Meet Maya Hu-Chan
Maya Hu-Chan is a globally recognized speaker, author, leadership consultant, and ICF Master Certified Coach. She specializes in global leadership, cross-cultural management, and diversity and inclusion.
Maya partners with organizations to build leadership capabilities to enable profound growth and change, aligned with business and personal goals. Ranked Top Leadership Coaches of 2021, Top 8 Global Solutions Thinkers by Thinkers50, World Top 30 Leadership Gurus, Top 100 Thought Leaders in Management & Leadership. Maya has worked with thousands of leaders from major corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
Maya has been recognized as one of the Top Leadership Coaches of 2022 by Coach Foundation.
Maya is a popular keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. She has addressed audiences at corporate events and public conferences around the world, and delivered lectures at the Brookings Institution, University of California, San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Southern California, and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Harvard Business School chose her book, Global Leadership: The Next Generation, to be their Working Knowledge book. She is a columnist for Inc.com. Her most recent book, Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust (Berrett-Koehler 2020), is #1 Amazon Best Seller. This book explores the nuances of working with people across cultures and diverse backgrounds through the universal concepts of saving, losing, and honoring “face.”
Prior to her consulting career, Maya was an anchor for the China Broadcasting Company in Taiwan and the CEO of a non-profit organization in California. Maya is the founder of Global Leadership Associates and has served as its president since 1992.
Born and raised in Taiwan, Maya is fluent in Chinese and English. She earned her M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. from National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
Maya lives in San Diego, California, with her husband and their triplets. She enjoys yoga, hiking, and traveling.
Our Partners
We have a global network of seasoned, expert partners in executive education, leadership development, assessment, and coaching.
Ann Bowers-Evangelista
U.S.A./Japan
Expertise:
Executive coaching, assessing leaders for top jobs, women’s leadership
Julian Chu
China / Taiwan
Expertise:
Executive coaching, change management, action learning on leadership breakthrough program
Julie Forbes
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Development, strategy, and systemic change
Joel Garfinkle
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive presence, career advancement, lead with influence
Bill Hawkins
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership development workshops, keynote speeches, executive coaching
Heather Robinson
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership, global effectiveness, training of facilitators
Remington Hu
China/Taiwan
Expertise:
Leadership development, team effectiveness, communication effectiveness
Eun Kim
U.S.A./South Korea
Expertise:
Executive presence and communication, inspiring leadership with impact and influence, design thinking for innovation and collaboration
Ming-Cheng Lai
Taiwan/China
Expertise:
Leadership development, sales, negotiation and communication, NLP training and coaching application
Xavier Lee
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Building high-performance teams and environments, harnessing collective intelligence, mindfulness and emotional intelligence for leadership, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
Diana Rowland
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Japan specialist, cross-cultural training, Global Collaboration™ competency
Lawrence Levin
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Senior team optimization, executive advisement and coaching, organizational growth
Carlos Marin
U.S.A./Latin America/Mexico
Expertise:
Executive coaching, integration and alignment in senior executive teams, organizational change and transitions leadership
Jim Moore
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive coaching, succession planning design and execution, executive development strategy and program design
Carlos Paulet
Peru/U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership skills, leadership metrics including multi-rater feedback, cultural alignment
Patricia Wheeler
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive coaching, team optimization, leadership development
Andreas Seitz
Germany
Expertise:
Increasing leadership impact, cultural development in global companies, buliding high-performing management teams
Jeremy Solomon
U.S.A./Rwanda
Expertise:
Global leadership, everyday inclusion, diverse teams, difficult conversations
Rita Wuebbeler
U.S.A./Germany
Expertise:
Leadership coaching, global team development, cultural competence-building
Diane Vere
U.K.
Expertise:
Behavioural change for senior international executives, stakeholder-centered coaching
Simon Vetter
U.S.A./Switzerland
Expertise:
Executive coaching, team buliding, culture change
Martha Williams
Spain
Expertise:
Leadership development, executive development and advisory, executive coaching
Rossana Johnston
U.S.A.
Effective communication, accountability, trust-building, coaching, team building, and corporate culture
Our Partners
We have a global network of seasoned, expert partners in executive education, leadership development, assessment, and coaching.
