Conversations with Leaders

 

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

I had the golden opportunity to catch up for a ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป over lunch with Elissa Neo, Head of Training at AIA. It was undoubtedly one of the many enjoyable and fabulous conversations I had with leaders. Here is my ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ takeaway, and I hope it resonates with...

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€ฆย ๐Ÿš

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€ฆย ๐Ÿš

It was a fun experience recently to be invited by Health Sciences Authority to be a part of their speakers series for their learning festival. I spoke on the importance of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and not wait for organisation to take care of you. Because it will...

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๐—œ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต

๐—œ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต

๐–ฌ๐—’ ๐–ฉ๐—ˆ๐–ป ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐—Œ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—‚๐—‰๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐–ฒ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐—…๐–พ as a ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ•ฐโ”ˆโžค ๐–ช๐–พ๐–พ๐—‰ ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐–บ๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—‡ ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ ๐– ๐—…๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: โ€บ Lived in a wooden bunk built from the ground up. โ€บ Bathed with water taken from the river bed. Who knows...

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๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?

I recently attended a prophetic art session where one task was to paint blindfolded. It was a superb exciting experience where you paint not by sight but by faith! And Isnโ€™t it interesting that we all have to live our life by faith, not knowing how it would unfold? It...

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Leadership Is A Conscious Effort.

Leadership Is A Conscious Effort.

I finally had the opportunity to catch up with Priya Khosla, who is currently heading the Singtel Academy, and we had the most fabulous RISEUP conversation. Here are my ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ takeaways from our cup of hot chocolate โ˜•   1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ โ†ณ All of...

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More Than 60 CEOs and Leaders, And Still Counting

More Than 60 CEOs and Leaders, And Still Counting

It has been an amazing years since I started ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ to ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ. During this journey, I've had the honour of connecting with over 60 senior leaders through our RISEUP Conversations, exploring what it means to ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ in our ever-changing world....

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Leadership Is Not About You

Leadership Is Not About You

One of my most enriching experiences as we enter the new year was engaging in a ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฃ conversation over a cup of hot chocolate with Sze Keed Wong, the CEO of AIA Singapore. What an inspiring conversation ๐Ÿš€ We exchange ideas about what human leadership should...

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Errโ€ฆ Where Is Your Chair? ๐Ÿค”

Errโ€ฆ Where Is Your Chair? ๐Ÿค”

It was a fun conversation catching up with Aileen Tan, who is currently the Group Chief People and Sustainability Officer at Singtel Group. I am so glad we could catch up over a cup of hot chocolate to exchange perspectives on ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ as Singtel celebrates...

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Are You A Positive Rebel?

Are You A Positive Rebel?

I had a fun time chatting with Frank Koo ้ซ˜ๅœ‹ๅ ‚, who is the Head of Asia - Talent and Learning Solutions at Linked Singapore. Over our conversation, we had tons of ideas bouncing off one another, and I was certainly impressed with how LinkedIn effectively cascade the...

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