Nicole Watanabe
Director of International Marketing and Sales - Tokyo, Japan

Nicole Watanabe has extensive experience consulting and training in HR issues and cross-cultural labor relations. She conducts training seminars for Japanese and non-Japanese professionals on multicultural team-building, cross-cultural communication, leadership skills for managers, sexual harassment prevention, presentation skills, negotiation skills and related topics. In addition, Nicole conducts one-on-one consultations for non-Japanese executives on assignment in Japan, focusing on labor-management relations, HR strategy, Japanese business etiquette, building business relationships and communicating effectively with Japanese employees, partners, and government officials.

Nicole is a specialist in communication, with a Master's degree in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. Her undergraduate degree is from Doshisha University in Kyoto, where she earned a B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature.

Nicole's professional experience includes working for a large Japanese trading firm in New York as a researcher and business liaison, facilitating negotiations for joint ventures between New York firms, the Japanese trading firm's Tokyo headquarters, and the U.S. subsidiary. She also was a staff member at the office of Senator Tom Daschle in Washington.

In addition to her work with Japan Intercultural Consulting, Nicole is a lecturer at the Musashi Institute of Technology and at Tsukuba University's International MBA program. She is also co-author of Presentations Aren't Scary! Americans Teach You 53 Presentation Secrets.

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