Work Globally,
and Thrive.
Developing Cultural Resilience.
WORK GLOBALLY
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.”
-Joseph Campbell
“Cross-Cultural Resilience” Unlocks Potential
In today’s fast-changing and diverse economic landscape, navigating cultural differences is no longer a niche challenge—it affects teams and individuals across all organizations. And many struggle to share information effectively, make timely and high-quality decisions, and sustain competitiveness, employee engagement, and personal growth.
Global companies like Amazon continue to innovate and grow by leveraging sophisticated decision-making mechanisms and communication protocols. Exceptional global leaders go even further—quickly and effectively embrace cultural differences among customers and team members to deliver results.
We believe this mindset and skillset should be accessible to everyone. The ability to systematically understand and respond to diverse cultures and values is what we call Cross-Cultural Resilience.
People grow by engaging with unfamiliar cultures. At Work Globally, we help individuals and organizations strengthen their Cross-Cultural Resilience so they all thrive in the global environment we all share.
PROFILE
Hiro Tanaka
Hiro brings over 20 years of global leadership experience in organizational and talent development, with key roles at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle, Amazon Japan, and other prominent organizations.
1999 to 2003
He gained experience in customer service and business analysis at Marriott International’s (fka Starwood) flagship hotels in New York before returning to Japan in 2001. Following the acquisition of Miyazaki Seagaia Resort by a U.S. private equity, he joined the post-merger integration leadership team, driving global system integration, change management, and Six Sigma implementation to support the business restructuring.
2003-2012
At IWNC, an organizational development consultancy, he led leadership development services for major Japanese firms, and organizational development consulting for US/EU based multi-national firms. His work spanned global talent and organizational development across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, tech/IT, and logistics.
2012–2016
At Amazon Japan, he established talent development teams in both the Corporate and Logistics divisions. The focus was to build an organizational capability to support 20% YoY growth, and launched the selection global and local programs for leadership pipepline development, Amazon management skills, executive transition support and new hire onboarding.
2017–2025
As the leader of the global talent development team at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, he led initiatives to instill Amazon culture and strengthen management in strategically emerging countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, and Australia. During the pandemic, he implemented fully virtual talent development and engagement initiatives for a software development division with over 3,000 employees across the globe.
In recent years, as a global leader in people experience initiatives for the entertainment businesses (Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Amazon Games), he drove integration of industry culture with Amazon management and cultural practices.
Other experience and skills
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Born in Japan, and lived in the U.S. for a total of 21 years
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Expert in management and leadership programs in Japanese and English
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Bilingual Facilitation
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Workshops and coaching based on various assessment tools (Korn Ferry 360, Globe Smart, DiSC, Strength Finder, etc.)
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Six Sigma Black Belt
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Career talks/workshops for students
Services
We strengthen people's Cross-Cultural Resilience, and implement global management mechanisms.
1. Learning and Development for Cross-Cultural Resilience
We offer L&D programs for managers and individual leaders to develop the skills needed to understand and respond to cultural differences— Cross-Cultural Resilience.
2. Organizational Support for Global Organizational Capability
We work with teams and organizations to systematically strengthen their global management and talent strength. Our comprehensive support includes global talent management and development, decision-making optimization, inclusive and agile organization development. We help organizations leverage cultural differences and achieve a sustainable global growth.
Development
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Global Leadership
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Cross-Cultural Communication & Assessment
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Mechanism thinking and methods
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Global Career Development
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Performance Management
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Coaching Skills
Mechanisms
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Global Talent Management
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Global Leadership Development
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Inclusive & Global Culture
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Engagement Management
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Performance Management
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Decision-Making optimization
Seminars
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Myth of Amazon Mechanisms
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Future of AI-driven organizations
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Global vs. Japan leaders from Seattle-perspective
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Global Talent Management
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Global career talk for students