Emerging Leaders Program - Leadership Development and Coaching
"This emerging leadership program held in Singapore was conducted for a group of 40 new managers and supervisors from different parts of Asia from a global Petrol Chemical organisation. The session includes experiential leadership activities and coaching role-plays to help the new leaders gain coaching skills and self-awareness through deliberate practices. Interested in a similar program for your team?” Connect with Victor
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)
CliftonStrengths for Secondary Students - Discovering Their Strengths and Talents
"This CliftonStrengths workshop was conducted for a group of Secondary three students from School of Science and Technology Singapore. The session used Gallup's CliftonStrengths profiling tool to help students identify their dominant talent themes and explore how to apply them in their day-to-day roles. Interested in a similar workshop for your team? Explore CliftonStrengths Workshops →"
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.
Trust and Coaching Skills Leadership Workshop - Managers Training (Singapore)
"This Coaching skills workshop was conducted for a group of school leaders and key personnels from Singapore Education Sector. The session used ontological coaching methodology to help the leaders gain skill sets for building trust and self-awareness. Participants practice coaching skills and difficult conversations. Interested in a similar workshop for your team? Connect with Victor"
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.
CliftonStrengths Team Building Workshop - SIngapore Planners
"This CliftonStrengths team workshop was conducted for a team of 40 individuals from Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Singapore. The session used Gallup's CliftonStrengths profiling tool alongside ontological coaching to help team members identify their dominant talent themes and explore how to apply them in their day-to-day roles. Participants left with deeper self-awareness and a shared strengths language for stronger partnerships and collaboration. Interested in a similar workshop for your team? Explore CliftonStrengths Workshops →"
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 Yang❗️
We had a blast 💥
While results can certainly be improved, opportunities lost would not be recovered. I’m glad we chose to pair up despite a short runway.
I’m convinced 10 years ago. And I’m still convinced now.
✅Leveraging Talents is fundamentally different from leveraging work experience, knowledge and skills.
The X factor 🔥that one has can NEVER be replicated by another.
✅Only by leveraging through #strengthspartnership that we can enjoy each other’s X factor 🔥 and the power we uniquely bring.
Strengths Team Building Workshop Program - Seng Kang General Hospital
"This CliftonStrengths team workshop was conducted for a team of 20 individuals from Seng Kang General Hospital, Singapore. The session used Strengths profiling tool alongside ontological coaching to help team members identify their dominant talent themes and explore how to apply them in their day-to-day roles. Participants left with deeper self-awareness and a shared strengths language for stronger partnerships and collaboration. Interested in a similar workshop for your team? Connect with Victor →"
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 wasn’t 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.