Hoh Kim of THE LAB h
Posted 2008/05/03 10:56, Filed under: ENGLISHphotograph by Hojun Ji, 2008
Hoh Kim, the Founder & Head Coach of THE LAB h, counsels business executives and high-ranking professionals in government and medicine to positively influence their stakeholders.
With over ten years of experience in strategic communications consulting, executive media coaching, and crisis simulation & workshop design/facilitations, Hoh is one of the most sought after consultant, coach and speaker in the area of crisis communication management and crisis leadership. His client base ranges from local non-profit organizations to consumer electronic companies in
He is the first and only Korean professional who is trained and certified to conduct Principle of Persuasion workshop by IAW (Influence At Work, Tempe, AZ), contents of which are based on the worldwide million-seller book, Influence, by Dr. Robert Cialdini. He is also certified by North America Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) to facilitate the use of simulations and games based on the principles of interactive, experiential approaches to problem solving and decision making. As for the academia, he was an Adjunct Professor (2005-2006) at the Graduate School of Media Studies of Sogang University teaching classes on issues & crisis management. In 2008, he gives lectures on PR trends at Ewha Woman’s University, division of media studies, and on persuasion as leadership communication at KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Bio & Brain Engineering Department. He also runs his own blog, "Cool Communication(www.hohkim.com)," and he was featured as a power blogger in the Korean version of "Blogging Heroes" (2008, by Michael A. Banks, Acorn, Seoul).
Hoh started his career in 1998 at Edelman while enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Communications at the
As the Managing Director of Edelman
While Hoh is a trainer to his clients, he is a trainee himself as well: he has completed various programs worldwide including Edelman International Summer School (2000,
Hoh served as Korean Air Force intelligence officer at Seoul Air Base and Korea Defense Intelligence Agency. He holds a B.A. in French (minor in Philosophy) from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (













