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.
Leadership Conversations - Strengths, Trust Building & Cross Cultural Cooperation
"This leadership program held in Lebanon was conducted for a group of 15 global leaders working in an NGO. The session focuses on strengths discovery, deepening trust, and difficult conversations. The results were greater self-awareness, and stronger conversational skills through deliberate practices. Interested in a similar program for your team?” Connect with Victor
🫸 Pushing the Limits ⚠️
What I learnt from my Lebanon 🇱🇧 trip.
Some context:
▶ It was a 5 days leadership retreat for an NGO and I was invited to facilitate 3/5 days, focusing on cross cultural cooperation and trust building.
▶ I had only 2 weeks to prepare amidst many other ongoing commitments. So I knew this work was going to really stretch me.
▶ I had participants from many different countries - Syria, Lebanon, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, USA, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, South Korea and Germany.
▶ It was my first time listening, conversing and learning from those from the Middle East, Russia and South America.
What I did:
▶ I needed an anchor to bridge the cultural differences. So I started with strengths as a language and a lens to build the container of safety.
▶ We explored how trust might look like in cross cultural work - what it looks like when it is strong and when it is broken.
▶ I taught a couple of leadership conversational skills and facilitated the practice - how leaders can generate context of trust and safety.
▶ I had 1 on 1 coaching with each person to process the emotions and learnings.
What I took away👇🏼
📍Listening for our bias and assumptions is crucial. It starts by being aware that we bring our bias into the conversations. On day 1, I felt I had so much to learn as I hear different stories in a very diverse context. I felt I was the odd one out as a Singaporean, living in my “safe” bubble.
📍Listening in a cross cultural context brings out more of the emotional and body context because of language challenges. For many, English is not the first language. The other aspects are heightened as a result. As I listened to the stories shared in English, I often experienced the intensity of the stories through the emotions and the body of the storyteller.
📍The Strengths Language truly deepens appreciation and respect for diversity. Once I facilitated the strengths conversations, the cross cultural differences was reduced and the strengths language facilitated conversations of trust building.
It was truly an eye-opening week of being, doing and learning. My strengths felt satisfied. I’m now more confident in navigating high tension and conflict work. #Command #SelfAssurance #Communication #Connectedness
#teamcoaching #ontologicalcoaching #deeplistening
CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) Team Workshop - Strategy & Transformation Office
"This CliftonStrengths team workshop was conducted for the Strategy and Transformation team from Prudential Singapore. The session used Gallup's CliftonStrengths profiling tool alongside ontological coaching to help the individuals identify their dominant talent themes and explore how to apply them in their strategy and transformation roles. Participants left with deeper self-awareness and a shared strengths language to strengthen team collaboration. Interested in a similar workshop for your team? Explore CliftonStrengths Workshops →"
Had the privilege to facilitate a CliftonStrengths Team Workshop for the Strategy and Transformation Team from Prudential Singapore.
Workshop was designed to give more time for people to understand their dominant talent themes and to connect the themes to their work. The workshop also give space for each person to understand different working and communication styles, including that of the Team Leader.
Had Yeang Cherng with me as an observer. Took the chance and got him to share how he was able to lead three companies, Kingmaker Consultancy, Amplitude Asia and StrengthsTransform and successfully build a strengths based culture within the team.
It was a wonderful way to end the week! Very grateful!