Insights - Ontological Coaching, CliftonStrengths, Relational Leadership

The search for our true self is one of the most universal human journeys yet few practical guides exist for how to actually pursue it. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares five specific ways to begin uncovering who you really are beneath the roles you play.

Most team building activities are forgotten within weeks. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explains why CliftonStrengths creates something more lasting and shares 8 specific reasons why hundreds of teams across Singapore and Asia have chosen it over conventional team building programs

Are you one of those who read the book Strengths-Based Leadership and wonder about how to interpret the four domains? Or are you one of those who got your results and wondered what the colors mean? Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet, gives his input and insights about the Four Domains of Leadership Strength and how leaders can interpret their results.

We tend to gravitate toward people who think like us. But in CliftonStrengths terms, the most powerful partnerships often come from people whose strengths are almost opposite. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explores why and what these unlikely pairings look like in practice.

Resistance to learning is rarely about intelligence or motivation. It's almost always about beliefs and invisible assumptions that quietly block us from growing. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares 15 specific beliefs he has observed holding people back, drawn from his coaching work with leaders and teams.

Loneliness is rising in Singapore, even as the city grows more connected digitally. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares what he observed facilitating a community loneliness dialogue, and what it reveals about the kind of connection we are all quietly hungry for.

Emotional intelligence and CliftonStrengths are usually treated as separate topics. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explains how the two are deeply connected and how your unique strengths profile can become a practical tool for building greater emotional intelligence.

Knowing your team's CliftonStrengths results is one thing. Actively leveraging them as a manager is another. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares practical ways managers can use strengths awareness to lead their teams more effectively every day.

Most managers focus on what they say in a conversation. Far fewer pay attention to the emotional mood that surrounds it. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explains why understanding emotions and moods is one of the most underrated leadership skills and how to develop it.

The demand for coaching in organisations is rising but many leaders still see it as something external consultants do. Singapore ICF PCC Coach Victor Seet makes the case for why coaching is a leadership competency every organisation needs to develop from within.

The Chinese language encodes emotional wisdom that modern psychology is only beginning to catch up with. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explores what Chinese characters reveal about emotions and how this perspective can unlock a deeper understanding of our inner world.

Many professionals feel they are busy but not fulfilled, working hard but not sure it means anything. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares the questions that help his coaching clients move from feeling purposeless to finding genuine meaning in their work.

What if understanding your spouse's top CliftonStrengths could completely reframe the behaviours that frustrate you most? Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares how this tool transformed communication in his own marriage and how it can do the same for yours.

Most people think listening is about what you hear. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet challenges this assumption, exploring how our five senses each play a role in truly deep listening, and why developing this kind of presence transforms leadership and relationships.

We don't listen with our ears alone. We listen through our mood and the stories our mood generates can completely distort what we actually hear. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet explains this overlooked dimension of listening and what it means for leaders and relationships.

Creative people often have the ideas but struggle with the influence. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares 13 principles that help creative individuals exercise real leadership, not by becoming someone they're not, but by leading from their natural strengths.

Mental health conversations are increasing but are we actually listening? Singapore ontological coach Victor Seet shares why genuine listening may be one of the most important responses to the mental health challenges facing individuals, workplaces, and communities in Singapore today.

Do you struggle to be a good listener? Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet shares about his journey of learning to listen and highlights the power of noticing to bring forth a real change.

Have you felt defeated by your resentment, by your anger, by your anxiety and worries? In this article, Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet writes about his own painful realisation and what he now aspires to do - help others take ownership of their emotions.

Many might think working with emotions belong to the work of counsellors and therapists. Working with emotions in coaching might sound strange for some. Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet writes about why and how can a coach work with clients in the areas of their emotions.

Do you desire for a deep and open conversations with your loved ones at home? Imagine a rich conversation taking place in the family about what each other is doing right? Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet, interviewed a family of five who experienced the transforming power of a coaching conversation over their CliftonStrengths results.

Experiencing tension in your partnership with someone? Wondering what started out as a great partnership has now caused some anxiety? Singapore Ontological and CliftonStrengths coach Victor Seet, writes about navigating polarities using the specific example of complementary partnerships.

We can only intervene in what we can see. This article is about how the process of therapy had helped to give a name to an emotion which had troubled the writer. That empowered him and brought a change in his marriage.