Oct 29 2010

Is Leadership Style Different in Singapore and Asia?

Posted by Andrew Bryant, CSP, PCC
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Asian and Western Leaders

As a leadership consultant and executive coach living in Singapore and working across Asia, I am often asked; “is there is a difference between Western and Asian Leaders?”

The answer is “yes” and “no”. Leaders worldwide need to ask the same questions:

  • Where are we going?
  • What is our strategy? (how do we get there?)
  • How do we execute?
  • Is our team ready? (learning and development)
  • Do we have enough bench strength for growth and sustainability (succession planning)

In addition leaders must be able to engender trust and effectively communicate their messages. Continue Reading »


Jul 20 2010

Delegation for Managers

Posted by Andrew Bryant, CSP, PCC
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In my experience one of the most challenging tasks for managers is delegation and one trait of a leader is the ability to effectively delegate.

Management and Leadership require getting work done, with and through others whilst gaining their trust and co-operation, the secret is that you have to give trust before you can gain it.

Many of the executives I have coached have struggled with the issue of trust as they have got where they are today by being controlling and see delegation as loss of control. Logically these people know that they must delegate but become frustrated that when they try to delegate they don’t get the results they were hoping for. Continue Reading »


May 5 2009

Common Communication Mistakes

Posted by Andrew Bryant, CSP, PCC
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jalapenoA couple of yeas ago I was rushing to meet a new client, a CEO who required some coaching; as I was running short of time I chose to miss lunch and go straight to the appointment.

I was greeted at the company by the company’s communications manager who was to show me to the boardroom to meet the CEO. She politely asked me if she could get me anything, perhaps thinking I might need a tea or coffee. My response was, Continue Reading »