actual business situations. TBE ensures that learners have the opportunity to use English in natural business situations. TBE Learning Process has three very simple components:1) Learners are recommended very inexpensive online learning tools to work on basics or strengthen weaknesses in grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension.2) Learners choose actual work-related skills (presentation, negotiation) and relevant topics (marketing case studies, Ted.com videos) or actual work material (marketing studies, emails, contracts)3) Experienced businesspeople with coaching experience will assist learners establish and reach ambitious goals which could include language acquisition, business skills or completing a project such as a strategic initiative.Japanese who have ambition to do business internationally. Japanese businessmen and businesswomen working for companies which need them to communicate better in English. Young Japanese with career ambitions to communicate in English

Next Unit operates the www.kuchikomi.com network. Kuchikomi in English means "Word of Mouth" and is a network of more than 100 individually branded areaguides such as www.omotesando.com, www.ikebukuro.com, www.ueno.com, www.shinjuku.info, www.shibuya.info, www.harajuku.info, and www.roppongi.info. The network generates about 5 mln page views every month from its detailed local area information for Tokyo and weekend destination spots near Tokyo such as Karuizawa, Shimoda and Hakone. All sites are mobile enabled and provide QR Codes for the over 100,000 shops or `destinations` listed. Next Unit is expanding its network in Japan is on the lookout for net-savy partners.

Tokyo

The Company is embracing overseas expansion as the main driver of future growth given Japan’s shrinking and aging market. In addition to facilitating a 3 month comprehensive management level training which includes: Cross-Cultural Communications, International Negotiations, Critical Thinking, Global Strategic Thinking, and Global Leadership, Paul has designed the workshops which introduced interest-based negotiation theory and practice and is coaching 5 teams competing in management sponsored presentation competition on how the company can best tackle issues related to their "globalization" initiatives. 18 managers were selected for the first year of this pilot program. The main objective of the program is to develop a higher level of thinking and communicating to generate business results by being better able to influence people of any culture and organizations located anywhere in the world.

Delivered intensive negotiation training for Japanese salespeople at one of the world's largest enterprise software companies.

Facilitate a five month comprehensive training which includes: Global Communications, Logical Thinking, Strategic Thinking, and Global Leadership. The first year there were 25 participants and we had 8 group presentations which addressed how the company could or should tackle "globalization". Competition was intense as the winning teams go to Singapore.The main objective of the program was to develop a higher level of thinking and communicating to generate business results by being better able to influence people of any culture and organizations located anywhere in the world. In closing the program I offered a few of my favorite Albert Einstein quotes for further reflection. These messages continue to have a profound impact on my work/life which has kept me motivated these past 25 years in Japan when I face challenges in a multicultural context.“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” “It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” “If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” ― Albert Einstein

As part of IUJ's Executive Development Program: facilitated case study discussions with top managers from fortune 500 Japanese companies.

Intensive Presentation Training for Managers and Executives

Edit and Proofread Periodicals, Discussion Papers on Development Assistance and Reports of Research ActivitiesThe Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) conducts education and training for a new generation of Japanese development professionals and also conducts research on international development. FASID was established as a non-profit organization by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the then Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. It was founded with the active support and cooperation by the then Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (KEIDANREN).

• Design courses in academic writing, critical thinking and debate to prepare students to obtain Masters Degrees in the development field.• Assist Japanese students apply and get accepted to Universities including Harvard, Yale, LSE, Oxford, John Hopkins. IDEAS was established under the initiative of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to address the persistent demand for qualified experts in the filed of economic cooperation for development. The IDE Advanced School nurtures development experts who can comprehend a country's development policy from a macro viewpoint and propose solutions to existing problems. Graduates are now playing an active role in various organizations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

• Marketed tailor-made, structured financial products to Japanese corporate clients.• Analysed credit and market risk. • Co-ordinated due diligence for structured loan products.• Negotiated complicated legal agreements for transactions in emerging markets. • Managed the Branch’s banking network, and a Representative office in Vladivostok, Russia.• Project co-ordinator for a World Bank/ EBRD sponsored consulting project for Russian Banks.• Speaker at seminars sponsored by Japan Institute for Overseas Investment.• Increased annual revenue over 100% from predecessor within one year.

First Foreign Employee: Administration Group, Overseas Project Division,• Represented Mitsubishi Oil's financial/legal interests in a multi-billion dollar joint venture.• Prepared reports and made presentations in Japanese for top management.• Member of team which successfully negotiated a Production Sharing Contract in Vietnam. • Participated in the analysis of acquisitions in projects in Canada, Thailand and the UK. • Promoted to Assistant Manager of subsidiary, Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company.

Capital Markets Division, Sales and Syndication,• Member of group arranging the Bank's first subordinated debt issue.

Chicago, IL.• Marketed insurance and investment products to individuals and institutions.

• Trained and co-ordinated 11 member staff which assisted large international student groups.• Organised air/ground transportation, hotel and meal accommodations for large groups.• Managed relations with custom officials, airline supervisors and hotel managers.

M.A., International Realations

Activities and Societies: Contributor to The United States and Japan in 1991 published by The Japan Times. Contributor to The United.

Ba Economics, Economics

Activities and Societies: The Art of Conversation & The Art of Powerful Questions Went to the Checker Board Lounge and other Blues Clubs.