by El | Nov 12, 2024 | Coaching, Confidence, Emotions, Leadership, Presence
In my work of executive coaching in Singapore, I frequently encounter individuals who find themselves in the unfamiliar shoes of leadership. The scenario typically goes like this… You’ve worked hard to build your technical expertise, and it’s brought you to this new...
by El | Oct 17, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Conflict, Emotions, Habit, Language, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness
You’ve got brilliant ideas, a passion for your work, and ambitions that stretch as far as the eye can see. But somehow, when it comes to sharing those ideas or asserting yourself in a meeting, you freeze up. If this sounds like you, you’re definitely not alone. In...
by El | Sep 14, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Interventions, Leadership, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness
It’s true – being overly-emotional can strain our relationships. But on the other hand, is emotion really an obstacle to effective communication? It’s still quite easy to encounter this idea: let’s leave emotions out of this work conversation so that we...
by El | Aug 2, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Interventions, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness, Somatics
Confidence is something that I regularly work on with my coaching clients. From experience, what makes confidence difficult is the focus on the ‘correct’ and ‘wrong’ answers. It trips up the way we communicate, and robs us of better outcomes....
by El | Mar 20, 2020 | Book reviews, Choice, Confidence, Conflict, Interventions, Language, Performance, Presence, Self-awareness
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen I appreciate how ‘real’ this book is. Consider the following statements made by the author, with regards to the work championed by this book: “Who has time for all this in the real world? Nobody.”...
by El | Nov 21, 2019 | Choice, Emotions, Mindfulness, Presence, Self-awareness
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng | NCC® (@elng.coach) on Nov 18, 2019 at 3:17pm PST You can’t un-see what you saw, or un-know what you discovered. Once, ya know, you have choice. Which is also another way of saying, “With great power comes great...
