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!
๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐
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 ๐จ๐ณ China, ๐ฎ๐ณ India, ๐น๐ญ Thailand, ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia, ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia and ๐ธ๐ฌ 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 empathy๐ซถ๐ผ and at the same time holding people accountable for their performance ๐
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.
#leadershipdevelopment #performancemanagement #toughconversations
How do we show up under pressure?
Leadership is being aware of our core strengths and how we show up under conflicts and high stress situations.
This was a key take away for many leaders during the leadership labs. The labs consist of 3 hours of high intensity activities where leaders had to learn how to collaborate and perform under pressure. The labs were designed to mirror real time work situations and to help leaders notice how they show up in their autopilot modes, especially under pressure.
Had a very enriching and fruitful time with 34 leaders from different APAC countries including China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It was a 4.5 days leadership development program in Singapore.
Had a great time coaching at the side, sharing observations and give direct feedback so that the leaders can be sharpened and be more aware. My #Activator, #Communication and #Command talents were very engaged.
Looking forward to next run the following week!
Enriching and fruitful time with leaders who are so eager to learn! Facilitated the last day of a four days leadership development program last week. My role was to help each leader practice embodying what they have learnt from the first three days. The leaders had finished learning about their strengths, picked up energy management, influencing skills, coaching skills and much more.
The belief is that leadership is more about how one shows up daily. So the goal was for each person to integrate all their learnings into simulated experiences.
We had leadership labs and role plays. There were so much learning and insights as the leaders learn to observe themselves from the practices.
I had leaders from Singapore, Malayisa, Indonesia, Thailand, China, India, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
It was a blast and treat for me.๐ฅ
Even though this wasnโt a StrengthsFinder program. I enjoyed the coaching bit, encouraging these leaders by sharing my observations and feedback so that they can be sharpened and more aware.
This is the first run of the program that I am doing for the year. Looking forward to the next few runs!
Victor Seet โข World & Singapore's 1st Gold Awarded Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach โข Newfield Certified Ontological Coach โข ICF Coach (ACTC, PCC)
Trust falls are out. Trust calls are in.
In a recent coaching skills workshop for a group of Singapore leaders and managers, I had an experiential activity lined up-one that required participants to step outside their comfort zones to surface real insight. I explained what we were going to do and lay down expectations.
Before launching in, I did a check in and asked the whole group:
๐ฌ โWho feels safe and willing to take a personal risk and participate in this learning activity?โ
Half the group privately said no.
So, we didnโt do the activity. No pressure. No forced vulnerability.
Not because it wouldnโt have worked. But because trust wasnโt fully in the room yet.
And in coaching, thatโs the work.
Because trust isnโt built on slides or frameworks.
Itโs built on the felt experience of safety.
And sometimes, the most transformational coaching happens when we donโt push through.
Itโs easy to talk about trust.
Itโs harder to notice when itโs missing.
And Iโm glad I stopped, acknowledged the choices, and shifted course accordingly.
The moment reminded me.
Trust isnโt a slide on the deck. Itโs the factor that decides whether the learning actually lands.
Trust is not a soft skill. Itโs a core leadership capability.
Without it, coaching is surface-level.
Without it, learning doesnโt land.
Without it, even the best strategies stall.
If youโre serious about building stronger leaders and healthier teams, trust isnโt the thing you skip to get to the โreal work.โ
Trust is the real work.
We coach, play and dance ๐บ ๐คฉ
It was CNY day 3. I thought the coaching workshop should be spiced up a little. Who says coaching workshops canโt be fun! ๐
Together with Yeang Cherng Poh and Jasmine Khoo, we brought the leaders through a coaching framework with some customized role plays, did some somatics work and learnt some coaching distinctions through games.
We explored what it takes to lead through coachingโhow to partner and build trust, how to inquire and listen with empathy. More than just coaching skills, we also explored how being more coach-like is the game-changer.
The shift was tangible: leaders walked away not just with new skills they can practice, but with a fresh perspective on leadership itself.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌโ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
It was lots of fun facilitating the session. Glad it went better than expected.
I must confess it wasnโt fun spending CNY thinking about the session and the highly customized design. There were definitely lots of discomfort and some anxiety doing the preparations.๐
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