Strengths Coaching Certification Course Day 3
Being an Activator
It’s been 2 weeks since the completion of the 3 days strengths coaching certification course. I have had time to debrief myself and to reflect on the experience.
When the idea was first mooted, my Activator came alive. I saw all the possibilities. I could imagine what Yeang Cherng and I could bring to the table with our combined experiences, knowledge and skills.
I imagined that the course will have a very different experience from the typical strengths workshop. I imagined that the opportunity will give us greater autonomy and space to integrate the ontological and strengths lens into the program design.
Using Systems thinking as the backdrop, and wearing the ontological lens as coaches, we adopted a different approach and structure in the 3 days course.
For me, it was 3 full days filled with personal stories and coaching conversations - battle scars of leadership, fears and frustrations of team management, student management, parenting. The authenticity from different individuals created a safe space to learn.
Could the course be improved? Definitely!
Was it a success? Definitely!
How much did starting this coaching program energize the Activator? 100/10
Looking forward to continue this in 2026 and creating version 2.0
Strengths Coaching Certification Course Day 2
Day 2 ended on a high as we practised 2 key strengths coaching tools - Strengths-based strategies for success as well as the ICU feedback framework of catching people doing right. The two tools are fundamental building blocks for strengths-based coaching and we were glad that the participants were able to experience the usefulness of the tools.
Strengths Coaching Certification Course Day 1
Day 1/3 completed.
Day 1 was delightful. We ease into the fundamentals of strengths based coaching and there was great energy in the room.
What stood out most for me was how impactful coaching can be when we choose to suspend our judgment and sustain a little more curiosity.
“What makes you choose this and not that?”
“What other strengths might also be present?”
“What separates your dominant and supporting talents?”
Looking forward to more learning!
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.
Leadership Team Coaching with Experiential Learning Labs
3 hours of action based leadership labs focusing on team decision making, collaboration and communication. As a coach, my goal is to facilitate and observe the behaviours from the different leaders and to give them feedback.
Thoroughly enjoy such activities and the coaching of the individuals. It fully satisfies my Activator, Communication and Command talent themes!
Emerging Leadership Program - Coaching skills with Corestrengths
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞
Leadership is developing awareness of our autopilot mode especially in how we show up at work and under conflicts. Awareness practice allows for conscious and adaptive behaviors to be better leaders in the long run.
This was a key learning for quite a few of the participants in the 4.5 days emerging leadership program that finished before the National day weekend.
Participants came from different APAC countries including 🇨🇳 China, 🇮🇳 India, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 🇸🇬 Singapore.
One of the themes was focused on developing selfawareness and selfmanagement as a key leadership competency.
We did a lot of coaching conversations to practice empathy🫶🏼 and at the same time holding people accountable for their performance 📊
Had another great time of partnership and co-facilitating with Damien O'Malley. His humor and strong people engagement complements my direct and laser coaching style with candid feedback.
How are we like when we are on autopilot mode as leaders, parents, spouse etc?Inviting you to reflect together.
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