The 5Cs of Successful Women

Paula Sugawara’s book is a great combination of theory and real world experience tailored for women with lots of lessons for women (and men) inside or outside of Japan. This will be a must read for aspiring leaders for years to come.  -Amazon Reviewer

The 5Cs of Successful Women

Why are some women not achieving their full potential in the workplace? Why do some women hold themselves back?

This book explores the 5Cs of courage, confidence, communication, connections and career and how they can be used to support the success of women. It provides tools and strategies to help women move beyond where they might be right now.

Structured in two parts, the first half details the 5Cs with practical tips and reflection exercises. The second half is a compilation of personal stories from successful women sharing their journey and learnings, hopefully to provide the reader with a source of inspiration.

About The Author:

Paula Sugawara is a leading executive coach and leadership development consultant based in Japan. Bilingual in English and Japanese she has spent more than 15 years supporting C-suite executives to become even better leaders.
The first half of her career was largely in investment banking as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs where she ranked in 6th in the machinery sector in the Institutional Investor Analyst rankings. Responsible for an investment team of four members she first became interested in the concept of how to get the best out of people and support them in their career and goals.

In order to further pursue this passion, she left investment banking and retrained as an executive coach working with senior leaders in both Japanese and multinational companies to support them in their leadership journey.
After a return to corporate life as country manager of a talent development and outplacement services provider in Tokyo she spent another eight years in senior management and has now returned to her passion of executive coaching and leadership development.

It is through this combination of her own personal experience in management along with working with various executives that she gained insights into the mindset of managers and leaders and the range of challenges they face on a daily basis.

She is a strong positive thinker and believer in people. “Women in leadership” is a theme close to her heart and she has used her experience working with women in a wide range of industries and at various levels to show other women how they too can succeed in their life.