Needs at the top are complex. We understand because we’ve been there.

Each Corporate Edge consultant has been selected for their track record of excellence in real-world senior leadership roles and their experience with executive coaching, consulting, and mentoring. As former senior executives, they fully understand the strategic and operational pressures our clients face, and are adept at identifying issues quickly and knowledgeably while providing strategic recommendations borne from extensive experience and best practices.

Our Coaches

Distinctly different from traditional executive coaching, Corporate Edge utilizes a unique enterprise model to help companies retain, develop and empower both their key leaders and emerging talent.

Founder & CEO

Michael Takagawa

Michael Takagawa founded Corporate Edge in 1998, long before the mass emergence of executive coaching as a business trend. Leveraging his 20-year experience as a C-level executive and company president, he developed a unique enterprise model combining executive mentoring with team-based leadership consulting.

President & Chief Operating Officer

Wende Amerie

Wende Amerie has been instrumental as the face of the firm, leading a team of executive leadership consultants, acquiring and onboarding new clients, and forming the future strategy of the brand.

Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant

Client Experience

Distinctly different from traditional executive coaching, Corporate Edge utilizes a unique enterprise model to help companies retain, develop and empower both their key leaders and emerging talent. Hear from some of our clients who have benefited from this approach.

“Our work with Corporate Edge has clearly paid off. Our CEO has shown striking improvements in his strategic thinking and overall leadership – skills that will benefit our company for years to come. Initially, we wanted to help our new...

Joseph

Whitters

Former Chairman, Board of Directors

Mentor Corporation

Corporate Edge has served as an invaluable partner in our organization’s ongoing commitment to the learning and development of leaders at all levels, and they have worked hard to understand our unique culture, relationships, and business challenges, which has been...

Cory

Foreman

Vice President, National Sales and Consultant Relations

Kaiser Permanente

“Mike Takagawa is a remarkable CEO Coach. Our work together was so beneficial that we also enlisted Corporate Edge’s solutions for our senior executive team. As a result, I am a more successful CEO and my team has elevated its...

Bruce

Chizen

Former President & CEO

Adobe Systems, Inc.

“As part of a recent reorganization, I needed to transform from a technology orientation to a business orientation, with the goal of driving advertising strategy across the company. It was important to shift the way I led and operated with...

David

Former Senior Vice President, Advertising Product Groups

Yahoo Inc.

Corporate Edge provides a rounded and high touch engagement experience that factors in all the important dimensions of what I was seeking in my professional growth and development. The true value add were the factors that were unknown or not...

Kurt

Merrick

Vice President of KPIF Membership Admin, Systems Capabilities

Kaiser Permanente

“When I joined the organization, I had a small team and focused on individual development. Now I find myself leading an organization of 6,000 and Corporate Edge has helped me scale to reach that level. We’ve gone through a lot...

Chuck

Bevilacqua

Senior Vice President of Health Plan Product, Service and Administration

Kaiser Permanente

“When I reflect on my growth over the past 5 years, many tipping points in my leadership journey are rooted in my coaching conversations and the candor and caring in coaching. I recognize that I have to succeed on my...

Amy

Vanbuskirk

Vice President, Multiple Sclerosis, Sales and Marketing

Genentech

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