SASUGA! EXECUTIVE COACHING
For business professionals in Japan
who want to lead confidently, communicate clearly, and deliver results—with less effort and more impact.
SASUGA! EXECUTIVE COACHING
For business professionals in Japan who want to
lead confidently, communicate clearly, and deliver results—
with less effort and more impact.
SASUGA! EXECUTIVE COACHING
For business professionals in Japan who want to lead confidently, communicate clearly, and deliver results—with less effort and more impact.
Struggling to lead with confidence
in global settings?
As you advance in your business career in Japan, the challenges multiply:
Delivering high-stakes presentations with clarity and confidence—especially in your non-native language
Leading global meetings with clear outcomes, cultural awareness, engagement, and efficiency
Supporting your team’s wellbeing and growth—while also taking care of yourself
Managing your time, energy, and focus when the demands never stop
It can feel like you’re being pulled in every direction, with no time to pause and reflect—let alone build the strategic skills you need to succeed at the next level.
That’s where Sasuga! Executive Coaching comes in.
What Is Sasuga! Executive Coaching?
What Is
Sasuga! Executive Coaching?
Whether you're preparing for a promotion, stepping into a new role, or simply need guidance to meet the growing demands of global business leadership, this private program offers space, structure, and strategic skills to help you succeed—no matter how time-crunched or challenged you are right now.
What Is Sasuga! Executive Coaching?
Whether you're preparing for a promotion, stepping into a new role, or simply need guidance to meet the growing demands of global business leadership, this private program offers space, structure, and strategic skills to help you succeed—no matter how time-crunched or challenged you are right now.
What Is Sasuga! Executive Coaching?
Whether you're preparing for a promotion, stepping into a new role, or simply need guidance to meet the growing demands of global business leadership, this private program offers space, structure, and strategic skills to help you succeed—no matter how time-crunched or challenged you are right now.
How It Works
How It Works
Personalized
from Day One
We start with
a self-assessment
to clarify your strengths, challenges, and goals. Your coaching journey is fully tailored
to meet your needs.
Mindset and Skill Building
Each session blends thought-partnering, feedback, and role play to help you build confidence, shift limiting beliefs, and develop practical techniques.
Real-Time
Practice
You can rehearse presentations, refine meeting facilitation, and test new communication approaches—with video and playback for added insight.
Bilingual and Culturally Fluent
Coaching is
delivered in English, Japanese, or a mix of both, with a deep understanding of Japan’s business culture and global business demands.
How It Works
How It Works
★
Personalized from Day One
We start with a self-assessment
to clarify your strengths, challenges, and goals. Your coaching journey is fully tailored to meet your needs.
💭
Mindset and Skill Building
Each session blends thought-partnering, feedback, and role play to help you build confidence, shift limiting beliefs, and develop practical techniques.
🖳
Real-Time
Practice
You can rehearse presentations, refine meeting facilitation, and test new communication approaches—with video and playback for added insight.
🗪
Bilingual and Culturally Fluent
Coaching is delivered in English, Japanese, or a mix of both, with a deep understanding of Japan’s business culture and global business demands.
Meet our Coaches
You’ll work with one or more Sasuga! Expert Coaches, depending on your goals and needs. Our coaches bring you not only new professional insights and proven skills, but also genuine care for your growth and wellbeing.
Meet our Coaches
You’ll work with one or more Sasuga! Expert Coaches, depending on your goals and needs. Our coaches bring you not only new professional insights and proven skills, but also genuine care for your growth and wellbeing.
Helen Iwata
Women's Leadership & Presentation Skills Coach
Helen Iwata is an award-winning bilingual executive coach with over 30 years’ experience in Japan, known for helping global business professionals to communicate with confidence, have more time and energy, and lead with less effort and more impact.
During her 10 years at McKinsey & Company, she served as Manager of Client Communications, coaching consultants and clients in leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
As the founder of Sasuga Communications K. K., Helen partners with multinationals to design and lead high-level training and coaching programs. She has worked with rising leaders to seasoned executives in person across 11 countries in person (and more online!), combining deep cultural understanding with practical strategies.
