KALEIDOSKOPE PTE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Head of Leadership Institute
Annie Tan has more than 10 years of HR and training experience who specializes in leadership competencies including change management, performance management, employee relations and interviewing skills.
In DBS, she spearheaded the setting up of the SME hotline and led teams to support SME & Wealth customers in the Customer Centre (an award-winning in-house 600 seats Call Centre).
As the Head of Onboarding in DBS Learning & Talent Development, she manages a team of HR Executives & Learning Specialists where she was responsible for call centre recruitment, performance management, employee engagement and relations.
As the Deputy to the Head of Leadership Institute, Annie successfully designed and facilitated programmes on Leadership, Professional Development, Performance Management and Cultural Development for DBS across the region. She was also part of the curriculum design for the selection and interview programme.
Currently, she is a Results-based Certified Coach for individuals who aim to enhance their life, work, and career. She is also working towards her Associate Certified Coach (ACC) status under the International Coach Federation (ICF).
She uses a blend of learning & development approaches including assessment tools, role plays and experiential activities which allow participants to learn and apply practical techniques to deal with workplace situations successfully. Annie had worked with many clients in their employee and organisational development journey towards building a well-trained organisation. Fluent in English and Chinese, Annie has delivered programs in Indonesia, Maldives, China, Taiwan, and India.
Clients who have engaged Annie for similar workshops are Changi General Hospital, Bordier & Cie (Investment Bank), Young Living, Netlink Trust, Munich RE, UTC Aerospace and Great Eastern Life.
Annie believes in continuous learning and empowering others. Her value in life is having an abundance mentality. She currently sits as an EXCO member with the International Association for Facilitators. Annie also spends her time mentoring budding trainers and facilitators.
Experience and credentials
Job Titles:
- Chief Cognitive Officer of EQ Lab
Dr Richard Claydon is the Chief Cognitive Officer of EQ Lab, an extended intelligence network focused on the future of leadership, culture, management, employee experience and risk.
His research on value-creating behaviours in toxic, rigid, autocratic or strong culture organisational environments has been described as "a touchstone for future work in management and organisation", "outstanding in daring and imagination" and "thinking at the forefront of modern discussion and debate".
He designs and teaches the leadership module for Macquarie Business School's world-leading, future-focused Global MBA. He has also designed MBA modules on change and organisational behaviour specifically focused on developing economies in Asia.
Alongside his MBA design, Richard has also designed a range of commercial programs, including masterclasses on Psychological Safety in Teams, Collective Intelligence in Teams, The Strategic Future of HR, Complex Adaptive Systems, The Future of Culture and Reimagining Leadership. He regularly designs and teaches bespoke workshops relating to these themes.
Through his work on extended intelligence, Richard created the Dialogic Innovation and Learning System (DILS), an online learning methodology that connects ideas and people across the globe in a highly engaging, deep learning environment. Over the two years of the pandemic, members of this extended intelligence network have designed and taught over 100 different online-facilitated, future-focused behavioural topics to a cohort of thousands of learners working across all continents, including Antartica.
Job Titles:
- Certified Trainer With the American Management International Association
Dr. John Ng, has more than 37 years of operational, training and consulting experience in leadership, management, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, and project management.
Dr. Ng has delivered and worked with organizations such as A*STAR research institutes, DSO, NUS, Emerson, Yokogawa Engineering, ABB, Hewlett Packard, Agilent, Keysight, Wild Life Reserves Singapore, Infocomm Development Authority, Maxis, Telekom Malaysia, Microsoft, Motorola, Prudential, Chartis, AIG, ABB, Singapore Stock Exchange, Shell, Pertamina, BP, Exxon Mobil, Mitsui, Freeport, Menarini, Medtronics, Parkway Health, Singapore Airlines, DBS, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Bank of Singapore, Tetra-Pak, Metso, Tech Mahindra, Virtusa etc.
He was previously engaged with NEC, Baxter Healthcare, Smith Corona, Sundstrand, PULSE Logistics, and Symonds. These included areas of leadership, management, coaching, consultancy, training, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing and projects.
