Providing time, space, and opportunity for people to connect, learn, and empower each other to create a positive synergy

About Me

Tomomi Kumai is an ICF (International Coach Federation) coach, intercultural trainer, and international educator based in Washington D.C, USA, serving leaders in Global 500 companies, international students, and nationals in the US, Korea, and Japan since 2003. Tomomi was born as a Korean Japanese bi-culture citizen in Hiroshima, Japan and has lived, worked and studied for over 16 years abroad; in the United States, Korea, and China. Tomomi holds a B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics and studied Educational Psychology in the University of Illinois Education Doctoral Program. She speaks English, Japanese, and Korean fluently, intermediate Chinese, and has basic knowledge of Spanish, and French. She lives with her international, interracial, multi-lingual family

Expertise

Intercultural Management
Cross-cultural sensibility / Succeeding in an intercultural environment
Intercultural Trainings - APAC specific: Japan, Korea, China
Organizational Behaviors: East-West comparisons, Intra-Asia comparisons
Aware-Align-Action Coaching for business and life purposes

Certification

Experience

Independent Intercultural Trainer
Aug 2015 to present

Certified Transformative Coach
Dec 2016 to present

Assistant Professor, International Office
Osaka Gakuin University
Apr2009 to June 2014

ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC)

Intercultural Foundations Certificate (Intercultural Communication Institute)

Team Management Systems

360 Feedback (Korn Ferry)

Transformative Coach (Coach Masters Academy)

Appreciative Inquiry (Turning Point)

GlobeSmart (Aperion)

Education

M.A. Linguistics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.A. Linguistics with Minor in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude)
San Diego State University

Languages

Japanese, English, Korean

Services

Custom made programs provided based on client's needs.

One-on-One

Face-to-face one-on-one programs available for half-day, one-day, and two-days.

Group

Face-to-face group programs available for half-day, one-day, and two-days.

Online

Webinars, one-on-one sessions, coaching sessions, assessment debriefing.

Topics

Intercultural

How to work and live effectively and appropriately in a different or multi-cultural context.

Resilience

How to bounce back from adversity and turn it into advocacy in to be inspired and to share your story.

Strengths

How to focus on and work on your strengths to maximize your quality of personal and professional life.

Testimonials

“Tomomi delivered numerous outstanding trainings for our corporate clients with stellar results. The majority of these clients were Fortune 500s, and the audience was mostly mid-high level executives, senior leaders and VIP profiles. The types of programs included intercultural communication training, group programs in the intercultural arena, and expatriate and spouse intercultural training. I have no doubt my fellow teammates would join me in sharing our love for Tomomi’s tender and relationship-based, customer service approach, while keeping a detailed and professional demeanor.”
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— Head of Skills Performance and Recruitment of an Intercultural Training Company

“This was my first coaching sessions; it was a very good experience for me. Instead of agonizing over what has me worried, I was able to discover a different perspective within myself thanks to help from my coach. During the sessions, I had to take a good look at myself often, and there were some parts that felt tough; thanks to my coach, I was able to be positive. My coach also gave lots of hints and provided information on some resources (books and video), all of which was such a big help. The feeling of lightness in my heart and mind is totally different than what it was like before I underwent the coaching sessions. I would absolutely recommend it to friends.”

— Coaching Client - a university staff