Testimonials & Impact Statements
Yolanda's approach coupled with her coaching frameworks and strategies really helped me grow as a leader and manager...
“In our sessions, Yolanda brought to bear a wealth of personal and professional experience that challenged me to view career obstacles from fresh perspectives. Her inquisitive, contemplative, and perspicacious approach coupled with her coaching frameworks and strategies really helped me grow as a leader and manager. She knows her stuff and is a joy to work with. I recommend Yolanda without reservation.”
Dave Woodward
Vice President, International Legal, LinkedIn
Every single meeting helped me shift my mind to find helpful solutions...
“Coaching sessions with Yolanda were not only enjoyable and inspiring, but also most powerful. Every single meeting helped me shift my mind to find helpful solutions to my challenges. I can only highly recommend Yolanda as an Executive Coach.”
Michael Zankel
Regional Director East Asia/Oceania, Gebrüder Weiss
It happened through a deep transformation on my presence...
“Yolanda’s coaching has helped me become a more efficient and empathetic leader. It happened through a deep transformation on my presence. The new me now starts each day well-rested, which has been a complete game-changer and has manifested in many aspects of my life.
I have learned how to regain my inner calm and clarity, regardless of the challenges that may arise. This newfound capability has freed up my mental bandwidth, providing me with an abundance of time to prioritize my people, strategic thinking, and live in the present moment.
It has been an absolute pleasure to be coached by Yolanda.”
Gangadhar Balikai
Vice President, Commerz Bank
She creates a plan to your needs, aligns to your objectives and goals...
“Yolanda, has been an amazing guide and coach on both personal and professional matters. She creates a plan to your needs, aligns to your objectives and goals, and asks the right questions for you to think about. You get so much out of every session. I highly recommend her services.”
Daniel Torres
Chief Commercial Officer, MetaCare
The sessions have worked at a much deeper personal level...
“I have found the coaching experience with Yolanda helpful beyond my expectations. I attended the first session with a transactional mindset thinking the goal would be to leverage Yolanda’s experience to improve my communication style and become a better manager for my direct reports. The sessions have worked at a much deeper personal level (almost taking on the form of therapy!) encouraging me to stop and acknowledge my state of mind, understand why I react to events in certain ways and using the learning to promote different approaches to work and personal life in future rather than repeating existing cycles and experiences.”
E. N
Director, Private Equity Firm
Always enjoyed and looked forward the conversations with her...
“I had an opportunity to get to know Yolanda and have gone through few coaching sessions with her in last year. Always enjoyed and looked forward the conversations with her! I must say Yolanda has helped me discovered the other side of myself through the conversations, and many times her metaphor approach have led me to have deep self reflection!”
Meng Li
Country Head, Royal Canin Malaysia
Her razor-sharp intuition really helped me get to the bottom of things...
“Echoing what other clients of her have mentioned, Yolanda’s calm energy really helped me zoom out of my current challenges and focus on the bigger picture and long-term vision. To add to that, her razor-sharp intuition really helped me get to the bottom of things and make real improvements. Each time I have a session with her, I find answers to my questions – questions I didn’t even know I had before talking with her.
Can’t recommend her enough.”
Ivan Chandra Suriady
Venture Builder, Stryber
Yolanda is an outstanding listener, she doesn’t prescribe or direct...
“Yolanda is an outstanding listener, she doesn’t prescribe or direct. She lets you open up and discover yourself. Think of her as the one who holds up the mirror to you and from time to time she polishes the surface so you can see clearly. Thank you, Yolanda, I highly recommend you to others who can benefit from you.”
Rizwan Hazarika
Chief Digital Officer, Constellar
life-transforming, and introduced me to the person within, whom I had always ignored...
“Yolanda is a superb coach who is very empathetic, intelligent, and articulate. I approached her for career discussions but our coaching conversations went beyond just career.
