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Impact & Aha Moment!
The Story of Mr. Koh – Project Executive, Singapore
Career Guidance and Leadership
Brief Background
A project executive looking to have better work life balance and working relationships with his subordinates. Leadership was especially challenging while working with subordinates from different cultural & educational backgrounds, as well as managing multiple projects at once. There also seemed to be a struggle to manage the team’s attitude as the commitment and loyalty towards the project was lacking.
Coaching Style & Tools:
CliftonStrengths Assessment tool & Signature Questioning technique.
Key Challenges
- Striking a work life balance, as he would like to spend more relaxed time with family and less time worrying about the project – especially whether the subordinates are performing the job as required during his absence.
- Finding a role and work environment that could support his personal and professional needs.
The Impact / Aha Moment!
- Check out this audio for a sample of the magical pivot moment – the turning point!
Recent Development:
He is currently well established and stable in another company which offered him a role that is more suitable for his personal and professional needs. He is also able to spend more quality with his family after work.
The Story of Ms. Lim - worked in Semi-Government, Non-profit, Singapore
Gaining back her power after a history of broken relationship and battling depression.
Brief Background
When Ms. Lim first reached out to me for a free introductory call, she was really keen on getting her life back on track. She approached me with a ‘cover’ of needing help with performing better at work. As the call went on, she slowly revealed her history with depression & therapy (she did not reveal about her past relationship yet) but decided not to go for the sessions at this point due to financial constraints (also due to her ongoing therapy bills).
Few weeks down the road, she happened to sign up for my free 60min coaching promotion – this is where we were able to uncover a lot of suppressed memories and challenges, and she decided to take up 3 more paid sessions with me.
Coaching Style & Tools:
Signature Therapeutic coaching approach, Clifton Strengths Assessment tool & Signature Questioning technique.
Key Challenges
Reluctance and uncertainty if the sessions would help her, since nothing worked in the past.
The CliftonStrengths report that she took about 7 years ago was completely contradictory to her current strengths report – which is the real her and how can we get that essence back? Or is there something totally new?
She has lost hope due to the feeling of – ‘time has passed me by’.
The Impact / Aha Moment!
She was able to re-discover her real self and talents where she used to shine the most and regain confidence back at work with improved peer-peer relationships.
We worked on uncovering the biggest block and blind spot in her situation that stemmed out of a toxic relationship that she was in the past, and then cleared those blockages and past resistance for good.
Recent Development:
She is now more confident with a new sense and feeling of lightness and joy! In her own words – “This was not a regular coaching session that I expected. It was really very different… almost like a therapy. I could open up at both the practical and emotional level and uncover deeper insights about myself.”
Mr. Madheshwaran - Business Operations Associate, India
Finding Purpose
Brief Background
A bright and ambitious young man in his early 20s approached me for help as he was lost and wanted to find his life purpose. He had quit his well-paying and stable job to pursue his dream of becoming a Sportsman – Cricketer. However, within a few weeks he sustained some physical injuries that required him to stay away from the game he loved. This added to his frustration and he did not see any possibility or hope for the future. He was also toying with the idea of entrepreneurship at the same time.
Coaching Style & Tools:
CliftonStrengths Assessment tool, Signature Questioning technique & Purpose Discovery model.
Key Challenges
His profile and life situation were not suitable to enter pursue a career in his favourite sport.
He believed that becoming a Cricketer was his passion, and thus a life goal.
His actual potential and core talents (which are linked to an individual’s needs and purpose) were latent and unexplored.
The Impact / Aha Moment!
He realized that it’s not the game of cricket but the qualities of an athlete, especially the Leadership of the team captain, that he is drawn towards.
With the help of my questioning technique, he could see how his natural talents could be fed by aiming them in other areas of his life, as well as career options that were more practical and achievable while being his natural best.
We went through a discovery process together from which he was able to discover and write down his purpose in 1 sentence.
He has now made a successful move to a career that is purposeful and more aligned to his natural talents. Do note that the purpose is evolutionary, although it will not deviate much from the core idea.
Recent Development:
He is currently in Germany and received a job offer as a Senior consultant at a leading German multinational financial services company in the digital transformation space. In his words – “I repeatedly quoted my strengths from the report, our purpose discovery process, etc. This job now gives me a settled atmosphere to work on my ideas again. I feel extremely grateful for the help I got from you during one of my most challenging times and it shaped me into something really better. I was really concerned about landing up in a junior job role again after 3 years of work experience, but it finally feels good to have got a senior role. The credit goes to you and again a great testimony to your coaching sessions, yes there are short term results but there are huge gifts on the longer term.”
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Ms. Priya – Fashion & Marketing, Indian Expat in Singapore
Relationship harmony & wellness
Brief Background
A successful and cheerful lady in her 30s approached for help to instill positivity and happiness in her relationship with her husband, as well as work on improving her emotional well-being.
Coaching Style & Tools:
Signature Therapeutic coaching approach & Signature Questioning technique.
Key Challenges
She and her husband were complete opposites which led to expectations from each other which the other could not fulfill. This led to dissatisfaction even though the rest of the surrounding factors like money, comfort and family support were doing well.
The Impact / Aha Moment!
She experienced a mind-shift moment when she realized how her husband accepted and supported her hobbies & choices that were complete opposite to his, and how that made her happy. But, in hindsight, she unknowingly tried to instill ‘good habits’ in her husband even though that was not what he wanted.
This was the root cause of the dissatisfaction for both.
After a few interactions, she realized how their differences could work as a complementing factor, instead of a conflicting factor.
Recent Development:
She could see how appreciating little things in her partner could change the entire perspective, than expecting something that is more suited to her liking (and vice versa). She could see the hidden rewards in those differences than forcing similarity. She had an experience of “Fairy energy”, which is a term she uses for a feeling of freedom and bliss.
She is now more aware of situations that come up and is able to express herself freely with better communication and understanding until it becomes a habit. She is able to maintain peace and harmony in the relationship with her husband, as well as focus on her well-being.
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Based out of Singapore, I reach out to the world to offer unique and holistic personal development experiences so that people with ideas, strengths and dreams can find their true purpose, get real and practical solutions, and achieve their lifelong ambitions.