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Masa is the best coach! I can’t say enough about how she helped me discover my better self. I worked with her for a year prior to the pandemic. The work we did has propelled me in the most challenging moment of my career. The experience was transformational but has also proved to be foundational.

During shutdown of the pandemic and in the wake of George Floyd, I was promoted to senior director. I went from individual contributor to team leader in a phone call. I’m grateful for the coaching! To step into a leadership role at this time would have felt overwhelming beforehand. However, Masa helped me to find my boundaries and establish well being as a way of life. I built confidence to not only be present in a room but to have a voice in the room. I learned the importance of framing on your mindset and how it impacts actions. In the process of developing myself, I discovered my own leadership principles, which guides how I lead my team on daily basis. Despite the challenges of working from home and our polarized society, I have never felt more ready.

Best of all I learned to embrace me. I am a young black female executive in Finance and I’m cool with sticking out.

I am always impressed by Masa's breadth and depth of knowledge in the Learning & Development space, it is extremely comfortable to work with someone who is as professional and responsive as she is. Not to mention that she is incredible as a training facilitator, her energy is just magic.

Masa is a curious and unrelenting warrior for social justice. I appreciate her approach that is grounded in experience and the rigour of academics. My favourite Masa quote? "Do you want cosmetic surgery or open-heart surgery because I don't have a lot of time for cosmetic surgery. There are much more important issues in the world that need our attention and energy.

If you are serious about your DEI &B efforts or wanting a professional coach to strengthen your resolve than Masa is your woman. She is insightful, thoughtful, well-humored, and wise. I choose wise over intelligent because while she is smart as hell, she can apply her knowledge in a practical, value-driven, and intentional way. She helped us with some programming in the Air Force and was a featured speaker on the immunity to change at an annual Air Force conference. Exhausted woman, add Masa to your tribe!

I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with and learned from Masa during our time together at Google. I had the chance to work with Masa not just in her capacity as an expert leadership and team coach but also when we both had roles leading the growth and development of internal peer-to-peer coaching "Guru" communities at Google. She generously shared and created learning initiatives based on her deep knowledge of organizational development to develop and inspire the coaching community.

Her voracious passion for organizational development and learning & development in both academic and applied fields means she brings a broad and deep knowledge of frameworks, theories and applied expertise.She has a unique ability to spark inspiration and courage in others and an unrelenting focus on integrity, sensing what is left unsaid, what needs to be said and doing what's right.

I've had the benefit of partnering with Masa Gong on Yale Alumni events on Career and attending her Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshop. Having seen Masa in action on these occasions, I can honestly say she is an expert speaker on these topics and deeply mission driven. Masa spoke with large grad and post grad audiences on career, and connected in particular with the women and students of color in the audience with her sage insights. She also skillfully led an engaging unconscious bias workshop with a packed room of high profile Yale alumni during homecoming week. I cannot recommend Masa more highly for coaching, DEI initiatives, and speaking engagements.

Masa is an amazing coach. She radiates support, while also challenging me multiple times each session with a fresh perspective on how I might be contributing to whatever issues I have brought that day. She is making me a better coach by modeling what great coaching can be, and by helping me identify the ways in which I am holding myself back e.g. I hear her reminding me that "Self-care is ethical work in coaching!" when I feel myself grinding a bit. I whole-heartedly recommend Masa to anybody who is ready for her fierce commitment to challenge and support you in your journey of development.

What I have appreciated is Masa's ability to deeply listen and challenge me. I also really liked that she rarely brought up her own personal experiences with a specific issue we were addressing because it showed she was coaching me based on methods and tools and not on her lived experience alone. I also really appreciated the optional readings she provided and it was obvious that they were carefully curated to connect with what we discussed in each session. I learned a lot from the readings.