Our Services
Executive Coaching
TBG conducts world-wide executive coaching in multiple languages. We solidify strengths and work on areas for improvement. Learn more
Our coaches have expertise in leadership, management, cross-cultural management, general and cross-cultural communication addressing specific issues in organizational development, employee engagement, innovation, managing change, performance management, executive presence, presentation skills and much more.
Management & Leadership Workshops
TBG’s 30-year industry-leading reputation for high-end training solutions for our clients is based on our practical, business-specific content—and on our world-class facilitators and facilitation methodology. Learn more
Our facilitators are unique in combining two areas of expertise: (1) Culture-specific cross-cultural expertise and (2) Business experience. This combination delivers both awareness-building and skills-building training that is immediately portable to the workplace.
Our facilitation methodology, fine tuned in the course of delivering over 5000 training programs world-wide, is not weighted toward theory but toward practical business applications with emphases on current case studies, pain points and best practices.
Consulting
We at the Brannen Group help organizations to scale in the global workplace. Our consultants work hand-in-hand with Human Resource, Learning and Development, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operations, Procurement, and Sales personnel to minimize cross-cultural mistakes and maximize success.
Online Training Tools
TBG integrates technology into our solutions to enhance the learning experience by providing access to online assessments and targeted information. Learn More
Trusted by
—CEO, Global House of Brands
—VP Sales, Worldwide Communication Training
—Director, People & Organizational Development, Japan, Korea, SEA & ANZ
“Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on management and leadership to the table but is also very open to listening to my ideas and input. She’s flexible and able to adjust on the fly, and observant and capable of adapting her style to suit the audience. Chris’ experience brings credibility and results by building strong rapport with leaders of all levels.”
—Senior Director, Organizational Development, Luxury Retail
“I moved across from the Hong Kong office to Japan to head the Distressed Product Group, with the mandate to turn around a business which had suffered management instability and declining revenues. In the last two years, Chris helped me re-build the business in the most critical time by providing advice in training, mentoring, coping with changes, dealing with Japanese employees, changing management style, etc. She also conducted One-on-One's and multiple group sessions with the entire team to enhance effectiveness and reinforce the team’s efforts. These efforts were well received by the team and I was able to put all the planned initiatives in place on time. As a result, I was able to successfully re-build and stabilize the team. By doing so, I grew my business' bottom line revenue by 100% in while dealing with significant impairments and write-downs from the legacy problems. Also, I expect to grow bottom line revenue by 100% in to the following year to exceed USD100mn.”
—Senior Director, Organizational Development, Luxury Retail
“I told Chris at my first interview ‘I have to choose between you, an American woman, and a Japanese man for my coach. What do you think?’ She said to me. ‘Choose who you feel most comfortable talking with.’ I choose Chris as my Executive Coach for the next year. I am very glad I did.”
—COO | Financial Services
“The Global Collaboration Assessment™ tool prepared me well for my first business trip to Asia. I arrived in Singapore much better equipped to adapt to local norms of decision making, communication, and information expression. The tools I gained from the Global Effectivenessclass helped me to effectively adapt to indirect communication, process-centric problem solving, and group-centric identity. The class boosted both my confidence and impact. The trip was a success!”
“The Global Mobile Manager is a very cool global effectiveness program. It makes all other programs like it look like kindergarten. It is way cool...a lot of interesting info on line with an instrument you take on yourself and that allows you to see how you need to personally style-switch from culture to culture.”
“I was frustrated with my weekly global call where the ‘air time’ was split 80/20? That is 80% US team members and 20% Japanese. Of course, it is not a very productive virtual discussion when the input is so one sided. The Best Practices in the Managing Globally really helped. We posted the “Team Meeting Guidelines” in the video conferencing room in Japan and the US and it made a difference. I think we are now 60/40. Not good enough but heading in the right direction.”