Akiko Mikamo 美甘章子

Senior Consultant

Akiko Mikamo

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As an expert in multicultural consulting and executive assessment & coaching for over 30 years, Dr. Mikamo has assessed and helped a diverse group of top executives to more effectively deal with multi-faceted challenges in innovative or volatile environments and global expansion.  

Background & Industry Experience

Dr. Mikamo is a Board Certified Coach and a licensed prescribing psychologistShe has provided extensive psychological services in English and Japanese in both organizational and clinical settings globallyDr. Mikamo has worked with senior executives from various fields, including manufacturing, media, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, financial, consulting, chemical, transportation, retail, IT, telecommunication, higher education, medical research, legal, and government in the Americas, APAC, and EMEA as well as top level scientists and elite athletes.  

Coaching Approach

As an expert in psychological & organizational assessment, Dr. Mikamo quickly evaluates the strengths and developmental needs of leaders by deeply understanding the mental processes and system dynamics that influence leaders’ decision making and execution. She utilizes tailor-made and action-oriented approaches across the multicultural organizational contexts that are applicable in the fast-changing world 

FACILITATION & TEAMBUILDING

Dr. Mikamo has decades of experiences in effective facilitation of leadership and talent development in small (3-6) to bigger groups (up to 50). Leveraging years of project-based instructional experiences at professional and graduate schools in psychology, education, and leadership sciences as well as group facilitation experiences for a variety of industries, she grasps the characteristics of individual members and the systemic dynamics of each group to utilize the most effective approaches in mobilizing their innate drive to grow. Thus, she has a reputation of being a very impactful and effective facilitator. She designs the optimal teambuilding programs, based on each organization’s needs and implement these programs to meet the time and budget requirements by the organizations for the maximum effectiveness. In her performance coaching work, she helps leaders, actors, and other performers in making their presentations and performances profoundly moving, attention catching, and making deeper impacts on the audiences. 

Relevant Assessment Assignments

  • Assessment for Selection: Engaged in assessment for selection work since 2000; Has assessed hundreds of leaders in the US military and in private sector companies, including assessment for C-suite roles. Examples include comprehensive assessment for executive succession in professional services firms, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, insurance and retail, and so on, globally in English and Japanese.  
  • Assessment/Development Centers: Served as an assessor in customized assessment and development centers since 2000. Table Mountain currently has assessment and development centers with a global manufacturing organization and a global research and development pharmaceutical company.  
  • Assessment Strategy: As an assessment expert with a systems background, has consulted to organizations on how to create an assessment strategy that best supports their talent strategy.  
  • 360 Feedback and multi-assessment feedback: Facilitates 360 and multi-assessment feedback sessions with leaders and has done this work with early career managers to C-suites. Has also designed and delivered 360 and multi-assessment feedback training for coaches.  

Relevant Coaching Assignments

  • CFO-Japanese, global retail. Focus: Enhance effectiveness in leading the new management team for the strategic innovation. 
  • CEO-German, manufacturing. Focus: Upgrade leadership judgment and positive influence on the Board to expand global market shares.  
  • CEO-Japanese, media, global market expansion. Focus: Strengthen influence on the executive team & align the management in accordance with the organizational vision. 
  • General Manager/CEO – American, global transportation. Focus: Navigating through significant organizational changes to retain the top talents in executives and other stakeholder management. 

Relevant Facilitation & teambuilding Assignments

  • Leadership Development Programs: Has worked with organizations to design and deliver leadership development workshops and more comprehensive multi-phase programs. Some examples include sessions focused on: self-awareness and appreciation of difference; change leadership; conflict competence; developing talents; influence and leadership culture work. 
  • Executive Education Design: As a consultant and executive coach at CCL, provided consultation for the discovery and design of significant leadership development programs for Japanese-originated global companies, often working with clients across a range of industry sectors. Assisted in designing and lead CCL’s custom made leadership programs. She also coaches and facilitates in INSEAD’s custom made leadership programs. 
  • Executive Education Delivery: Has delivered sessions ranging from 1 hour to weeklong leadership programs, including multi-session delivery as part of a learning journey. Has facilitated sessions ranging from those focused on a single topic, such as change leadership, to integrated leadership development sessions, designed to focus on several areas of relevance to a team or participants at a particular leader level in the organization.  
  • Teambuilding Events: Designed and facilitated multiple sessions of teambuilding events for global healthcare and professional services organizations with a focus on self-awareness, appreciation of difference and how to utilize different strengths and strengthen developmental opportunities. Provided consultation to Partners and Global HR Lead  in designing their team building sessions,  .  
  • Coaching Culture and Coaching Skills Workshops: Designed and delivered coaching skills training to organizational leaders, managers and HR Leaders, as well as comprehensive initiatives designed to help organizations build coaching cultures.  

Education & Professional Affiliations

  • INSEAD: Executive Master in Change, CSPP: Doctor of Psychology, AIU: Postdoctoral MS in Clinical Psychopharmacology, Hiroshima Univ.: BEd, California: Licensed Psychologist, Louisiana: Licensed Medical Psychologist, Center for Educational Excellence: Board Certified Coach 
  • Award for Exceptional Services for World Peace (2014) by the World Peace & Prosperity Foundation, at House of Lords, London UK. 
  • Author (2013, 2019, 2026): The Hiroshima Boy – His Extraordinary True Story of Survival & Hope.  
  • Executive Producer (2020): 8:15 Hiroshima | From Father to Daughter (film) 
  • Chief Editor (2009): Japanese version of Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life (by Michael Lardon, MD) 
  • US INSEAD Alumni Association (San Diego Metro Area President), Society of Consulting PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association 
  • University of San Diego, School of Education & Leadership Sciences: Lecturer, Alliant International University: Adjunct Faculty 
  • Center for Creative Leadership: Executive Coach, Facilitator, Consultant; INSEAD Executive Coaching: Executive Coach, group facilitator, presenter