About Elevation Coaching
About Elevation Coaching
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Elevation Coaching empowers leaders and professionals to grow with clarity, confidence, presence, resilience, and peak performance. I deliver high-impact coaching that elevates leadership presence, decision-making, resilience, and cross-collaboration—helping leaders and professionals perform at their best in complex, high-stakes, global environments.
About Art Deruga
About Art Deruga
Art Deruga is an ICF-certified Leadership & Performance Coach based in Tokyo, supporting leaders and professionals throughout Japan/APAC and North America. Resilience has shaped his journey—from overcoming adversity to coaching and advising senior leaders navigating global complexity and high-stakes transitions with clarity, purpose, and humanity. He specializes in empowering leaders and professionals to build their leadership presence, clarity, confidence and resilience, and achieve peak performance so they can lead effectively and thrive across cultures (Japan/APAC/Global Context).
Core Strengths
- Executive Leadership Coaching & Strategic Communication
- Leadership Presence, Influence, Resilience & Peak Performance
- Leadership & Organizational Development Facilitation
- Cross-Cultural Leadership & Global Communication
- Global Perspective & Adaptability
Coaching & Training Services
Coaching & Training Services
Executive & Leadership Coaching
1:1 coaching for leaders at all levels who want to strengthen clarity, confidence, communication, resilience, presence, and impact.
Resilience & Peak Performance Training
Equips leaders with practical strategies and tools to bounce forward from challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and momentum—while sustaining peak performance in fast-moving environments.
Coaching Skills for Managers
Equips managers with practical coaching techniques—listening, questioning, empowering, and accountability skills—to strengthen team motivation, ownership, and communication. Excellent for developing next-generation leaders. Helps managers shift from directing to developing, enabling them to lead more effective one-on-one conversations, build trust, and inspire greater initiative across their teams.
Confidence, Assertiveness & Global Communication
Helps professionals express ideas clearly, speak up with confidence, and collaborate effectively across cultures and languages. Emphasis is placed on clarity, presence, and communication impact.
Psychological Safety & High-Trust Teams
Builds communication habits and leadership behaviors that strengthen openness, trust, and collaboration — creating the foundation for healthy, productive, and high-performing teams.
TESTIMONIAL 1
"Working with Art has been a consistently positive and inspiring experience. Art embodies what it means to be a people-centered leader—approachable, empathetic, and genuinely invested in the well-being and growth of those around him. He has an exceptional ability to connect with individuals across all backgrounds and roles, creating an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone feels valued.
TESTIMONIAL 1
"Working with Art has been a consistently positive and inspiring experience. Art embodies what it means to be a people-centered leader—approachable, empathetic, and genuinely invested in the well-being and growth of those around him. He has an exceptional ability to connect with individuals across all backgrounds and roles, creating an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone feels valued.
What sets Art apart is his deep sense of care for both individuals and the team as a whole. He doesn’t just work with people—he works for them, always seeking to understand their needs, motivations, and challenges. He is quick to listen, generous with encouragement, and thoughtful in his feedback. His coaching style brings out the best in others, fostering both confidence and capability."
What sets Art apart is his deep sense of care for both individuals and the team as a whole. He doesn’t just work with people—he works for them, always seeking to understand their needs, motivations, and challenges. He is quick to listen, generous with encouragement, and thoughtful in his feedback. His coaching style brings out the best in others, fostering both confidence and capability."
Director - Indigenous Services Canada
TESTIMONIAL 2
"Working with Art has felt so empowering. From day one, I felt as if I was in a space that was safe and supportive. Art's empathy, encouragement, and listening skills helped me build confidence and "become my own best friend". Art's coaching helped me streamline my goals into manageable chunks until I felt they were achievable and taught me how to shift my perspective. Where I once felt stuck, I feel clarity and I now have tools I can use with a forward-thinking mindset.
TESTIMONIAL 2
"Working with Art has felt so empowering. From day one, I felt as if I was in a space that was safe and supportive. Art's empathy, encouragement, and listening skills helped me build confidence and "become my own best friend". Art's coaching helped me streamline my goals into manageable chunks until I felt they were achievable and taught me how to shift my perspective. Where I once felt stuck, I feel clarity and I now have tools I can use with a forward-thinking mindset.
I can't thank Art enough for his help, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to grow within themselves."
I can't thank Art enough for his help, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to grow within themselves."
Learning Advisor - Health Canada
TESTIMONIAL 3
"I want to thank Art for being my Leadership Coach. It's really incredible how Art managed to help me realize things which were really my inner me. His methodology helped me a lot. He has great communication skills and can see things clearly and directly, straight to the point. Art helped me realize my weaknesses and how to work on those and make them a strength. I am now applying lots of methods that he taught me. A great coach that I would strongly recommend to everyone."
TESTIMONIAL 3
"I want to thank Art for being my Leadership Coach. It's really incredible how Art managed to help me realize things which were really my inner me. His methodology helped me a lot. He has great communication skills and can see things clearly and directly, straight to the point. Art helped me realize my weaknesses and how to work on those and make them a strength. I am now applying lots of methods that he taught me. A great coach that I would strongly recommend to everyone."
Manager - Grab/Singapore
Contact & Booking
Contact & Booking
art@elevationcoaching.pro
+81 70-9048-0485
Tokyo, Japan
LinkedIN: linkedin.com/in/coachartelevation
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