I worked with Jennifer in 2022 as my business went under a very rapid (and exciting) growth spurt. As we added many more people, I found I needed an external, balanced view of how both the company and I were performing in this period.
I left every session with a meaningfully thought-out 2-3 “to do” list. And there have been positive business outcomes from these sessions.
David Shirt, CEO, Astris Advisory
As a coach, Jennifer is extremely easy to work with and helps the client shape plans, ideas. She gets the right balance between being eager to listen and contributing ideas, thoughts to the discourse. She is extremely good at helping the client improve their own self-awareness.
I left every session with a meaningfully thought-out 2-3 “to do” list. And there have been positive business outcomes from these sessions. Having worked with other executive coaches in previous lives, I found the sessions with Jennifer to be very relaxed, rather than others that try to make it almost too professional.
Jennifer is a colleague of my in the coaching industry in Japan, and she is also a senpai. I say this not only because she’s got more experience than I do as a coach and running her own business, but also because of the great strides she has taken in bringing fun and creativity to her work.
She models great commitment to living a full life on her own terms, while also very much being in service to whoever she interacts with.
While I was not that familiar with the concept of ikigai, getting interviewed by her about my work on her podcast left me energized and feeling more grounded in what I have to offer the world.
We asked Jennifer to conduct training sessions focusing on presentation skills for our staff. There was some uncertainty among our staff about how we present our company to potential clients and/or how we propose our unique ideas to clients for new proposals.
In comparison to normal trainers, Jennifer is so different as I believe she has real everyday bi-cultural business experience. She is one of the top trainers and coaches I have ever seen.
Noriko Silvester, CEO, Candlewick Co., Ltd.
It was amazing that Jennifer was able to breakdown the problem in the first session and the follow on video assignment was extremely effective for our staff to understand their own problems or challenges that they need to overcome. The Covid situation meant that this training was harder to do in person, but we successfully completed this training through Jennifer’s own creative way, with 3 hybrid sessions.
Moreover, she divided the team into two groups according to their English ability in order to make the training effective and natural.
The reaction from our staff was very positive and they all mentioned it was very clear about what they should do going forwards. It was a really great project for giving motivation, especially without my own direct involvement. However, I received a full report and some briefs from her, making the training very effective; I could feel just like I was there!
In comparison to normal trainers, Jennifer is so different as I believe she has real everyday bi-cultural business experience. She is one of the top trainers and coaches I have ever seen.
I worked with her for career coaching session from June 2021 to June 2022.
What were her strengths as a facilitator/moderator/coach? How would you describe her style? What was it like to work with her?
She was a wonderful career coach. She made me realize who I am, what I am passionate about and what I truly care of.
Through the coaching sessions, she asked me various interesting questions that I’ve never thought of, such as “what is your theme song for your new ‘you’?” and “what would you like to be if you can be anyone?”.
It was really amazing that by thinking through and answering those questions, I came to discover the core value in me.
She also has a deep knowledge and insight working in organizations and her comments were all very persuasive and motivational to me. After the coaching session, I can affirm my life than before and am confident of my life choice.
Why would you recommend her to facilitate workshops/ offer coaching for other organisations?
If you want to know yourself more, I would recommend taking Jennifer Shinkai’s coaching sessions! It would be truly precious time to take time for yourself to think deeply about your life. You might discover your “hidden gem” through her interesting coaching method and process.
How did ORSC® Trained Systems Coaches Jennifer Shinkai and Rieko Aiba add value to your organisation?
As System Coaches they facilitated (the 120 minute online session for a global team) very well, bringing the voice of our team quite effectively.
What were their strengths as a facilitator/moderator/coach? How would you describe their style? What was it like to work with them?
They were good at asking questions in the right timing. They facilitated the session in a well balanced way, both proactively interacting with us to bring our idea, as well as taking a good pause to give us a space to think about something. And they are good at understanding of culture difference.
Why would you recommend them to facilitate workshops/ offer coaching for other organisations?
I strongly recommend them as they both have international experience knowing different culture and they are good at/well take care of not only session facilitation but also preparation and post-session follow up.
I very much appreciate their work and want to ask them for next session in the near future!
Jennifer has an uncanny ability to find the heart of the matter in any rambling discussion. She holds space for everyone and shares her insightful comments with care and compassion.
Why would you recommend her to facilitate workshops/ offer coaching for other organisations?
Aside from knowing her topics well and presenting them with personable charm, Jennifer is able to open hearts and minds to ideas that are motivating and life-affirming.
What were her strengths as a facilitator/moderator/coach? How would you describe her style? What was it like to work with her?
She is very warm, intuitive, and incredibly knowledgeable facilitator. She guides gently, listens with open heart, and makes you feel comfortable and accepted. Before this workshop, I knew a little about the framework of Ikigai, but didn’t know how to put it in practice and arrive to insights by myself.
However, with Jennifer’s masterful guidance, using visual prompts from Points of You® cards, I was able to look deeply and discover new things about myself, some more obvious, some more subtle, and to come to some important realizations.
I learned that Ikigai can be many things in life, and that I am actually very close to living that life fully.
Why would you recommend her to facilitate workshops/ offer coaching for other organisations?
This is a nice, gentle, warm exercise, that I would recommend to anyone who is curious to learn more about themselves. It will open some new questions, but provide many meaningful answers as well.
How did Jennifer Shinkai add value to your organisation?
Project: a bilingual #IWD International Women’s day online event for our Women’s Network across Asia Pacific
“We enjoyed to have her. we experienced to have relax and think positively about our future goal.
She is friendly and a great facilitator. The event is so well organized and she could deliver in both English and Japanese. So for our international event, she is really great!!!
Jennifer brings really peaceful atmosphere and her words easily get into our attention. Her work session was really easy to get in and joyful and memorable.”
How did Jennifer Shinkai add value to your organisation?
Jennifer led a training session for our group from Oct 2020 to Feb 2021. Her invaluable comments, advice, and insights helped the team members get a better understanding of themselves, their role in the group and the organization, and their influence on other members of the group and organization
What was it like to work with her?
Jennifer has a particularly exceptional method of making people realize things they did not notice previously and always follows this “discovery” with what to do with that new information/knowledge. Her methods always directly lead to concrete actions and are more effective than typical training methods we have undergone to date.
Why would you recommend her to facilitate workshops/ offer coaching for other organisations?
As previously mentioned, Jennifer’s sessions are not just about gaining new ideas/realizations/knowledge, but what to do with that so that it makes a bigger impact in future activities/life/work, and are thus far more effective than just simple “training.”
I would recommend giving Jennifer’s specialized sessions a try. I can guarantee you will not regret it.