Dr. Ng was instrumental in establishing enterprise-wide project management offices for the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, and has played a key role in planning and managing many strategic initiatives including consulting engagements for the National Library Board and Singapore Police Force.
Dr. Ng is also a certified trainer with the American Management International Association. He has delivered training, coaching and seminars with the Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore Institute of Materials Management, National University of Singapore, Curtin University, and Manchester Business School.
His engagements have taken him to various countries throughout the ASEAN, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Turkey and Zimbabwe.
Professional Experience
Senior Consultant / Master Trainer - project and program management
Operations Manager - logistics and supply chain consultancy
Senior Consultant / Project Manager - warehousing and distributions management systems
Materials Management - electronics, pharmaceutical, consumer products and aerospace
Lily Koh is a Professional Certified Coach, specialising in training/ coaching on Executive Presence (EP), Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Solution Focused Leadership Coaching.
With over 20 years of experience in the corporate world, Lily has helped many Asian leaders strengthen their leadership effectiveness using an inside-and-out approach.
Lily's expertise in EP and EI provides a wholesome approach to transforming leaders firstly in leading themselves before leading their teams. Lily has an innate ability to connect and enhance clients' self- awareness so as to help them develop their leadership strategies for greater career success. She uses a strength-based Solution Focused approach to help emerging leaders master their minds, emotions and body to achieve sustainable leadership effectiveness.
She has coached diverse audiences including senior leaders, private bankers, legal counsels and medical doctors. Her clients include HSBC, UBS Bank, CIMB, Singapore Legal Associaiton, Sompo Insurance, A*Star, Ministry of Health, Agilent Technologies.
She has also trained regionally in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and China.
Prior to being a corporate trainer and coach, Lily had a decade-long corporate career in the Information Technology (IT) industry with secondments to Singapore's Economic Development Board and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was with IBM Singapore and subsequently lived and worked overseas for 5 years as part of a North Asia acquisition team. Having lived and worked in many countries in North Asia, she brings along a wealth of experience from all over the world.
Expertise/ Specialisation:
Job Titles:
- Specialist, Business Coach
Sheela Chandran is an accomplished mindset change specialist, business coach and Corporate Leadership
Sok Leng is a seasoned and well-rounded finance and business leader, a facilitator and an executive coach. Her passion is in coaching and developing high performance individuals and teams as well as analysing and discovering financial and learning solutions for corporate organisations to grow sustainably. Sok Leng has been instrumental in designing and implementing many Asia wide leadership development solutions, building on her real world experience as an inspirational leader.
Sok Leng brings a wealth of experience with over 25 years in finance, business development & operations, environment sustainability and learning & development in MNC, SME & start-up and non-profit (NPO) & non-governmental organisations (NGO). Prior to entering the learning and development industry, she was the Regional CFO for American Express in Japan/Asia Pacific/Australia (JAPA) and was a key member of the executive leadership team and provided extensive financial advice on the business strategies, new business opportunities, and major projects and third party alliances. In addition to her business function role, Sok Leng also played an active role as an inspiring leader coaching and mentoring American Express finance employees in the JAPA region enabling them to grow and develop in American Express.
In a bid to pursue her passion in working with people to be successful in their professional careers and be a visionary & inspiring leader, Sok Leng left Finance in 2011 and joined NoLimits as its General Manager and a key member of their facilitation and executive coaching team. In this role, she was instrumental in working with clients to understand their requirements, propose and design learning solutions that will best suit their needs and resources. She has also coached and mentored mid to senior level executives from both MNCs and government agencies across various industries including healthcare, manufacturing, mining and semiconductor.
Sok Leng is also an advocate for environment sustainability and had served with an environment NGO in Singapore.
Job Titles:
- Independent Professional Corporate Trainer
Since 2005 Soon Meng has been an independent professional corporate trainer and lecturer. He has conducted in-person training across the Asian region: Japan, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Shenzhen), Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Brunei and Singapore.
He is skilled in virtual training using Zoom, Adobe Connect, and Webex.
He is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, having been called to the Bar in 1990. He was a senior officer of the Singapore Police Force and a lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic.