Jane Hyun

Often called an “interpreter,” Jane Hyun is the leading authority for leveraging culture and diversity to drive business growth and innovation. A trusted coach to global Fortune 500 companies, she is an internationally recognized expert in cross-cultural effectiveness, inclusive leadership, and talent engagement. Over the past 20+ years, she has helped leaders navigate change in high stakes business environments and has coached thousands of leaders to increase their agility in the workplace. Her learning sessions and keynotes are known for creating "unexpected light bulb moments" that motivate us to work better together.

Her firm’s work appears in CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Atlantic on the topics of culture, leadership, and diversity. Hyun has been an external advisor to the American Heart Association Diversity Council, and Operation Exodus, a non-profit that provides academic enrichment and transformational mentoring to Latino youth in Washington Heights and the Bronx. She served as research director for The Conference Board’s “Cultural Fluency: How Culture Shapes Leadership Styles in Asia.”

She is the author of the groundbreaking book, "Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians." She is the co-author of "Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences," which examines the skill of switching between communication styles to leverage the power of diversity in teams. She is a contributor to "Coach Me" (Published April 2022). Hyun is the recipient of the Marshall Goldsmith 50 Leading Global Coaches Award as the #1 Coach for Cultural Fluency and was recently named Global Gurus Top 30 Coaches in 2023. Her life’s mission is to bring out the best in people in their workplaces and in their communities.