Ann Bowers-Evangelista
U.S.A./Japan
Expertise:
Executive coaching, assessing leaders for top jobs, women’s leadership
Julian Chu
China / Taiwan
Expertise:
Executive coaching, change management, action learning on leadership breakthrough program
Julie Forbes
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Development, strategy, and systemic change
Joel Garfinkle
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive presence, career advancement, lead with influence
Bill Hawkins
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership development workshops, keynote speeches, executive coaching
Heather Robinson
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership, global effectiveness, training of facilitators
Remington Hu
China/Taiwan
Expertise:
Leadership development, team effectiveness, communication effectiveness
Eun Kim
U.S.A./South Korea
Expertise:
Executive presence and communication, inspiring leadership with impact and influence, design thinking for innovation and collaboration
Ming-Cheng Lai
Taiwan/China
Expertise:
Leadership development, sales, negotiation and communication, NLP training and coaching application
Xavier Lee
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Building high-performance teams and environments, harnessing collective intelligence, mindfulness and emotional intelligence for leadership, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
Diana Rowland
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Japan specialist, cross-cultural training, Global Collaboration™ competency
Lawrence Levin
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Senior team optimization, executive advisement and coaching, organizational growth
Carlos Marin
U.S.A./Latin America/Mexico
Expertise:
Executive coaching, integration and alignment in senior executive teams, organizational change and transitions leadership
Jim Moore
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive coaching, succession planning design and execution, executive development strategy and program design
Carlos Paulet
Peru/U.S.A.
Expertise:
Leadership skills, leadership metrics including multi-rater feedback, cultural alignment
Patricia Wheeler
U.S.A.
Expertise:
Executive coaching, team optimization, leadership development
Andreas Seitz
Germany
Expertise:
Increasing leadership impact, cultural development in global companies, buliding high-performing management teams
Jeremy Solomon
U.S.A./Rwanda
Expertise:
Global leadership, everyday inclusion, diverse teams, difficult conversations
Rita Wuebbeler
U.S.A./Germany
Expertise:
Leadership coaching, global team development, cultural competence-building
Diane Vere
U.K.
Expertise:
Behavioural change for senior international executives, stakeholder-centered coaching
Simon Vetter
U.S.A./Switzerland
Expertise:
Executive coaching, team buliding, culture change
Martha Williams
Spain
Expertise:
Leadership development, executive development and advisory, executive coaching
Rossana Johnston
U.S.A.
Effective communication, accountability, trust-building, coaching, team building, and corporate culture
Our Clients
Global Leadership Associates has worked with organizations throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Auto
Toyota
Biotech
Illumina
LifeScan
Life Technologies
Consulting
A.T. Kearney
Ernest Young
KPMG
Consumer products
Alibaba Group
Acushnet Company
Archer Daniels Midland
Callaway Golf
Coach
DFS
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream
Johnson & Johnson
Kodak
Kraft Foods
Labatt Breweries
Levi Strauss & Co.
Lever Brothers Thailand
Monsanto
New Balance
Nike
Panasonic
Petco
Proctor & Gamble
SONY
VF Corporation
W.L Gore & Assoc.
defense
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Parker Hannifin
energy
CGG
Detroit Edison
ExxonMobil
Fluor Corporation
National Oil Company
Unocal
Financial
BSI Swiss Bank
Calpers
Chase Manhattan Bank
MBK Partners
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
UBS Investment Bank
Union Bank
government & non-profit
City of San Diego
Girl Scouts
Las Vegas Metro Police
Los Angeles Police Department
Million Dollar Round Table
Nature Conservancy
PMI
U.S. Olympic Committee
U.S. Postal Service
hospitality / Entertainment
Disney
MGM-Mirage
Insurance
Berkshire Life Insurance
Generali Group
Humana
Media
The Economist
pharmaceutical
Abbott
Allergan
AstraZeneca
Becton Dickinson
Medtronic
Merck
Novartis
Ortho McNeil
Pfizer
Technology
Agilent Technologies
AMD
Apple
Applied Materials
Atotech
Belkin
Black & Veatch
Conexant
Cisco Systems
Danaher
Dell
General Atomics
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell
IBM
IDT
Infor
Ingersoll Rand
Intel
Microsoft
Netscape
NVIDIA
Oracle
SAS
Sasol
Sematech
Siemens
Texas Instruments
telecommunications
AT&T
Ericsson
Lenovo
LG Electronics
Motorola
Nokia
Nortel
Qualcomm
Semiconductor Research Corp.
UTStarcom
Travel
American Airlines
Budget Rent-a-Car
JTP (Japan Tourist Bureau)