Course Title: Mastering Business Communication: Deliver with Impact

¥54,000

Course Code: MBC101-S

Course Period: 2025/9/27-11/1

Day: Sat

Time: 10:00-12:50

Hours: 18

Sessions: 6

Instructional Language: English

English Proficiency Level: High Intermediate,Intermediate

Location: In-Person (Tokyo), Online (Zoom)

Course Description: This intensive module supports the students’ development of the essential tools and techniques to become confident, persuasive communicators, ensuring their messages resonate with diverse audiences. The structuring of the message and its delivery with enhanced engagement ensures that the participants will become better communicators in any situation.

Learning Objectives:
・Structuring messages with clarity to ensure that your audience understands and acts on your message in a timely manner.
・Practicing leadership speaking techniques that inspire trust and motivate audiences.
・Adjusting your delivery to fit the context and the audience.
・Applying body language, including eyes and voice techniques, to increase the impact of your message.
・Practicing listening and questioning techniques to enable rapport between you and the audien

Who should take this course:
・Current and aspiring leaders seeking to enhance leadership effectiveness through communication.
・Professionals across industries looking to improve their skills for meetings, presentations, negotiations, and daily business.

Textbook: No required textbook

Instructor: Gil Chavez

Instructor Biography: Gil is a Tokyo-based consultant and professor with extensive experience in delivering courses and seminars on talent development, marketing, and leadership. He has worked with some major whisky brands. He began teaching at universities in 1998 as a professor at California Polytechnic State University. Since then, he has taught numerous courses and MBA programs across universities in Japan. Throughout his time as a professor and trainer,l Gil has gained recognition for his engaging and sincere approach to education and professional development. Gil’s work experience includes managerial, consulting, and executive positions, including IBM Asia Pacific, Nortel Networks, Hill & Knowlton, and Kyodo PR. He has advised many global and regional executives of top companies as well as ambassadors and embassies. He has a master’s degree from the University of Kansas, a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, and has attended executive education programs at Harvard Business School. Originally from the United States, Gil is also fluent in Japanese.