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

Target

Executive Team Leader - Specialty Sales

Executive Team Leader - Human Resources

Ann Taylor

• Analyze store business reports to maximize performance, drive volume and react to trends in the business
• Recruit, develop, and retain team members at all levels
• Audit and authorizing; operational and asset protection processes reviewed and confirmed daily
• Responsible for overseeing multichannel/distribution order management system

Operations Co-manager

Spencer's

• Consistently recognized for achieving top-15 status out of 650 stores for sales performance
• Achieve increases in comp and planned sales through effective sales training and addressing profit loss areas
• As New Store Coordinator, opened/relocated 7 new stores throughout NY and NJ
• Hire, train and evaluate personnel for assigned location; facilitate store manager trainings for other district stores
• Create store staff schedules and process store payroll weekly
• Encourage and motivate employees by developing paths to promotion and assigning duties based on personal strengths and experience level
• Supervise and direct all merchandise and shipment processing
• Visually merchandise window, sales floor and promotional displays
• Complete all point of sale opening/closing procedures, operating registers and creating bank deposits

Store Manager/District Training manager

Filene’s Basement

• Facilitated customer service training/staff development for nine new stores, including the first three Filene’s
Basement/SYMS co-branded locations.
• Trained Manhattan region stores, including management, on new POS system upgrade (fall ’10).
• Train, develop and coach staff to exhibit behaviors that were in line with company service standards
throughout entire flagship location.
• Routinely reviewed staff performance and compensation. 
• Screened and interviewed potential candidates for employment.
• Created weekly schedules for assigned staff to satisfy business requirements while supporting location 
payroll goals.
• Merchandised Women’s Accessories department for two New York locations resulting in yearly comp. 
increases from 15% to 21% under my direction.

Area Manager/New Store Training Manager

• Assisted the store manager in sales generation, operational and personnel management. 
• Train/develop sales associates and assistant managers within the Men’s and Women’s departments.
• Routinely review staff performance and compensation. 
• Support the visual management team with placement of new collections as dictated by location sales.
• Recruitment was supported by interviewing and screening viable candidates. 
• Responsible for all operational processes within last location

Associate Store Manager

Multi-faceted retail-management professional with 20 years of proven success in diverse environments. Driven and passionate to exceed sales targets and effectively coach employees to reach their goals. Strong analytic and interpersonal skills combine with a demonstrated ability to prioritize responsibilities to manage both assets and team members.

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