
Sookgi
Han
Senior Executive Coach
Seoul, South Korea
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🇰🇷Korean
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🇫🇷French
Coaching Experience
- MCC certified by ICF (2020)
- CPCC certified by CTI US. (2010)
- Certified Leadership Circle Practitioner (2023)
- Leadership Circle, Korea Ambassador (2024)
Professional background
- Executive coach, Deloitte Consulting Korea
- Marketing Director, Lee Hecht Harrison Korea
- PR manager, ESMOD Seoul
- Journalist, Korea Times
Education
- PhD, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies, Aalto University, Business Administration
- MBA, Aalto University
- BA, Seoul National University, French literature
Personal commitments
- Credentialing Assessor for Korea Coach Association
Sookgi Han is a coach & trainer in Korea, helping leaders at all levels enhance performance in leadership, influence, team dynamics, and conflict management across diverse industries.
We all live under the same sky but we don’t all have the same horizon.
Konrad Adenauer
Professional background
Before becoming a coach, Sookgi built her career in HR consulting, PR and marketing. She started out in journalism, before transitioning into PR and marketing. At age 40, she discovered coaching and instantly knew it would become her new passion, as she has always been drawn to people development. In addition to coaching, she was previously a lecturer for leadership course at a master level in several universities. She is also a regular speaker at conferences on coaching & leadership.
Coaching expertise
She is keen on understanding clients’ strengths and challenges. She takes a holistic approach, based on counselling, sensitivity training, and business management to help leaders grow. Her work focuses on enhancing behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and psychological capacities by integrating leadership development. She has a particular interest in dealing with the complexity that leaders are facing in today’s VUCA environment and believes that adults can develop greater mental complexity, an essential skill for navigating challenges in both life and business. With this approach, she has trained leaders at major Korean companies such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai Motors Group.
As a coach, Sookgi sees herself as a “snowball”, igniting transformation in others and leaving a lasting impact. She strikes a balance between logic and emotion, assertiveness and compassion, introspection and action. Since becoming a coach, she has felt more alive and empowered, knowing she can help others grow. Her core values are giving back, integrity, and humility.
What we say about Sookgi Han at Turningpoint
Sookgi is a humble, authentic and reliable person. She approaches every subject with deep curiosity and a high standard of professionalism, always striving to learn and grow.