Leading in Asia starts here
Having a compelling strategy is a start. Executing the strategy to ensure growth and success is the work of leaders at all levels. We focus on accelerating leader readiness and aligning talent to business strategy.
What we do
Leader Development
Development is a journey that starts with a clear destination. Our services inform a pathway to success for leaders at all levels, anchored in self-awareness, and focused on developing leaders with passion and positive energy. Our development approach centers on high-stakes application of learning to company success.
Assessment
Having an inventory of your leaders identifies the talent you have and the skills that need to be developed. We apply robust methodologies to assess the most critical skills for success and for identifying urgent talent shortages.
Coaching
Coaching culture is an essential multiplier for innovation and growth. Our services help leaders to bring out the best in others with strong sponsorship, clear definition of expectations and impact.
Team Development
High performing teams share a clear sense of purpose and engage in brutal honesty. The best teams evolve together and adapt to changing membership, strategies, and market challenges. We help accelerate team maturity by focusing on what’s important and working through conflicts and roadblocks.
Organizational Development and Transformation
To function well, organizational systems, processes, and people have to be in sync. We apply human resource practice for practical outcomes across the spectrum of building engagement and culture. We help connect the purpose of the organization with the aspiration of each employee.
About duXit
We specialize in organizational development, particularly in the areas of executive team development, individual assessment, and business strategy.
Our consultants have decades of experience in Asia, working with Asia-based multinational firms and with globalizing Asian and domestic firms.
We have created and executed strategic human resources and talent management projects to align talent and business strategy, and to accelerate leader performance.
Meet the Team
Tom Pedersen
Founder and President
Tom founded duXit in 2016 to focus on leader development and aligning organization and talent strategies. duXit develops leaders and top teams to take on the increasingly complex challenges of leading teams and organizations in Asia. Tom has spent nearly 40 years in Asia, developing deep expertise in a host of senior human resource positions and has also been the managing director of a US leadership advisory firm in Japan. Tom specializes in creating aligned organizational cultures where executives, teams, and individuals can contribute their very best at work each day. Tom was most recently the President of Global Treehouse, a membership community for Mindfulness and innovation in Aoyama, Tokyo. Tom is also the Founder and CEO of BentoBox Innovation, a transformation methodologies company founded in 2022.
Julie Matsui
Partner
Julie has more than 25 years’ experience in training, coaching and consulting. Her areas of expertise are in Communications, Executive Coaching and Leadership, Team Effectiveness and Organizational Development. She has worked as a consultant, executive coach, facilitator and trainer in the private, corporate, governmental, educational and non-profit sectors. Her professional experience includes a 16-year career at American Express International in Tokyo, Japan where she managed the internal learning and training function, provided executive coaching/development, talent planning, high potential development, assessments, and leader and team effectiveness solutions. She has extensive experience and capabilities in program design, development and deployment of training and enterprise-wide organizational initiatives.
Kyoko Hosokawa
Affiliate Consultant
Kyoko has more than 20 years’ experience in training and consulting. Her areas of expertise are in facilitating, designing programs, consulting, as well as coaching in the field of Leadership, Communication, and Organizational Development. She also has various experience as HR manager, and her rich experience in the Human Resources field as well as expertise in organizational and counseling psychology equips her with a balanced understanding of both people and business perspectives.
Fumiko Watanabe
Affiliate Consultant
Founder and Managing Director at BrainMaid. Professional Coach (ICF / PCC), HR consultant and Trainer, providing client services for Executive Coaching, Strategic Organizational Management, and leadership/ talent development for sustainable business success of firms and individuals. Fumiko started her career in the fashion industry in Australia where she resided for 12 years. Upon returning to Japan, she took up a marketing role in a leading consumer goods company and transitioned into HR leadership. She found her passion in working with people and leaders.