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🏆 2026 Canadian Workplace Leadership Award Recipient
✦ Intercultural Leadership Coaching

Coaching That Turns Cultural Differences Into
Leadership Strengths

I work with leaders, teams, and organizations dealing with cultural diversity: in the workplace, in partnerships, and in life. Whether you're managing a multicultural team, retaining international talent, or building bridges across cultural divides in your closest relationships, I can help.

ICF Certified Coach  •  Certified COF Practitioner  •  2x TEDx Speaker
John Edward McGraw — Intercultural Leadership Coach

Which of These Fits You?

Cultural complexity shows up in boardrooms, on teams, and in our closest relationships. If any of these feel like your situation, we should talk.

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Leaders & Managers

You're leading a team where cultural misunderstandings slow things down, erode trust, or create friction. You want practical strategies — not theory — that actually move the needle.

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HR & Talent Leaders

You're working to retain international talent and build a workplace where diverse employees actually feel they belong — not hired to fill a quota and then left to figure it out.

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Organizations & Teams

Your team is diverse on paper but struggling to collaborate across cultural lines. You need someone who can diagnose the gaps and build real, lasting connection — not deliver a workshop and disappear.

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Individuals Navigating Cultural Differences

If you're navigating a cross-cultural relationship, whether a partnership, a marriage, or a family dynamic, coaching can help you understand each other more clearly and build something that actually holds.

Coaching Rooted in Real Experience

My coaching is grounded in over 20 years of lived experience navigating cultural differences — as an immigrant, a multilingual professional, a certified coach, and someone who has built his life and career across cultures. I use proprietary frameworks developed from real-world work with leaders and organizations across Canada and internationally — not academic theory, but tools that have been tested on actual teams facing real challenges.

John Edward McGraw — coaching
LEAP™
Let go · Engage · Assess · Perform

Lead Beyond Assumptions

A leadership transformation model that helps leaders release snap judgments, engage honestly across cultures, assess their actual impact, and perform at a higher level. The flagship framework behind "When 'Yes' Isn't Yes," delivered at TEDxQueensU.

SPEAK™
Simplify · Pause · Enunciate · Ask · Keep respect

Inclusive Communication

A practical communication model for managers and leaders who want their message to land across cultural communication styles — in boardrooms, on teams, and in one-on-one relationships.

SHAPE™
Sociability · Harmony · Acceptance · Privacy · Efficiency

Decode Workplace Culture

A cultural dimensions tool that names the five core values shaping Canadian workplace behaviour — making the invisible visible for international professionals and the employers who want to keep them.

LEAP™, SPEAK™, and SHAPE™ are proprietary frameworks of John Edward McGraw / Hiyaku Coaching™. All rights reserved.

ICF Certified Coach (ACC)
Certified COF Practitioner
2x TEDx Speaker
2026 Canadian Workplace Leadership Award
20+ Years Cross-Cultural Experience
54+ Podcast Episodes Hosted

What to Expect

Three steps from your first call to a clearer, more confident way of working.

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Book a Discovery Call

We'll have a 20–30 minute conversation to understand your situation, goals, and whether coaching is the right fit. No commitment required.

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Custom Coaching Plan

I'll design a coaching engagement tailored to your specific cultural challenges — whether that's 1:1 leadership coaching, a team workshop series, or ongoing advisory support.

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Lead With Confidence

Walk away with practical tools, sharper cultural awareness, and real confidence in how you lead.

Leaders Who've Made the Leap

John Edward McGraw — book a discovery call

Ready to Lead Across Cultures
with Confidence?

Book a free discovery call and let's talk about where you are, where you want to be, and how coaching can get you there. It’s a real conversation, nothing more.