Her coaching sessions were deeply reflective, tapping on my deeper consciousness, encouraging me to inquire about my personality traits, values, and beliefs behind my career choices and job suitability. This experience was life-transforming, to say the very least, and introduced me to the person within, who I had always ignored. This is the power of Yolanda’s coaching.
Being an ex/ recruiter, successful corporate professional herself, she has this immense ability to connect the dots and guide one to completely novel and powerful perspectives. If you are looking for a career/life coach, look no further. I would definitely recommend Yolanda!!”
Ankit Kedia
Global Head of Sales, Momentive.ai
her clear and firm approach led to developing my inner strengths and intuition...
“I benefited tremendously from the coaching sessions with Yolanda as she helped me reframe the way I think and approach my career. It is certainly not easy to achieve a breakthrough but her clear and firm approach led to developing my inner strengths and intuition that I can rely on to tackle future challenges as well. This powerful perspective helped me look at challenges as new opportunities for growth.”
James Teh
Head of Commerce Partnerships, Google
I truly appreciate her unique approach of using analogies and imagery to bring complex concepts to life...
“Yolanda’s exceptional listening skills and ability to provide different perspectives have enriched my coaching experience. I truly appreciate her unique approach of using analogies and imagery to bring complex concepts to life, making the learning process both engaging and enlightening.
Through her coaching, I have gained insights about myself and have found a newfound clarity when making career decisions. I wholeheartedly recommend Yolanda to anyone seeking an outstanding executive coach.”
Jessie Saw
Head of Client Services, HSBC
I have gained insightful revelations and freeing new perspectives...
“Yolanda is an inspiring executive coach. She is an exceptional listener, and is skilled at supporting clients to find their true leadership style by uncovering thought patterns that may be blocking progress. I have gained insightful revelations and freeing new perspectives that helped me identify and access untapped skills under Yolanda’s focused, passionate and, at times, philosophical approach to supporting leaders.”
Juliette
Global Editorial Leader, Travel Tech
She always finds great metaphors that resonate with me...
“It only takes a few minutes to understand the value Yolanda brings as a coach.Â
She has exceptional listening skills, and her broad experience makes her questions and reflections absolutely on point. She always finds great metaphors that resonate with me, and help me find new ways to approach important questions and decisions about my career.
2020 was a tough year for my company, and the pandemic ended up opening many options for me (doubling down, moving on, etc.). Yolanda has helped me to map those options, and to consider how the different paths align with my long term vision. I would definitely recommend having a chat with Yolanda if you want to reflect on your career.”
Daniel R.
CEO, Tech Firm
It was particularly impressive as she always manages to find an image to describe the irony of some beliefs...
“Yolanda has been very helpful in this journey to self discovery and growth. Through very sharp questions and reflections she provided a space for me to step back and evaluate my thoughts processes, helping me to notice my blind spots. We used a lot of metaphors and imageries to concretise some of my discoveries. It was particularly impressive as she always manages to find an image to describe the irony of some beliefs I have been holding that were clearly unhelpful to my growth.”
Huixia See Toh
Deputy Director, AWWA
She connects the dots with insights and stories...
“Yolanda is an amazing executive coach who has mastered the art of listening. She connects the dots with insights and stories making meaningful and sustainable changes.”
Amit Baranwal
Product Leader at Meta, ex-Google
Her ability to distill complex information into a clear and concise chart has empowered me to make decisions with newfound confidence.
“I am extremely grateful for the transformative coaching journey with Yolanda. Her patience and attentiveness as I shared my concerns and challenges as a leader were truly remarkable. I was pleasantly surprised by her ability to effortlessly distill complex information into a clear and concise chart, which has empowered me to make decisions with newfound confidence.”
Jerry Dong
Plant Director, Qingpu, China at 希悦尔Sealed Air
Our sessions helped declutter my thinking and tease out core priorities...
