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๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
Spent an afternoon with seven business leaders. Two were online while the other five were in person. It was not my typical session but it was definitely an experience I thoroughly enjoyed.
What made this coaching session different was that the individuals not only wear hats as business leaders, they wear the hats of family members. They are siblings and cousins.
Family businesses are unique ๐ซbecause of the ownership.
Many family businesses operate with overlapping roles (the same leader often wears the hat of the owner, management and family member simultaneously). This emotional complexity influences decision-making beyond profit and efficiency.
Stewardship, legacy, and generational continuity are part of the priorities. There is also the process of transitioning leadership. It is not just about competencies in running the business. It is about trust, identity, and family expectations.
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The lens of strengths provides a comprehensive set of data that empowers these leaders to see:
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individual leadership strengths and blindspots. The data helps each leader identify and learn about key contributions they can make towards the business. Each person can use the data to see how to lead self, teams and business outcomes.
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Collective leadership team strengths and blindspots. The data helps the group identify alignment areas for strategic business planning and also potential areas of neglect.
In the short session with these leaders, I learned so much while facilitating and coaching the group. Watching how they interact while wearing these lens as owners, management and family members simultaneously was fascinating for me. Extremely rich emotional data. ๐Definitely a 10/10 learning experience for me!
CliftonStrengths Leadership Workshop - Pico Art Session 2
After session 1 with the Team Leads and many planning meetings, the session 2 with the deputies was finally underway.
It was a fantastic time with this group of creatives! Many are emerging leaders and shared that knowing themselves helped them to be more confident and clear about their own contributions at work.
We talked about strengths as leaders. We explored how strengths can be powerful motivations for our work and how strengths is a powerful lens for communication.
We also did some work on trust and how trust is connected to strengths. Looking forward to part 3!
CliftonStrengths for Secondary Students - Discovering Their Strengths and Talents
Spent a whole morning together with an amazing team bringing StrengthsFinder to a group of Secondary three students from School of Science and Technology. There were 10 of us and each one was assigned a class to facilitate.
It was a purposeful time spent. The students were very engaged and I was glad to be able to share what I am passionate about. Thankful to be back in the school scene impacting the lives of youth in Singapore.
CliftonStrengths for Family and Marriage Program
As a firm believer that families and marriages are the bedrock of our society, I had the privilege of facilitating a CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) program for families and couples from Church of Our Saviour.
It was a very fulfilling time of seeing parents and children and spouses relating to each other, strengthening their relationships and bonds through the strengths and values conversations.
CliftonStrengths Team Building Workshop - SIngapore Planners
๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐-๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ
Wen Wei Loh and I have many influencing strengths in common. We were facilitating a cliftonstrengths team building workshop together for over 50pax.
Yet, what stood out were the unique strengths that we bring.
Wen Wei is Mr Woo, Includer and Positivity. I am Mr Belief, Command and Self-Assurance.
We both had Communication, Maximizer, Strategic and Ideation.
He brings light-heartedness and warmth through his stories and engagement.
I bring clarity by talking about the hidden thoughts, unspoken rules and gunning for the heart of the matter.
You can imagine the Yin and Yangโ๏ธ
We had a blast ๐ฅ
While results can certainly be improved, opportunities lost would not be recovered. Iโm glad we chose to pair up despite a short runway.
Iโm convinced 10 years ago. And Iโm still convinced now.
โ Leveraging Talents is fundamentally different from leveraging work experience, knowledge and skills.
The X factor ๐ฅthat one has can NEVER be replicated by another.
โ Only by leveraging through #strengthspartnership that we can enjoy each otherโs X factor ๐ฅ and the power we uniquely bring.
Strengths Team Building Workshop Program - Seng Kang General Hospital
Had an opportunity to do some strengths-based team development work for a team of healthcare professionals from Seng Kang General Hospital.
Due to some unique needs, I decided intentionally not to use CliftonStrengths Assessment (which is my go-to).
Instead, I tried a new strengths based approach to meet the needs of the team. It definitely wasnโt comfortable. Thankful that I had the support of another colleague to pull off this team building workshop program. We worked on the same principles - focused everyone towards their strengths, help people connect deeper and build trust through the strengths language and help participants apply their strengths in team collaboration.
The results were immensely satisfying. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive from each participant.
The experience has definitely inspired confidence to offer alternative solutions while not compromising on the strengths based approach to team development.
Adapting and expanding of oneself is necessary to survive. I strongly believe in learning to anticipate the curve before it bends. The goal is to turn disruptions into opportunities.
It is mostly uncomfortable and I honestly dislike the process.
But the choice is clear to me: innovate or evaporate.