Helen is a TEDx speaker and coach, Nikkei Online columnist, author of Eigo no Shigoto-jutsu (Shogakukan), host of the Sasuga! Podcast, and a member of the Executive Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
Heather Dobbin
The Sustainable Transformation Coach
Heather Dobbin is a globally recognized, certified transformational leadership coach and educator with over a decade of experience helping individuals uncover their true potential and align their actions with their dreams. Her diverse background includes working with executives, leaders and managers in large corporate and startup environments in Japan and abroad to cultivate self-awareness, courage, and practices for success.
As a multi-modality coach, Heather integrates somatics, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness-based practices, and more to empower leaders to thrive in business and life. She emphasizes self-acceptance and compassion, believing that these qualities are foundational for effective leadership and meaningful relationships.
Helen Iwata
Women's Leadership & Presentation Skills Coach
Helen Iwata is an award-winning bilingual executive coach with over 30 years’ experience in Japan, known for helping global business professionals to communicate with confidence, have more time and energy, and lead with less effort and more impact.
During her 10 years at McKinsey & Company, she served as Manager of Client Communications, coaching consultants and clients in leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
As the founder of Sasuga Communications K. K., Helen partners with multinationals to design and lead high-level training and coaching programs. She has worked with rising leaders to seasoned executives in person across 11 countries in person (and more online!), combining deep cultural understanding with practical strategies.
Helen is a TEDx speaker and coach, Nikkei Online columnist, author of Eigo no Shigoto-jutsu (Shogakukan), host of the Sasuga! Podcast, and a member of the Executive Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
Heather Dobbin
The Sustainable Transformation Coach
Heather Dobbin is a globally recognized, ICF-certified transformational leadership coach and educator with over a decade of experience helping individuals uncover their true potential and align their actions with their dreams. Her diverse background includes working with executives, leaders and managers in large corporate and startup environments in Japan and abroad to cultivate self-awareness, courage, and practices for success.
As a multi-modality coach, Heather integrates somatics, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness-based practices, and more to empower leaders to thrive in business and life. She emphasizes self-acceptance and compassion, believing that these qualities are foundational for effective leadership and meaningful relationships.
Meet Your Coaches
You’ll work with one or more Sasuga! Expert Coaches, depending on your goals and needs. Our coaches bring you not only new professional insights and proven skills, but also genuine care for your growth and wellbeing.
Helen Iwata
Women's Leadership & Presentation Skills Coach
Helen Iwata is an award-winning bilingual executive coach with over 30 years’ experience in Japan, known for helping global business professionals to communicate with confidence, have more time and energy, and lead with less effort and more impact.
During her 10 years at McKinsey & Company, she served as Manager of Client Communications, coaching consultants and clients in leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
As the founder of Sasuga Communications K. K., Helen partners with multinationals to design and lead high-level training and coaching programs. She has worked with rising leaders to seasoned executives in person across 11 countries in person (and more online!), combining deep cultural understanding with practical strategies.
Helen is a TEDx speaker and coach, Nikkei Online columnist, author of Eigo no Shigoto-jutsu (Shogakukan), host of the Sasuga! Podcast, and a member of the Executive Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
Heather Dobbin
The Sustainable Transformation Coach
Heather Dobbin is a globally recognized, ICF-certified transformational leadership coach and educator with over a decade of experience helping individuals uncover their true potential and align their actions with their dreams.
She works with executives, leaders and managers in large corporate and startup environments in Japan and abroad to cultivate self-awareness, courage, and practices for success, including communication and presentation skills.
As a multi-modality coach, Heather integrates somatics, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness-based practices, and more to empower leaders to thrive in business and life. She emphasizes self-acceptance and compassion, believing that these qualities are foundational for effective leadership and meaningful relationships.
Real Results
The benefit of Helen’s coaching has been huge. The biggest benefit is self-awareness—understanding my bad habits and behaviors and why they harm my performance and reputation as a leader. Helen’s coaching has a high ROI in terms of time and effort. It covers not only the technicalities, but also very deep and essential principles of communication.
Director,
Financial Services Industry
I really enjoyed our sessions – very on point in helping me figure out what I wanted to work on and in pinpointing how to address that. I made it onto the promotion list. I am very excited to see how I can apply what I learned as I transition into my new role.
Senior Manager,
Financial Services Industry
It was difficult for me to give an effective presentation to senior leaders since my English skills were not sufficient. After the coaching, I was able to give a confident and persuasive presentation on next year’s plans to senior leaders. I would recommend this coaching to anyone who wants to give an important presentation with confidence in a few months.
