OUR FACILITATORS

Katsuko Sugiyama, MA

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

• Transformational leadership development
• Cross-cultural facilitation
• PLSeminars Contact for Japan

PL work
Katsuko Sugiyama, MA, is a practitioner as well as a Facilitator of Personal Leadership. As a practitioner, she uses Personal Leadership practices to align her personal and professional life with her life purpose and vision.

As a Facilitator, she is involved in various PL seminars and PL Community-of-Practice events in different capacities. She has facilitated and produced Introduction to Personal Leadership seminars for business students in Europe and for global leaders in a nonprofit educational organization. She has led discussions for the participants in a Training of Facilitators seminar, and has initiated and hosted PL Regional Gatherings in the U.S. Northeast region.

Katsuko has also been the producer of Personal Leadership: A Year of Living the Practices (PLAY-LP) since 2014. In that role, she provides support to the Facilitators and the participants before, during and after the sessions. She ensures that the sessions run smoothly, attends to technical issues, injects clarifications and adds her perspectives into discussions.

She also provides PL-based coaching, supporting individuals and organizations in their personal and/or professional transformation.

Other work
Katsuko is an independent leadership coach, business consultant and cross-cultural facilitator specializing in global effectiveness and cultural competency. Katsuko has over 25 years’ experience in international business, both in Japan and in the U.S. She has worked as an internal business partner and an external consultant and coach in several industries including financial services, information technology, life sciences, management consulting, and education. She has engaged in the areas of product development, project management, sales and marketing, customer support and training.

Personal background
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Katsuko now resides in Boston.  She has traveled the world extensively, including in Asia, USA, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia and New Zealand.

Academic
Katsuko earned a BA in Intercultural Studies from Kobe College, Japan, and her MA in Intercultural Relations with a specialization in training and consulting from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Other interests
She enjoys playing tennis, and practicing Tai Chi and Svaroopa Yoga.