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My Story, as told in Leadership Unscripted, The Real, Raw, and Remarkable Journeys of Women who Lead Boldly
A New World, A New Self I still remember my first day on an American college campus—clutching my books like a lifeline, my heart pounding as I wondered if anyone would understand my accent or if I even belonged here. At 18, I had just arrived from Malaysia, stepping...
The Numbers Don’t Tie: Psychological Safety
Great teachers know it, great parents know it, and great team leaders know it. It is the key element for a robust learning environment, a critical factor in raising inquisitive and confident kids, and essential for leading high-performing teams: Psychological Safety....
Leadership: Be a Gardener, Not a Carpenter
If you’ve ever assembled IKEA furniture, you know the satisfaction of snapping the final piece into place - the perfect symmetry, the precision, the control. Everything fits exactly as planned. But have you ever tried controlling a garden? You can water, prune, and...
It’s Not Imposter Syndrome – It’s a Confidence Gap
I remember the day I was assigned a big enterprise-level transformational project - strategic, high-stakes, and C-suite visible. I was thrilled, prepared, and yes, a bit nervous. But when I shared the news with a colleague expressing both my excitement and my...
Strive for Excellence, Not Perfection
A Lesson from a Little Library When I was between eight and twelve, I spent most afternoons tucked away in a small Chinese library in my hometown in Malaysia, waiting for my mom to finish work nearby. For a budding bookworm, it was paradise. One day, with the earnest...
Awakening the Force Within
Ten years ago, a few months before the release of The Force Awakens, I made my biggest Amazon Prime Video purchase: a box set of six Star Wars movies. My ten-year-old son and I spent several weekends watching them all, preparing for the seventh film’s debut in...
The Power of Hellos, Goodbyes, and Everything in Between
I joined LinkedIn on February 18, 2012, almost nine years after it launched in 2003. I had just attended a colleague’s farewell party and was feeling nostalgic. After years of working together, I lamented that our paths might not cross again unless we made an...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Talent: Rethinking How We Recognize Talent
Beyond Hard Work – The New PIE You Need to Succeed
According to Coleman, career success isn’t just about performance. It is about Performance – 10% (Yes, only 10%!), Image – 30%, and Exposure – 60%. The message? Doing great work wasn’t enough – you had to be seen and heard.
Returning to Love
A Journey through Compassion, Courage, Connection, and Clarity “Make my words honest and true, economical and few, wise and well-chosen, calm and kind. Give me so much love and grace that this kind of conversation comes naturally to me.” This is my daily mantra at the...