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Sophia Chin
Apr 222 min read
Unlocking Asia's Potential: The Power of 仁 in Scaling Impact
At Personna, our mission is to empower ambitious leaders and teams to scale impact in Asia by making leadership personal.
Roger Grant
Apr 14, 20217 min read
SCARY, BUT NOT DANGEROUS
How to prevent burnout without losing your leadership edge. Career transitions can look scary, but they may be the safest thing for you....
Sophia Chin
Mar 9, 20217 min read
Is Your Office a Game Of Thrones?
How to get out of the toxic radiation of drama triangles. I see myself as a leader. I could say that I like to lead. But it will be more...
Sophia Chin
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Making Leadership Personal
How to stop burnout without losing your leadership edge. HBR will have you believe that there is a standard formula for becoming a...
Sophia Chin
Jan 13, 20213 min read
Welcome To The Future
Embrace the NEW YOU today. It's that time of the year again, we're making our New Year resolutions: I'm going on a diet. I'm going to hit...
Sophia Chin
Dec 28, 20209 min read
Death to 2020
Recap of the year from hell. “It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked.” - Warren Buffett You are...
Roger Grant
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Leadership Wisdom from Miles Davis
Things change, disruption happens, as they should. Typically we react with drama, blame and despair. But what if this situation presents...
Roger Grant
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Awaken In Clarity
Leading through frustration and the messy to get to greatness. A tin of pineapple tarts evaporated as we chatted around a coffee-stained...
Sophia Chin
Oct 21, 20208 min read
Miracle Drug for Performance
Quick hack to get out of a mental rut at work. There are people out there who face fear, criticism and uncertainty every single day, all...
Sophia Chin
Sep 2, 20205 min read
FINDING YOUR SWEET SPOT FOR PERFORMANCE
There are people out there who face fear, criticism and uncertainty every single day, all because they believe the world can be a better...
Sophia Chin
Aug 20, 20204 min read
REACHING YOUR NEXT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
When people think about leadership development, they say, “Get an MBA.” They spend months cramming case studies, best practices and...
Sophia Chin
Jun 23, 202011 min read
What To Do When You Lose Your Job
When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.” - Fraulein Maria in the movie Sound of Music It’s Thursday, you’re looking...
Sophia Chin
May 27, 202010 min read
LEADERSHIP IS A LIFELONG PRACTICE (PART I)
I never cared about money or fame, and I don’t care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows. — Quincy Jones I see myself as a...
Sophia Chin
May 26, 20208 min read
LEADERSHIP IS A LIFELONG PRACTICE (PART II)
THE REAL LEADER WITHIN YOU Real leaders do not need the biggest teams or the fanciest tech to deliver high performance. They know,...
Sophia Chin
May 25, 202010 min read
LEADERSHIP IS A LIFELONG PRACTICE (PART III)
INTO GREATNESS Again, the whole point of this is simply… Leaders don’t lead to be loved. They lead for the pure joy of leading. Because...
Roger Grant
Apr 15, 20204 min read
CAN YOU SEE THE SPACE?
Leading through uncertainty. What do you see in the picture? "I see birds." "I see seagulls." "I see eagles." "I see lines." Can you also...
Sophia Chin
Mar 5, 20206 min read
HOB-JOBBER: Personal leadership, should I stay or should I go?
“Games are life distilled into programmable parameters. And life is a game where everyone is still learning the parameters.” You have...
Sophia Chin
Feb 14, 202011 min read
Reclaim Your Power. Personal leadership, intrinsic power comes from within.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make...
Roger Grant
Jul 2, 20193 min read
HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH POWER
Catching People In The Act Of Leading One of the common gripes we hear is that people don't feel as valued for their work as they would...
Roger Grant
Oct 9, 20182 min read
Are you at the Edge Of Greatness?
Coming to Asia in 1995 for the first time, my eyes opened as wide as saucers. I saw people breaking the rules and getting the same...
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