Senior Manager, Pharmaceutical Industry
“Sasuga! Executive Coaching gave me the confidence and skills to facilitate and lead high-stakes business meetings. Not only did the coaching provide hard techniques to improve my communication, it also helped me realize the underlying and fundamental causes of communication-related challenges.
Director,
Financial Services Industry
Real Results
The benefit of Helen’s coaching has been huge. The biggest benefit is self-awareness—understanding my bad habits and behaviors and why they harm my performance and reputation as a leader. Helen’s coaching has a high ROI in terms of time and effort. It covers not only the technicalities, but also very deep and essential principles of communication.
Director
Financial Services Industry
It was difficult for me to give an effective presentation to senior leaders since my English skills were not sufficient. After the coaching, I was able to give a confident and persuasive presentation on next year’s plans to senior leaders. I would recommend this coaching to anyone who wants to give an important presentation with confidence in a few months.
Senior Manager
Pharmaceutical Industry
I really enjoyed our sessions – very on point in helping
me figure out what I wanted to work on and in
pinpointing how to address that. I made it onto the promotion list. I am very excited to see how I can apply what I learned as I transition into my new role.
Senior Manager
Financial Services Industry
Sasuga! Executive Coaching gave me the confidence and skills to facilitate and lead high-stakes business meetings. Not only did the coaching provide hard techniques to improve my communication, it also helped me realize the underlying and fundamental causes of communication-related challenges.
Director
Financial Services Industry
Real Results
The benefit of Helen’s coaching has been huge. The biggest benefit is self-awareness—understanding my bad habits and behaviors and why they harm my performance and reputation as a leader. Helen’s coaching has a high ROI in terms of time and effort. It covers not only the technicalities, but also very deep and essential principles of communication.
Director
Financial Services Industry
It was difficult for me to give an effective presentation to senior leaders since my English skills were not sufficient. After the coaching, I was able to give a confident and persuasive presentation on next year’s plans to senior leaders. I would recommend this coaching to anyone who wants to give an important presentation with confidence in a few months.
Senior Manager
Pharmaceutical Industry
I really enjoyed our sessions – very on point in helping
me figure out what I wanted to work on and in
pinpointing how to address that. I made it onto the promotion list. I am very excited to see how I can apply what I learned as I transition into my new role.
Senior Manager
Financial Services Industry
Sasuga! Executive Coaching gave me the confidence and skills to facilitate and lead high-stakes business meetings. Not only did the coaching provide hard techniques to improve my communication, it also helped me realize the underlying and fundamental causes of communication-related challenges.
Director
Financial Services Industry
Choose What Works For You
Sasuga! Executive Coaching includes some or all of the following, depending on your goals, needs, and schedule:
Personalized coaching plan based on your self-assessment
Coaching in English, Japanese, or both
1:1 Zoom sessions (recordings available)
Private text and voice chat between sessions, as needed
Speak Like An Expert Online: self-paced course to strengthen presentation fundamentals
Recommended resources tailored to your needs
12-session or 6-session format
Rescheduling flexibility—we understand you're busy
Ready To Get In Touch?
Whether you're seeking personal support or exploring executive coaching options for your team, the first step is to complete an inquiry form.
We usually respond within 2 business days.
If you'd prefer to take a faster step, let’s hop on Zoom and explore your goals to see if Sasuga! Executive Coaching is right for you.
Choose What Works For You
Sasuga! Executive Coaching includes some or all of the following, depending on your goals, needs, and schedule:
Personalized coaching plan based on your self-assessment
Coaching in English, Japanese, or both
1:1 Zoom sessions (recordings available)
Private text and voice chat between sessions, as needed
Speak Like An Expert Online: self-paced course to strengthen presentation fundamentals
Recommended resources tailored to your needs
12-session or 6-session format
Rescheduling flexibility—we understand you're busy
Ready To Get In Touch?
Whether you're seeking personal support or exploring executive coaching options for your team, the first step is to complete an inquiry form.
We usually respond within 2 business days.
If you'd prefer to take a faster step, let’s hop on Zoom and explore your goals to see if Sasuga! Executive Coaching is right for you.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Whether you're seeking personal support or exploring executive coaching options for your team, the first step is a conversation.
📅 Book your complimentary consultation
Let’s hop on Zoom and explore your goals to see if Sasuga! Executive Coaching is right for you.
