On Leadership

Kayla Foo

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Leadership is the act of guiding a team or individual to achieve a goal through direction and motivation -- and there is a leader in all of us. This issue contains insightful resources and pointers that touch on the various under-talked about but important aspects of leadership. I hope this inspires us to not just exercise good leadership in our daily lives as individuals and organisations, but more importantly, help us get through and thrive even in difficult times.

Build Your Reputation as a Trustworthy Leader

People’s expectations and definition of trustworthiness are broadening for leaders, and it takes a lot to gain that trust. The author offers four research-based practices for leaders to master to earn and keep the trust of others. If you hope to enjoy a career of great influence and impact, start by cultivating a trustworthy reputation.

Adam Grant on leadership, emotional intelligence, and the value of thinking like a scientist

In Adam Grant's latest book, 'Think Again: The Power of Knowing What you Don’t Know', he makes the case for greater flexibility in our views—and offers tactics for leading discussions that may help others do the same. This conversation was part of a new discussion series for McKinsey partners and clients called "Modern Leadership," which is designed to explore new dimensions of leadership with experts and leading thinkers who can help strengthen, challenge, and stretch our ability to build resilient teams and thrive in uncertain times.

How to discover your ‘why’ in difficult times | Simon Sinek

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Thaslim (Education Researcher)

You were very patient and followed through on the initial reason I had sought your assistance and expertise, to look for a CI plan for my cousin. However, did not move forward. And when I had expressed desire to take up another plan, you were resourceful and called in someone who would be able to service my needs better. That is very honest of you instead, of trying to sell me something that you do not have sufficient knowledge on (:

Teresa Ng

Kayla is authentic(reliable, trustworthy and always the same person), full of Zeal and Empathetic. She showed me usually how people of my age group are planning and also personalised a portfolio that is affordable which will help me in future-proofing. Definitely no hard selling, not only does she not stick to one type of program, she suggests multiple for me to understand what’s better for myself. I am so happy to have found someone like Kayla to entrust her with planning my finances 😌

Kalai Rajan (Process Technician)

Pleasant, Comfortable and Informative. Questions were addressed during the discussion and I didn't know there were so many things can be done for Tax Savings! Kayla is definitely someone I will recommend if you are new to SRS.

Hui Ying (Biotechnologist)

Professional, efficient and knowledgeable. Kayla explained very clearly how things work and clear queries. She’s definitely my go-to person for any finance related questions!

Bala & Sumi (Young Family)

Thank you for sharing on the overlapping of benefits vs optimizing every dollar that we pay for insurance. You also share with me on the difference between savings & investments, and which is better / more comfortable for us. You advised us on the restructuring process too. You were also able to relate to how young families might be facing now and in the near future, and through our conversation, we were able to somewhat grasp what we will be facing in the near future. It was a very clear & open conversation. You display great professionalism in the whole consultation process. Overall, I feel the consultation was very beneficial, 8/10!

Lim Yunghwa

Discussion was on point, time horizon fits into what I was looking for. Felt comfortable sharing existing plans with Kayla so that we are able to pin point any loopholes there might be. Kayla touched about Children Education - which was something that was not of urgency until she pointed out that University fees in 2040 might amount to $100k and she shared a few ideas of how we as young parents can leverage on the time horizon to fund for our child's education!