So-Young Kang, Catalyst, Founder & CEO, The Awaken Group
So-Young Kang is Catalyst, Founder & CEO of The Awaken Group, a global leadership development consulting firm that focuses on transforming the world through "human, creative, adaptive" leaders. We focus on aligning people to strategy through taking leaders on a transformational journey from assessments to coaching, leadership training, change management, and implementation to unleash the maximum potential of organizations. She uses Design Thinking to help her clients develop innovative solutions and create beautiful experiences. So-Young has been leading cultural transformations, coaching, training and maximizing performance of organizations for over ten years starting from her experiences as a change agent at Citibank to her most recent experiences at McKinsey where she was a global expert in designing and implementing value-based performance management systems through cultural transformation and executive coaching. So-Young's international experiences began almost 15 years ago when she worked in Japan. Since that time, she has advised leaders in over fifty client situations across the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East as an expert on topics such as performance management, cultural transformation, top team engagement, KPI development, and strategic planning. So-Young holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA dual degree with honors in International Relations and East Asian studies from University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Music Theory. Prior experiences include McKinsey & Company, Citigroup, and Chiba Convention Bureau in Japan. So-Young loves to snowboard, scuba dive, travel around the world, play piano and meet different people. |
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