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BREAKING THE BAMBOO CEILING
“FROM MANAGER TO LEADER”
World HRD Congress, February 2018, Mumbai
© 2019 Kevin Kan
Kevin Kan
Fast Facts
Marketing
Financial
Services
Technology
Consulting
Work Experience
• Professional Certified Coach (ICF)
• 2018
• Master of Business Administration
• 2007
• Post Graduate Diploma in
Management
• 1996
• Chartered Accountant
• 1994
• Bachelor of Economics
• 1990
Education / Accreditation
Assets
1 Rated for 4 consecutive years in either
Goals or Leadership dimensions
(2011 – 2014)
1 Billion USD in consulting services sales
for 2 consecutive years (2007 – 2008)
40,000 Convenience stores launched to sell
Gift Cards (2015)
800 Million users of China Mobile will see
the mobile app for a Global Travel
Card (iOS 2015 & Android 2014)
30 Years of working experience
4 Publications covering professional
magazine, university case study &
books
1,200 Employee responsibility as HP
Enterprise Services General Manager
Career by the Numbers
Social Responsibility
kevin@breakoutconsultingasia.com
• February 2015
• Guest Lecturer
• Created the Professional &
Leadership Life Skills
program
coachkevinkan
• CHRO Asia “Best 100 Global
Coaching Leaders” –
February 2017
• Marketing Magazine “Loyalty
Program of the Year” – 2018
• CHRO Asia “101 Top Global
Coaching Leaders” –
February 2019
Awards
www.linkedin.com/in/kevinkansg
coachkevinkan
© 2019 Kevin Kan
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
The Bamboo Ceiling is all over media & academia
There is an unconscious bias preventing Asians
from moving to the executive level
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
HARD WORKING…
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
SACRIFICE TIME….
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
TRAIN THEIR NEW MANAGER
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
SUPPORTING THEIR NEW MANAGER….
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
FRUSTRATION….
TIRED…..
DEMOTIVATED…
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
EXECUTIVE
COACHING FOR
EMERGING LEADERS
INTRODUCING THE “LEADER WHEEL”
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
1. ACHIEVEMENTS
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
2. NETWORK
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
4. EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
ACT & DRESS THE PART OF AN EXECUTIVE
A LEADER IS ONE WHO
KNOWS THE WAY, GOES THE
WAY, AND SHOWS THE WAY.
JOHN C. MAXWELL
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
THINGS ARE CHANGING
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
UPCOMING BOOK
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
coachkevinkan.com
coachkevinkan coachkevinkan coachkevinkan
www.linkedin.com/in/kevinkansgkevin@breakoutconsultingasia.com
© 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership

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Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: From Manager to Leader

  • 1. BREAKING THE BAMBOO CEILING “FROM MANAGER TO LEADER” World HRD Congress, February 2018, Mumbai © 2019 Kevin Kan
  • 2. Kevin Kan Fast Facts Marketing Financial Services Technology Consulting Work Experience • Professional Certified Coach (ICF) • 2018 • Master of Business Administration • 2007 • Post Graduate Diploma in Management • 1996 • Chartered Accountant • 1994 • Bachelor of Economics • 1990 Education / Accreditation Assets 1 Rated for 4 consecutive years in either Goals or Leadership dimensions (2011 – 2014) 1 Billion USD in consulting services sales for 2 consecutive years (2007 – 2008) 40,000 Convenience stores launched to sell Gift Cards (2015) 800 Million users of China Mobile will see the mobile app for a Global Travel Card (iOS 2015 & Android 2014) 30 Years of working experience 4 Publications covering professional magazine, university case study & books 1,200 Employee responsibility as HP Enterprise Services General Manager Career by the Numbers Social Responsibility kevin@breakoutconsultingasia.com • February 2015 • Guest Lecturer • Created the Professional & Leadership Life Skills program coachkevinkan • CHRO Asia “Best 100 Global Coaching Leaders” – February 2017 • Marketing Magazine “Loyalty Program of the Year” – 2018 • CHRO Asia “101 Top Global Coaching Leaders” – February 2019 Awards www.linkedin.com/in/kevinkansg coachkevinkan © 2019 Kevin Kan
  • 3. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 4. The Bamboo Ceiling is all over media & academia There is an unconscious bias preventing Asians from moving to the executive level © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 5. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership HARD WORKING…
  • 6. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership SACRIFICE TIME….
  • 7. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership TRAIN THEIR NEW MANAGER
  • 8. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership SUPPORTING THEIR NEW MANAGER….
  • 9. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership FRUSTRATION…. TIRED….. DEMOTIVATED…
  • 10. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership EXECUTIVE COACHING FOR EMERGING LEADERS
  • 11. INTRODUCING THE “LEADER WHEEL” © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 12. 1. ACHIEVEMENTS © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 13. 2. NETWORK © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 14. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 15. 4. EXECUTIVE PRESENCE © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 16. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership ACT & DRESS THE PART OF AN EXECUTIVE
  • 17. A LEADER IS ONE WHO KNOWS THE WAY, GOES THE WAY, AND SHOWS THE WAY. JOHN C. MAXWELL © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 18. THINGS ARE CHANGING © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 19. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 20. © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership
  • 21. UPCOMING BOOK © 2019 Kevin Kan #leadershipforanewworld #reinventingleadership