Personal Note From Jane – Hyun & Associates

Jane Dear Friend,

Thank you for visiting our site!

For the past 12 years I have been a leadership consultant and coach to corporations (Fortune 500 and small companies) and non-profit organizations who seek to lead with purpose. Our firm’s mission is to develop leaders who have the skills to succeed in today’s complex, changing global business environment.

Before writing, coaching, and consulting, I worked in a variety of management roles in finance, strategy, recruiting, talent development, team development, and human resources for JPMorgan, Deloitte, and Resources Global. After those corporate stints, I wanted to put my skills to work to help individuals understand the “unwritten rules” required to advance their careers and help organizations to create a fertile environment for their talent to grow. Growing up bicultural, I experienced firsthand some of the cultural differences in the workplace that I describe in my first book, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling. And though I speak and understand English (on good days) without difficulty, there are parts of me that are culturally Asian, and culturally American. It is this duality that I manage everyday that makes both my professional work and personal life exciting!

I believe that people’s behaviors in work and life are guided by many unseen factors, which include culture, values, faith, and a variety of other elements that need to be better understood by our organizations.

New York City is my home, and in my spare time, I enjoy travel, film, watching sports with my kids, and heart-to-heart chats with close friends over coffee. Thank you for visiting and I look forward to engaging with you! Check out the blog and send us your questions.

Jane Hyun

Founder & President, Hyun & Associates

I worked with Jane for over an 8 month period (once every 4-6 weeks), as my company saw me as a 'high potential' leader and assigned me to her as my coach. During that short time frame, we completed an objective assessment of my strengths and weaknesses as a manager. Once that was done, she worked with me on soft skills development, including assertiveness training and presentation skills enhancement, and helped me to develop a game plan for the rest of my career in this industry. More recently, I have been called upon to give dozens of large group presentations given my new role as a major point of contact for the merger integration process. With the coaching and mentoring support I received, I was ready. The quality of her work, her assessment and coaching skills are unmatched by few. We were a true partnership.

Financial Services SVP