Fantastic time with a group of creatives!
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 2
Did another run of CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) program for families and couples.
Families and marriages are the bedrock of our society so seeing the impact gives me great joy.
It was another 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.
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.💥
Even though this wasn’t 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 • World & Singapore's 1st Gold Awarded Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach • Newfield Certified Ontological Coach • ICF Coach (ACTC, PCC)
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.
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.
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:
💬 “Who feels safe and willing to take a personal risk and participate in this learning activity?”
Half the group privately said no.
So, we didn’t do the activity. No pressure. No forced vulnerability.
Not because it wouldn’t have worked. But because trust wasn’t fully in the room yet.
And in coaching, that’s the work.
Because trust isn’t built on slides or frameworks.
It’s built on the felt experience of safety.
And sometimes, the most transformational coaching happens when we don’t push through.
It’s easy to talk about trust.
It’s harder to notice when it’s missing.
And I’m glad I stopped, acknowledged the choices, and shifted course accordingly.
The moment reminded me.
Trust isn’t a slide on the deck. It’s the factor that decides whether the learning actually lands.
Trust is not a soft skill. It’s a core leadership capability.
Without it, coaching is surface-level.
Without it, learning doesn’t land.
Without it, even the best strategies stall.
If you’re serious about building stronger leaders and healthier teams, trust isn’t the thing you skip to get to the “real work.”
Trust is the real work.