Why settling in matters
An international assignment rarely fails on the job itself. It fails, or quietly underperforms, on everything around the job: a new country, a new workplace culture, a partner at home in a strange city, children in a new school, daily life in a language that is not your own.
Coaching gives the employee a confidential place to work through the move, the new role and daily life in Japan — with someone who knows the ground. An employee who is settled is an employee who can do their job well, and do it sooner.
The same applies to the partner who moved with them. A partner who is finding their feet supports the assignment; a partner who is struggling puts the whole assignment at risk. That is why both programmes below exist.
Programmes
Employee Coaching Programme
Ten sessions of 50 minutes, taken over up to six months. One-to-one coaching for the employee: the new role, working in Japan, and the life around the work.
Partner Support Programme
The same shape, for the partner who moves with the employee: ten sessions of 50 minutes over up to six months, focused on settling in, building a life in Japan, and their own plans and work.
Company Retainer
Up to four sessions a month for staff you name, for companies supporting several people at once. Minimum three months.
Sessions are held online, or in person in the Nagoya area. Full programme details and pricing are in this one-page summary: Programmes and pricing (PDF).
How it works
- Start with a conversation. We talk about the people you are moving, what the assignment involves, and what support would actually help. There is no standard package to fit into; the programme is shaped around the person.
- Begin with a small pilot if you prefer. Many companies start with one or two people before extending support to a wider group. That is welcome.
- Sessions are confidential. What is said in a coaching session stays in the session. Your company receives confirmation of attendance, and only the summaries the person being coached has agreed to share — never session content.
- Straightforward terms. Sessions are booked in advance; a cancellation with less than 24 hours' notice counts as a used session. Unused retainer sessions are not carried forward.
About your coach
Tam Young has been coaching since 2011 — fifteen years — and is a member of the International Coach Federation and an NLP Practitioner.
He has lived in Japan for 22 years and is based in Nagoya. He coaches expatriate staff and their partners in Japan, including through international relocation support programmes, and brings to the work both the coach's training and the experience of having made the move to Japan himself.
More about Tam is on the Coach's Profile page.
Start with a conversation
If you are moving staff to Japan — or you already have people here who would benefit from support — the first step is a conversation about who they are and what they need.
Write to [email protected], or use the contact page.