In most of my career coaching conversations, I often had to go beyond coaching the client on finding the development pathway or next career steps, to also assist them in improving their resume to support their job applications. As a HR profession, I also get to see a lot of resumes from Gen Z who […]
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A recent interaction with an acquaintance led me revisit the topic of being enough. In fact, this is a topic that I reflected at length regularly as conversations with various people often led to this final stress point of being (good) enough and doing enough. Why are we always not good enough? I grew up
In my work as a HR professional and as a coach, I met many introverts who struggled with having visibility at work to aid their progression. The most common feedback I get is that speaking up or sharing their viewpoints when not asked to would be too showy, too pretentious, and not their authentic self.
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I was recently engaged in a conversation with other fellow middle managers on how we were coping with our leadership challenges. Without doubt, the group were formed by like minded people with passion to grow and develop each member in their team. The conversation was energising and buzzing until one of them asked, “When should
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In the recent years, we have been told several times about the importance of growth mindset at work, in life and parenting. We were also told the importance of keeping a positive outlook towards life with the age-old concept of half-empty or half-filled glass. These very important concepts are supposed to be the foundation for
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The word “vulnerability” is often perceived as a sign of weakness because to be vulnerable would mean one is exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. In my various conversations and discussions with leaders and employees across organisation levels, I could observe two distinct groups leaders. One who embraces
As an introvert, my natural learning disposition is to reflect on my day or significant event that lands impact on me. I enjoy that quiet, protected time to think about what actually happened, what I experienced, the impact that landed on me and others, the insights gained from the events, and learning approaches that I
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Validation is the acknowledgment and acceptance of ones’ strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, feelings, actions, and behaviours as understandable. As social beings, it is human nature to want to be validated and accepted, both by ourselves and by others. Yet, we are often the worst critic of ourselves, not recognising the good efforts put in nor acknowledging
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