Joonki Song

Joonki Song is a leadership coach, consultant and lecturer. He is a certified executive coach and a cross-cultural business consultant bringing 20+ years of corporate experience from across multiple countries including Germany, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China to his clients. He focuses on coaching C-suite executives, newly promoted leaders, and coaches leadership teams. His clients span diverse industries, including life sciences & healthcare, tech, consulting & banking, and startups.

Joonki builds his coaching practice on deep mutual trust and thoughtful, direct conversations. Grounded in his natural inclinations toward deep listening, pattern-making, and exploration backed by cross-cultural business experience, he strives to help clients see themselves clearly, experiment with new behaviors, and find the courage to make meaningful changes. He guides clients toward discovering their own values and talents, seeing possibilities from different angles, and strategizing actionable, practical steps. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on topics related to high-functioning teams and cross-cultural leadership.

Education and Affiliations:

MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management (MA, USA). BA in Economics, Yonsei University (South Korea). Leadership coach at MIT’s Leadership Center; Executive coaching certificate, William James College (MA, USA);

Personal Interests: Joonki enjoys structured wine tasting, playing tennis, skiing, and photography. He finds inspiration in solo trips to different parts of the world and incorporates writing into his personal growth efforts. He lives and works from the greater Boston area.

Past and Current Clients

Life sciences & healthcare:

• Epic Systems

• Hackensack University Medical Center

• Massachusetts General Hospital

• Novartis

• Roche Diagnostics

• Rochester Regional Health

• Sanofi, Servier Pharmaceuticals

  International:

• Avianca

• Itochu Corporation

• Jinxin Fertility Group

• Kirin Holdings

• Korea Development Bank

• Louis Dreyfus Company

• Nomura Research Institute

• Samsung Electronics

• Sembcorp Development

• Telkom Indonesia

  
  Corporate & professional Services:

• Bain & Company

• BlackRock

• Boston Consulting Group

• Department of Defense

• Google

• JP Morgan

• Mastercard

• McKinsey & Company

• Oracle

• Salesforce

• US Coast Guard

• Waymo