Consulting & Coaching

Ikigai at work.

We help organizations and their leaders define, refine and activate their reason for being, and build cultures where people do their best work and flourish.

A diverse team brainstorming with sticky notes on a glass wall

Who we partner with

Organizations & leadership teams

Companies and institutions that want purpose to shape strategy, culture and how people grow.

Executives & founders

Leaders at an inflection point: a new role, a new chapter, or a question about what it’s all for.

Wealth & asset management firms

Firms building growth, talent and succession on purpose through Purpose-Driven Practice Management.

What we offer

Five ways we work with you

01

Ikigai Executive

1:1 executive coaching

Private coaching for leaders who want clarity on their reason for being, and the courage to lead from it.

02

Purpose & culture consulting

For organizations and leadership teams

Define your organization’s ikigai, align values and strategy, and design the change needed to live it every day.

03

Strengths-Based Leadership Development

A series built on Gallup CliftonStrengths

Help leaders and teams understand what they do best, and build a culture that brings it out.

04

Ikigai Workshops

For offsites, teams and events

Interactive sessions that help people explore their own ikigai and connect it to the work they do together.

05

Purpose-Driven Practice Management

For wealth and asset management firms

Consulting and programs for organic growth, talent upskilling and multigenerational wealth, including support for advisors through transitions.

For a small number of leaders each year, by introduction only: Ikigai 8, a customized, premium one-to-one program for life’s most important questions.

How we work

Define. Refine. Activate.

  1. Define

    Listen deeply. Through interviews, strengths assessments and a flourishing baseline, we surface what your people and organization are truly for.

  2. Refine

    Shape it together. Using design thinking, we turn insight into a clear purpose, values and a plan leaders can own.

  3. Activate

    Make it real. Coaching, workshops and change management embed purpose in daily work, and we measure what changes.

Grounded in science, practice and Japanese wisdom

  • Gallup CliftonStrengths, from a Certified Strengths Coach on the CliftonStrengths Institute Advisory Board
  • The six domains of human flourishing (Harvard Human Flourishing Program)
  • Design thinking (IDEO) and applied behavioral finance
  • Change management experience from global asset management
  • Ikigai, Sanpo Yoshi and shinrin yoku
Sam Ushio leading a workshop on purpose and strengths

What is your organization for?

Start with a 30-minute conversation with Ikigai Lab about where you are and where you want to go.

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