CliftonStrengths Team Building Workshop - CPF Singapore

Had a wonderful time co-facilitating with fellow CliftonStrengths Coach Wen Wei.
We did a Team Building workshop for one of the teams in CPF and had a lovely time. It was a very tightly knitted group and had a lovely session with them.
The most enjoyable part was doing the team coaching when we split up by department and I had a more indepth conversation exploring the complementary partnerships and the team strengths.

CliftonStrengths Leadership Workshop for Senior Management - Pico Art

I was given a precise brief by the CEO.

Design and execute a 3 hours session for the senior leadership team. They are all very good at what they do, very experienced and come from three different regions. Each senior leader must walk away from the session knowing how their unique talents have contributed to their successes. Have the leaders validate and appreciate the varied talents among the team.

For me, that was certainly a big ask.

It took weeks of preparation - analyzing the strengths data, understanding the business context and designing the session.

Session went smoothly and thankful for the support of Kia Meng, Shayln Wong and Angela Chiang.

Feedback was fantastic and validated the energy I observed during the session.

What I took away:
- Small details matter when facilitating learning for senior leaders.
- Strengths data must marry with business and leadership context
- Show not tell. Demonstrate through evidence and insights from the data.

And I am personally most delighted in receiving a personal testimonial from the CEO.

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

Emerging Leadership Program - Coaching and Talent Development

Last Dance 🥳🥹

1 Global leadershipdevelopment program - US, EMEA, APAC

APAC - 16 cohorts in 2 years, 500+ leaders

Our team was responsible for the last day of the 4 days leadership program.

The key deliverable on Day 4?
➡️WHAT - Embody the learnings!
➡️WHY - Live out the Expectationsof Leaders defined by the organization.
➡️HOW - Leadership labs, Coaching practices and Difficult conversations.

Finished the last cohort this week and there was both huge gratitude and a lot of sadness.

My Highlights 🙏
1. Being part of a global team from SmartfulWorks LLC and delivering the program outcomes consistently across US, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Thank you Jenn Giordano, M.A., Ed. M., ACC and Ryan Soares, ACC for your kindness and belief in the AP team.

2. An amazing all 🌟 AP team with Damien O’Malley, Eya Pagdanganan, and Alice Chia. Our strengths complement each other.

3. Observing, listening and being in action is my key mode of learning. I have gained so much from the cross-cultural interactions, practicing my listening skills while interacting with participants from China, India, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore.

My takeaways 💡after 16 runs:
1. Intellectual understanding appeals to those who prioritise cognitive intelligence. Body and emotional intelligence (learning through our body and emotions) are separate. The leadership labs clearly show the gap between conceptual self-awareness and embodied self-awareness.

2. Showing up as leaders has little correlation to where we are on the organizational chart or our leadership roles. It has more correlation with how we show up as humans.

3. Working across cultures amplify a core leadership skill - the ability to listen deeply beyond words. So much miscommunication happens when we listen to respond rather than listen to understand.

4. To navigate tensions or polarities is to first practice seeing the dynamics. That is increasingly a core leadership skill.

5. A Small door knob open a Big door. Transformation can happen when we consistently apply little tweaks to our habits.

Definitely a huge personal milestone and very thankful to God for this experience.

Looking forward to sharing these insights in the future.

CliftonStrengths Team Building Workshop - Pico Art (Design Team)

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 🌟𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Finished the fifth CliftonStrengths team workshop with Pico Group this year. This session was for a team of creatives who were mostly designers with a couple of writers. As I do the coaching work on helping people discover their unique talents, I love the learning that comes with it.

➡️What might be some talent themes among the 34 talents that enhance the creative work, particularly in visual arts and design work?

There are a number of talents I have observed commonly spotted in talented visual designers. I will like to highlight one particular one - 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🫆

Many with Individualization have the “special” eye to see the unique features of people and objects while others see more generic features. Individualization see the “shades of blue” when others simply see blue. 

Individualization is the talent in “observing”, “noticing” and “seeing”, particularly in uniqueness, nuances and visual details. Generally, work tasks including photography and graphic design, which require a considerable amount of “visual talent” will provide opportunities for the #Individualization talent to shine. 

Depending on the other talent themes, this talent can be more pronounced in identifying unique features of humans or seeing unique features in objects. 

For those with Individualization, do pay attention to how your natural ability to “see unique features” set you apart!

StrengthsTransform #StrengthsFinder #leadershipdevelopment

Well-Being at Work: Strengths & Energy Management

𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲

Managing our energy is a critical component of personal productivity. While each person has 24 hours, we each come to work with differing levels of energy, depending on how well we looked after ourselves. 

Last week, I was invited by Yuen Kwan Cheung to speak on the topic of hashtag#wellbeing and hashtag#selfcare as part of the APEC Events Management Workshop for Marriott International. I spoke on hashtag#energymanagement and about using our hashtag#strengths at work. The energy in the room increased significantly when the leaders from Marriott were able to share how they used their strengths to lead their teams and do their work.

Managing our energy is more than hashtag#physical energy. Often hashtag#emotional energy determines how well we respond to personal triggers, conflict situations, unexpected changes etc. In the event management space, energy management is often crucial for success.

And a huge part of maintaining a high level of emotional energy is the feeling of using our strengths at work. During the session, I emphasized that using our strengths greatly impact our level of energy and sense of purpose at work.

Wrapping up the topic of leadership well-being was a fireside chat with Douglas Kim, GM of JW Marriott Hanoi. He shared his own leadership journey in Marriott, personal disciplines as a leader and how he dealt with leadership challenges. I had quite a few personal take-aways from his sharing.

To top off the fantastic week, I grabbed the opportunity to bring along my eldest son and we had some quality 1-1 time together in Hanoi. The workshop was held in Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in Hanoi and we got to experience amazing hashtag#hospitality. 

It was an extremely energizing week of purposeful work and quality family time! And I'm very grateful. 🌟 

CliftonStrengths Team Building Workshop - Pico Art Events (Festival Management)

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. 🌟

Together with Mark David, I ran another team workshop with Pico Group in Singapore. This was for one of the events team focusing on IP related projects and Festival management.

The goal was helping the team
✅ identify the unique strengths of individuals
✅ increase appreciation of varied strengths and contributions.
✅develop greater respect and appreciation of each team member.
✅forge deeper relationships and collaboration through the process.

We spent a considerable amount of time identifying the super powers and uniqueness of each individual through different activities.

The team also gave us space to share and highlight the special combinations of talents we observed on the team grid and the cutting edge these combinations brought.

A lovely time with the team! 😁