Makiko Sato, Consultant

Makiko Sato believes that people are key to the success of any organization. It’s the principle that drives her approach to any organizational change and development.

She is one of the leading experts in leadership and organizational development in Japan, also known as an excellent facilitator and trainer in leadership/communication.  Her clients include many of the Fortune 100 companies.

Her broad international business background shapes her perspective on multi-cultural team management. She started her career as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Tokyo, focusing on marketing and project management.  At the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland, she shaped her human resources expertise through managing a staff profiling and performance management reform project. Moving to the United States, she was headhunted as a project lead for the “U.S.-Japan Innovators Project” or the 100th Anniversary of the Japan Society in New York – building a multinational innovator’s network among business and social professionals committed to creating a better world.

Back in Tokyo, Makiko joined People Focus Consulting, a leading consulting firm in organizational development and pioneer in facilitation in Japan in 2006.

With her passion in empowering all individuals to be assertive and become leaders in their own life, she also provides a life coaching service to individual clients as well.

Education and Certifications

• Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
• BA in international studies from Tokyo’s International Christian University
• MBTI Certified Practitioner
• Everything DiSC® Certified Facilitator
• Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner
• Birkman Certified Professional