Work It

In the season closing episode of 'The Leader's Chair', DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta sits down with Crispina Robert and Adrian Tan to talk about why he calls himself “the accidental banker”, how experiencing failure changed his leadership style and what he really thinks about work-life balance. 

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She is the CEO of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) and a mother of three children under 16. Koh Yan Ping juggles all her roles without a live-in helper. She talks about how she does it, what she thinks women leaders are good at and why things are changing.  

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In the seat for this episode of the limited series, "The Leader's Chair", is founding partner of QED Changemakers, Ryan Lim who says he lives by the adage that “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. He talks about why C-suite leaders play an outsized role in driving the kind of culture which attracts and retains talent. 

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 In the second instalment of the limited series, "The Leader's Chair", director of human resources and organisation development at the Singapore Tourism Board Aileen Wong talks about why even the rank-and-file worker can be responsible for grooming a good leader. 

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Work It kicks off a limited series called The Leader’s Chair where we speak to C-suite leaders about what they learnt on their way up, how they deal with stress and what they consider the hardest job as a leader. We kick off the series with Google’s country manager for Singapore, Ben King. 

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When she first started work at a motor workshop, clients would take one look at Mandy Neo and ask for another technician. The technical service advisor at Motor Edgevantage talks about the challenges and rewards of being a woman in a male-dominated industry. 

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He graduated with first-class honours but in his first job, he was put on a performance improvement plan for arguing with his supervisor and submitting substandard work. How do young workers make the transition from school to work without struggling? 27-year-old John Lim is our guest on this episode. 

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Companies use assessment tools like the 360 and 180 systems which ask for peers and subordinates to assess their supervisors. What are the downsides of giving feedback about your manager? What does constructive criticism look like and why is it important? Norman Chua, director of group HR at the National Healthcare Group explains. 

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More people around the world are thinking seriously about the purpose of their work and that’s driving not just personal decisions about careers but also how organisations need to adapt. Hong Siu Ming, senior vice president for people, culture and group rewards at Great Eastern breaks it down in this episode. 

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Getting a promotion at work is often a good thing - of work done well rewarded publicly. But what if you are now managing peers or those older and more experienced than you? Do you need different skills to transit from top performer to manager? Our guest is head of business development and government relations of fintech company M-DAQ Global Jason Tay. 

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