Lynda is uniquely placed as an executive coach based in Hong Kong since 1992 with extensive senior and board level experience in Europe and Australasia. She is able to quickly grasp and understand the implications of key issues, the impact of the corporate culture and the influence of key organizational personalities. Her professional experience in finance, accounting, human resources and marketing positions her well for assignments from Beijing to Auckland and Taipei to Hyderabad with all nationalities and cultures that come into the coaching mix.
• Working with a regional general manager to develop his emotional intelligence as a leader and embrace the strategic elements of his role.
• Partnered with a country manager to get out of the daily firefighting, manage the business to increase market share and deliver on innovative strategic initiatives
• Coaching a COO to develop executive presence and work with bosses to create a more demanding role that with enable the executive deliver higher value to the business and be in line for promotion next year.
• Working with a seasoned marketing talent for an MNC to manage multiple requests, a position described as the “torture job” as there was no end to it. Managed to negotiate for more resources on projects, pushing back to the subsidiaries on other projects and taking an oversight role, stepped up from doing it all, to project managing to next the step of contributing original ideas that will significantly grow the business line regionally.
• Coaching a regional manager responsible for 7 S E Asian countries from being totally task and sales volume oriented to becoming a leader to manage and lead his team effective and grow the brand of the unique products in the portfolio.
• Partnering with a very successful executive in a new regional role full of ambiguity, needing to influence the North American head office where Asia is not a priority, develop his emotional intelligence and get credibility with his seasoned direct reports.
• MBA Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• MA Human Resources Management. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• Coach University Certified Graduate, USA
• Graduate of the Corporate Coach University’s Corporate Coaching program - Asia
• Graduate of Lore International’s executive coaching programme – by invitation
• Dynamic facilitation programme with Evans & Peck, Hong Kong
• Advanced Diploma in Executive Performance Coaching – Kudos Worldwide Limited UK
Lynda is passionate about partnering with International and local executives and committed to achieving what is important to them personally and professionally in an environment that is culturally diverse, the competition is fierce and the demand to deliver results is unquestioned.
Lynda is known to inspire and motivate her clients as well as gain their trust and confidence to open up at a very deep and personal level which allows them to choose to make behavioral and mindset shifts that have a positive impact personally and professionally.
tel:+852 2529 6380