A mindful career

In this week's episode, Samuel and I talk about the following:

- Personal journey from Taiwan to Beijing and Singapore

- How did the experience as a Schwarzman Scholar help in Samuel's career development?

- What was the biggest challenge when moving to Singapore to work?

Samuel works in partnerships with fast-growing startups and corporations in Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, he holds degrees in public policy and was a Schwarzman Scholar in the year 2016-2017.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Sam and I will talk about the following:

- What is the storytelling platform Stories of Asia

- Are the stories pertaining to business and workplace in Asia well told

- How will the landscape of human capital in Asia evolve

Signing up as a free member with Stories of Asia: https://forms.gle/3uDQgG6aTigkSbY26

Sam Neo is currently a founder of 2 start-ups. The first being People Mentality Inc, one of APAC's top 10 HR and Employer Branding consultancy firm that helps organizations become an Employer of Choice while his recent venture, Stories of Asia, a story-tech platform that was set up to empower the Asian community with a voice through storytelling.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Yolanda and I will talk about the following:

- Why shouldn't you accept a particular job offer

- Should you always look for opportunities outside the current organization

- Should you start your own business

Yolanda is a career coach who left her corporate career in fortune 500 firms. An award-winning fiction writer, she coaches people to tell their best stories in resume writing and interviews. You can find her at https://www.yoyochannel.com/ or at youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRxN3-y--hZJp_TG0n39_g

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this week's episode, Mike and I will talk about the following: 

- Mike's experience of coaching 1000+ athletes for over a decade

- How is career coaching similar with and different from athletic coaching

- The necessity of having a career coach

Mike Bird is a Montréal-based career coach for students and new graduates looking to transition confidently into the working world.

A career-long education professional, Mike believes in the power of experiential learning and leaving your personal comfort zone in order to grow.

As the founder of CoachOiseau Career Coaching (coachoiseau.com), Mike helps young people figure out their next move, brand themselves accordingly, and land their first “real” job faster.

You can hear Mike speak every Wednesday as one of the co-hosts of The Career Builder’s Podcast, a show dedicated to helping 20- and 30-somethings build their careers. You can also read his weekly writing on Sundays by subscribing to his newsletter, Take Flight.

Connect with him on LinkedIn by going to https://www.linkedin.com/in/birdmike/.

You can follow Daniel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) on LinkedIn to get updated on future events.

In this episode, Dr. William Thomas shared his experience of coaching in the military and the lack of coaching in private sector. Dr Thomas and Daniel also conducted a mini coaching session on work life balance. 

You can follow Daniel on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/) and more details on the coaching program he initiated can be found at https://www.amindfulcareer.org/

Dr William Thomas provides individual coaching and teaches group workshops to clients throughout Asia. He has more than two decades of leadership experience as an officer in the US Air Force, and served as a strategic planner in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He holds a PhD in public policy, with a focus on organizational culture, as well as an MBA and a degree in economics. Having spent several years as a university professor, he is now a WCI Certified Professional Coach, and has been based in Singapore, Bangkok, and Manila. Outside of work, Dr Thomas is also a distance runner and is one of the few people in the world to have completed The Marathon Grand Slam, consisting of a marathon on all 7 continents and at the North Pole. He is the author of Cross The Lines: A Journey to Complete The Marathon Grand Slam.

In this episode, Daphne shared what coaching is exactly, what made her decide to become a coach and the anecdotes of Daphne's coaching experiences. Daphne is conducting a group coaching program in 2 weeks! For a super discounted rate, you will go through a group coaching for 9 weeks with the theme of Career Fulfilment. More details: https://www.amindfulcareer.org/

Daphne is a career coach who works with postgraduates and rising professionals in the area of defining their career visions and designing a personalised plan to meet their goals. She is adept at helping individuals to connect to their true internal feelings and inclinations, and in turn, achieve a personal sense of fulfilment in the work that they do. 

This is Daniel and I have been running a career coaching business in Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China for the past 6 years. 

In this channel, I talk about career development skills, and I interview other career coaches, HR, and working professionals from different industries. You will also get the first-hand information about talent acquisition and human capital development from business leaders.

Thanks for listening and let’s begin our show.

You can follow me on my Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielykang/)

Website: https://www.amindfulcareer.org/