Helen has extensive experience in executive coaching and workshop facilitation, having led and conducted projects and programs in Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Korea and other parts of Asia.
Having grown up in Hong Kong and Singapore, studied in France, and with working experience in Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, China and project experience in the USA, UK and throughout Asia, Helen understands the challenges faced in multi-cultural groups and is able to impart her experience in working effectively in multi-cultural groups in a systematic manner.
Over the last 20 years, Helen has conducted numerous leadership and communication skills training programme in Asia. In particular, relating to communications, she developed and delivered a range of training and workshops on leadership communications, story-telling, influential, structured & cross-cultural communication, coaching skills and presentation skills training.
Helen believes that good leadership and management start with good communication, and thus in her workshops and her coaching she extends her focus beyond the coachee or participants to the people that they interact with on a day to day basis.
Clients she serves are mainly multinational companies with a presence in Asia Pacific: Smith & Nephew Greater China, Syngenta Asia Pacific, DSM China, ARM Greater China & India, IMI China and Asia, Oracle JAPAC & India.
She also serves various quasi-government organizations in Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Government, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong & Shenzhen Campuses), St James Settlement.
Areas of Expertise:
- Leadership skills
- Leadership communication:
- executive presence
- presentation skills
- influential communication skills
- storytelling skills
- structured communication
- Leaders as Coaches: Coaching skills
- Team Management
- Change Management
- Stress Management
- Creative Thinking
- Emotional Intelligence – Managing Up
Experience:
- Executive Coach and Workshop Facilitation – 2004 till now (14 years)
- Executive Recruitment and Assessment – 2001 till 2004 (3 years)
- Strategy Consulting – 1995 to 2000 (6 years)
Training Language:
- English
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
Qualification:
- B.Sc in Computer Science and Information Systems from the National University of Singapore
- MBA from INSEAD, France
- Certified practitioner of PRISM Brain Mapping, Lumina Sparks & Belbin Team Roles