scottasai.com

Bringing soft skills to hard skilled industries by turning tech managers into [people] leaders. 

How I do it > virtual keynotes, workshops/training + coaching/consulting 

- 93% of employers term soft skills as “very important” or “essential”
- 90% of what moves people up the success ladder is EQ
- 85% of workplace success comes from soft skills

Current/Former Clients: McDonald's SoCal, Arbonne, MediaNug, Syngenta Group, Total Education Solutions, Granite Properties, Thermosystems, Trio, Pepperdine University, Illustrative Mathematics, Cal Bank & Trust, AICPA, Scholly

Top 3 most requested talk topics: communication, leadership + emotional intelligence (EQ) 

TEDx Speaker, Certified Professional Coach, M.A. Organizational Leadership, B.A. Psychology 

See more at: scottasai.com

Keynote Speaker

Behind My Brand (formerly UX Palate)

Brand storytelling through film. 

Helped find clients and crafted their story into video.

Helping you discover the WHY behind your story

Chief Execution Officer

Growing Forward Academy

Online SAT/ACT prep & academic tutoring featuring "matchmaking" to pair the right tutor for your child's personality and learning style.

Head Matchmaker/Owner

Growing Forward

- Trained Managers of & Millennials at the following companies: RPA, EXOS, Pepperdine, Claris Health, Coast Produce, Calvary Christian School, ZOE International, Nikkei America
- Specializing with helping small to mid-sized companies retain & train their Millennial workforce (200+) via workshops, training & coaching managers and Millennials
- Provides professional development via weekly podcasts (Winsight), e-newsletter and social media 
  (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ etc) 
- Conducts strengths-based leadership training & staff development

Millennial/Career Coach

Revolution Prep

- Manages 30 full-time employees (tutors) remotely
- Coaches instructors weekly during 1:1 meetings to manage student programs
- Facilitates weekly team meetings
- Co-leads monthly new tutor training
- Maintains 80% Retention Rate & Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Faculty Manager

Calvary Christian Schools

- Recruits teacher candidates via network events, college fairs/job boards and personal/social networks
- Recommends “cultural fits” to management
- Leads team building sessions for administrative team
- Facilitates bi-monthly individual coaching sessions for teachers
- Runs strengths-based leadership program where 50+ staff improves their confidence, efficiency and self-awareness

Recruiter & Leadership Coach

LakersNation.com

Contributing Writer

Community Perks

Community Perks is uniting the community of Santa Monica through providing a fundraiser for schools/non-profits while supporting local businesses. A $20 rewards card gives you daily discounts to 38 local businesses and 50% of your purchase goes to a school or non-profit in the area.

Co-Owner

The CS Network (formerly Career Synergy)

Monthly career advancement network events geared towards Millennials.

Hosts monthly career network events for young entrepreneurs
➢ Recruits speakers, raffle prize donors and refreshment sponsors for monthly network event
     geared towards the young professional with an invite list of 450+
➢ Oversees registration, ticket sales, promotion, logistics, scheduling & follow-up.
➢ Facilitates communication between host site, local business owners and potential sponsors.
➢ Helps build your personal network and a community of young entrepreneurs.
➢ Provides one-on-one career coaching & leadership development.

Creator/Host

Coast Produce Company

- Identified Millennial leaders within the company
- Conducted monthly evaluation meetings with candidate’s supervisors
- Accomplished 90% retention rate with coaching candidates enrolled in the program
- Awarded 65% of candidates new responsibilities due to results of strengths-based leadership program
- Promoted 50% of clients within 3 – 6 months as a result of performance coaching

Individually coached Millennial workers on a weekly basis to improved performance, engagement and results! Communicated with executives and management frequently. Focused on teaching leadership skills, communication/interpersonal skills & personal motivation. Fostered community between different generations in the workplace.

Millennial Coach

Helping managers become leaders through soft skills I TEDx Soft Skills Speaker

45% of companies offer soft skill training to Gen Z employees.😳

82% of managers believe Gen Z hires need more guidance and training in soft skills.💀

The soft skills gap is real.❗️ 

That's why my mission is: Saving Soft Skills From Extinction (the name of my TEDx Talk)

I do that through virtual keynotes, workshops & consulting to help frontline, managers and executive teams strengthen their soft skills in the workplace.

