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About The Event
SGLN closed the year with an unforgettable event at the National Gallery Singapore, featuring global leader in leadership coaching and best-selling author, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.
This event marked a historic moment as Dr. Goldsmith shared that this would be the final international keynote of his long and illustrious career, giving this session extra meaning.
For the audience, this event was nothing short of transformative. Centred on Dr. Marshall's groundbreaking concept of “feed-forward,” he illuminated how this approach to learning, coaching, and team building can empower leaders to thrive in an ever-evolving world. He redefined leadership as not just climbing higher but lifting others as we rise and letting go of what no longer serves us. His call to focus on what we can do, rather than dwelling on what is out of our control, resonated deeply with everyone in the room. Dr. Goldsmith's blend of wisdom, humour, and deeply personal anecdotes captivated the audience, making the session interactive, relatable, and profoundly impactful.
We are ever so grateful for this global icon to have chosen the Singapore Leaders Network event as his international finale, and for sharing an AI version of him that can be accessed for free on https://marshallgoldsmith.ai/
Special thanks to Ian Wong, MD International UOB for sharing his leadership lessons and his personal insights at the event. In his opening remarks, Ian highlighted the critical role leaders play in enabling the future workforce, reinforcing that it is a shared responsibility for all leaders to prepare their teams for the challenges of tomorrow.
We are grateful also for the dynamic panel discussion moderated by Dr. Peter Chee, President & CEO of ITD World. The panel featured Aseem Puri, CEO of Unilever International; Frank Koo, Founder & Director of Nextplay; and Peck Kem Low, CHRO & Advisor (Workforce Development) at Public Service Division. Together, they shared insights on how Singaporeans can lead on the global stage, drawing on their own rich global experiences.
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About the Singapore Leaders Network
Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and managed by the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), the Singapore Leaders Network (SGLN) aims to prepare Singaporeans for global leadership roles. We aspire to help advance the social capital of Singaporean corporate leaders who can support one another on their professional and personal leadership journeys - whilst cultivating a vibrant and robust community. This is achieved through activities that enable members to learn, lead, and link including through large scale in-person events, smaller business networking sessions on various topics of interest, a structured mentoring programme, an Ambassador programme, as well as an online LinkedIn community.
Speaker
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Executive Leadership Coach
Marshall Goldsmith is the only two-time winner of the Thinkers 50 Award for #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the World and a Top Ten Business Thinker for the past eight years. Dr. Goldsmith is the author or editor of 36 books, including three New York Times bestsellers, that have sold over 2.5 million copies and been listed bestseller in 12 countries. His books, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers have been recognized by Amazon.com as two of the Top 100 Leadership & Success Books Ever Written.
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Ian Wong
Managing Director, UOB Singapore
Originally geared towards medical studies, Ian took on a totally different path in university and eventually embarked on a career in banking, leading countries and enabling deals across Asia, Europe, and US. After leadership stints, including an overseas posting, with global banks like Bank of America and HSBC, Ian is now Managing Director and Group Head, International Management, at UOB. In this role, he is responsible for the international banking entities, venture management, global capital, and foreign direct investment advisory divisions.
A certified chief master coach, Ian strives to bring out the best in people and advocates for organizations to foster strong mentoring and coaching cultures so as to grow sustainably and purposefully.
He writes about personal inspirations, experiences, and learnings that colleagues and connections may find helpful as they navigate their career and life journeys, especially in today’s “business as UNusual” environment.
Invited by companies and universities to speak on topics to enable people to thrive internationally and intentionally.
Dr. Peter Chee
Executive Leadership Coach
Dr. Peter Chee is the CEO of ITD World, a multinational corporation with the mission of transforming leaders to change the world for the better. He specializes in coaching, developing, and transforming, CEOs, CXOs and senior global leaders from world leading organizations including Intel, United Nations, Rolls Royce, Siemens, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Micron, First Solar, LinkedIn, Adobe, Schneider, Mitsubishi, and Western Digital. Peter ranks among the top global coaching gurus with more than 33 years’ experience in developing leaders from over 80 countries. He was awarded the #1 Strategic Innovation Coach by Dr Marshall Goldsmith.
He is the co-author of Coaching for Breakthrough Success with Jack Canfield; 12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence with Brian Tracy; Becoming an Effective Mentoring Leader and The Leader’s Daily Role in Talent Management with Dr. William J. Rothwell. He also co-authored the 5 Levels of Mastery with Goldsmith, the world’s #1 executive coach.
Peter holds a doctoral degree from the University of South Australia, and an MSc. in Training and HRM from the University of Leicester, UK. He is the developer of the Certified Chief Master Coach (CCMC) program, and the Certified Coaching and Mentoring Professional (CCMP) program. Both are accredited and recognized by the ICF (International Coach Federation). He created the Coaching Mastery Model (CMM), Coaching for Breakthrough Success (CBS) Metta Model, The Coaching Principles (TCP), Situational Coaching Model (SCM) and Achievers Coaching Techniques (ACT).