Rochelle Kopp
Managing Principal - California and Illinois, USA

Rochelle Kopp is an authority on Japanese culture and business. As a consultant specializing in cross-cultural communications, she has extensive experience working with Japanese organizations and their non-Japanese suppliers and partners. A veteran facilitator experienced in delivering training and consulting to both Japanese and non-Japanese, Rochelle has a particular specialty in facilitating cross-cultural teambuildings and other programs for executives.

Rochelle gained firsthand experience of Japanese corporate culture when she lived in Japan and worked at the Tokyo headquarters of a major Japanese financial institution. She speaks, reads, and writes Japanese fluently, and has passed Level 1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test and Level A of the JETRO Test of Business Japanese.

Rochelle is the author of The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking Through Japanese Corporate Culture and over a dozen books in Japanese. Rochelle also writes articles for various Japanese and American publications, including regular columns for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. She is a frequent speaker, and has also taught courses in Organization Behavior and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University.

Prior to establishing Japan Intercultural Consulting, Rochelle worked at two U.S.-based international consulting firms. She holds a B.A. summa cum laude in History from Yale University and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Rochelle's books:
The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking Through Japanese Corporate Culture
Kaisha no Naka no Gaikokujin (Non-Japanese in the Japanese Corporation)
Japanese Multinationals Abroad
Hansei Shinai Amerikajin wo Atsukau Hoho (How to Deal with Americans Who Won't Hansei)
Eigo de Manabu Nihon no Kinyu (Economic Issues In Contemporary Japan)
Jisho de wa Hikenai Saishin Business Keyword 100 (U.S. Business Buzzwords)
Business Meeting no Eigo Hyogen (English for Effective Business Meetings)
Kore de Amerikajin to Shigoto ga Dekiru (Working with Americans)
Eigo de Buntsu Shimasen ka? (Improve Your English Through E-Mail Correspondence),
Appeal suru! Eigo Rirekisho (Writing English Resumes)
Ukaru! Eigo Mensetsu (Interviewing in English)
Soft Management Skill (Soft Skills For Managers)
Kore de Kaigai Kojo de Umaku Shigoto ga Dekiru (Factory English)
Toraburu Kaihi no Eikaiwa & Manner (International Business Success Toolkit)
Gaikokujin to Business de Umaku Tsukiau Hoho (How to Work Well with Non-Japanese)
Business Writing no Eigo Hyogen (English for Effective Business Writing)

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