It's time to be proactive and train your talent before they leave 🔜

Message me or visit: http://scottasai.com

Scott Asai

Scrum Master

Agile Lounge® by AFJ (Business Agility)

Facilitatrice

Groupe sans but lucratif

•	Present the MVP for a tabletop roleplaying game system in November 2019
•	Facilitate work and collaboration in a team that grew from 2 to 7 people
•	Prepare and facilitate group meetings (iteration planning, reviews/demos, beta testing sessions, retrospectives) in person, in hybrid mode, and in a remote setting
•	Adapt the product and the meetings after receiving feedbacks during the reviews/demos and retrospectives
•	Cocreate and modify the Product Backlog with the team
•	Identify impediments and ensure the follow up of their resolution
•	Mentor the team on self-management and vulgarize technical concepts (tools, technology)
•	Organize 1:1 meetings to offer customized individual mentoring and to resolve conflicts
•	Ensure timely communication within a distributed group (Canada and USA) through the creation of a remote collaboration space (Discord server)
•	Coach people for whom interactive storytelling is a very new concept
•	Present and visualize game mechanics and the flow of work with Miro
•	Tools: Jira, Trello, Miro, Microsoft Office (Excel et Word), Power BI

Agile Team Coordinator

•	Conceptualize an interface (UI) with clients
•	Build websites with Wix/Google Sites, and create themes and templates according to the clients’ needs
•	Write and edit articles on WordPress
•	Test and improve the websites’ design
•	Ensure certain websites’ updates and provide tech support when required
•	Understand the customers' business needs when it comes to data visualization
•	Find opportunities for formulae automations in MS Excel
•	Create dashboards and interactive reports with Power BI
•	Tools: Google Sites, Wix.com, WordPress, Microsoft Excel, MS Power Point, Power BI, Google Drive

No Code / Low Code Developer (Web Design & Data Visualization)

Skywind

•	Translate between French and English
•	Collaborate with the other translators to ensure good quality translations
•	Tools: Microsoft Excel, jsesh, One Drive, Zoom, EET (ESP-ESM Translator)

Translator - French (Volunteer)

Recrute Action

•	Write job descriptions in English/French, and use Stafftrack, Fieldglass, and the SIRHs SAP Fieldglass and Beeline
•	Support high turnover by engaging with the recruitment team
•	Suggest to internal stakeholders a social media marketing strategy based on market tendencies and user feedback
•	Create and update training documentations on processes and tools for the team
•	Turn data into progression charts and graphs on Power BI and Excel for progress visualisation
•	Maintain the candidates, clients, and open job offers databases
•	Write and correct texts (job descriptions, postings) in French and in English
•	Tools: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams), OneDrive, Power BI, Canva, Paint

Human Resources & Recruitment Coordinator

Freelance

•	Translate between French, English, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics
•	Collaborate closely with customers to understand the deliverables
•	Do spellchecks and improve grammar when requested
•	Tools : Microsoft Excel, jsesh, One Drive, Zoom

Translator

What I do:
- Accompany teams for more effective value delivery through transparent collaboration, minimizing waste, and data-driven decisions
- Implementation of Scrum and Kanban at the team level
- Creation of a full tabletop rpg gaming system and facilitation of testing/review sessions
- Websites development, mostly with GoogleSites, WordPress, Wix, and Square
- Data visualization and analytics with Power BI, Dataiku, and MS Excel
- Fr/En/𓊹𓌃 translation
- My academical background is in ancient history and philosophies.
- Also familiar with level design and game writing (video games modding)

Outside of work, I am passionate about sciences, literature, mythology, videogames, and tabletop games.

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Ce que je fais:
- Accompagner des équipes pour plus de livraison de valeur via la collaboration transparente, la réduction des gaspillages et la prise de décisions appuyée sur les données
- Implémentation de Scrum et de Kanban au niveau de l'équipe
- Création d'un système de jeu de rôle sur table et facilitation de sessions de testing/révision
- Création de sites Web (GoogleSites, WordPress, Wix et Square)
- Visualisation et analyse de données avec Power BI, Dataiku et MS Excel
- Traduction Fr/En/𓊹𓌃
- Mon parcours académique est en histoire et philosophies anciennes
- Également familière avec la conception de niveaux et écriture pour le jeu vidéo (projets de ''modding'')

Hors du travail, je suis passionnée de sciences, de littérature, de mythologie, de jeux vidéos et de jeux sur table.

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