Cynthia Yamasaki to leave YWCA of Oahu to pursue own mission-driven business
Tina Yuen
Cynthia Yamasaki
- Reporter- Pacific Business News
Her last day at the YWCA of Oahu is March 21, and the nonprofit is recruiting for a replacement.
While it’s a new focus, it is an established dream. She launched her life coaching business in 2007 part-time while she balanced a finance career.
But that has been on hold since late 2012, when the YWCA of Oahu recruited her from First Hawaiian Bank to oversee the launch of its new business resource center. More than a year later, now that the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership is up and running, she wants to turn her side business into her primary focus.
“I’m a gap-filler,” she said. “I like to fill gaps, and I have some other ventures I’m planning that are too early to share.”
Her life coaching business, called will help professionals of all industries and career-levels to avoid burnout and achieve a sense of purpose and passion. To live up to her own words, she is planning to travel to California soon to learn from a worldwide life coach.
“Being a coach keeps me accountable to myself, and I want to take myself to the next level,” she said. “And that is what I want to teach others; You have to continue your self-development.”
Her consulting business doesn’t have walls, and she plans to meet with individuals or small groups at their homes or preferred public meeting spaces.
“When you are fully aligned with your purpose, taking care of yourself in all aspects, you are able to give and be a better leader,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership has been a big hit and is in expansion mode, as she told PBN in December.
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