“Yolanda was my coach over the months I was in both an industry pivot and life pivot. Our sessions helped declutter my thinking and tease out core priorities I wasn’t able to articulate on my own. Her empathetic coaching style and talent in guiding with metaphors held space for me to explore my reservations and find clarity in my next steps”
Melissa Tan
Growth Strategist, Google
Her insights and expertise have provided me with a fresh perspective and have greately enhanced my way of looking at things...
“Yolanda’s guidance and support throughout my INSEAD journey have been nothing short of exceptional. Her insights and expertise have provided me with a fresh perspective and have greatly enhanced my way of looking at things and even helped me understand myself better. The clarity and depth of her explanations have truly been a game-changer for me. I am certain that I will carry these learnings with me throughout my life, and they will continue to shape my path long after my time at INSEAD.
Thanks Yolanda for being an exceptional guide, mentor, and sounding board. Your contributions have made a lasting impact on me, and I am truly grateful.“
Shivani Bhate
INSEAD MBA
She was able to really dig deep into my goals, aspirations and long term vision...
“My path crossed with Yolanda’s in the most unexpected of ways and I am so glad that it did. I have had the pleasure of being coached and mentored by Yolanda, albeit briefly, in the last few months and my experience has been nothing short of amazing. She was able to really dig deep into my goals, aspirations and long term vision which in return helped me nail down my priorities and redirect my focus at the things I really care about. I really enjoyed our sessions and would like continue to use her services as I progress in my professional and personal ventures.”
Arnav Ghosh
Product Manager
Yolanda is humble, kind, with eastern wisdom... always gives me aha moment and opened windows into my life...
“Yolanda is the great Coach in my career experience, who helped me to open my mindset with her professional skills and crossed knowledge. She has diversified background and experience, it is very fabulous for her work. Yolanda is humble, kind with eastern wisdom. We had the conversation on family, work and life, always gave me the aha moment and opened the windows into my life, I am appreciated for her help, I understood the direction from my inner circle. She also helped me to know the advantage neutrally, Taichi is the word between ours. I strongly recommend her to you, she will be the right person for someone facing life challenges or steps to your new goal.”
Titan Gu
Regional Director, East China, LinkedIn
I learned to care more about people, trust my teammates more, and use more empathy in communications...
“Yolanda is really an insightful & powerful coach, inspiring my self awareness and deep thinking in a comprehensive and effective manner.
During my leadership program, she helped me to view my situations from a different angle; I now see myself more caring about people through multiple communication approach, trusting my teammates more through delegation and better engage empathy when dealing with tough communication.
I would say the coaching as a journey of Self-Inquiry, which is highly beneficial to my leadership development.“
Peter Lv
Director, Operational Excellence, APAC, 希悦尔 Sealed Air
She was exactly what I needed as a coach during my period of change, personal exploration and career development...
“Spent several months with Yolanda as my executive coach, and wow! She was exactly what I needed as a coach during my period of change, personal exploration and career development. Rather than “instructing” you what to do and giving you “model templates” to improve your Linkin profiles (like what other coaches promised), she was good at listening, better at asking you self-probing questions, and best at offering you advice and insights that makes you think and evaluate yourself. I have benefitted immensely from these sessions and would definitely recommend her to anyone who needs career mentoring to lift themselves up to the next level. Thank you Yolanda, and all the best in your own continuing personal pursuit to be the best in your field!”
James Swee
Business Development Manager (South East Asia), Nestlé
Yolanda is able to provide deep insight, solutions to challenges and the best possible way...
“Yolanda’s coaching was extraordinarily insightful and I found engaging with her impactful. Having worked with multiple well known brands in the tech sector herself, Yolanda is able to provide deep insight, solutions to challenges and the best possible way one should market yourself in this sector. She is also a good listener and is extremely supportive throughout the engagement. I definitely recommend Yolanda and her work.”
Kenneth A Thevarajah
Managing Director, Consumrz
Yolanda relates well with executive and senior leaders who also have a personal life...
“Yolanda combines the ability of being a good listener and asking the right questions. Timely and discreetly guiding the discussion to reveal blockers and help in reevaluating priorities. Yolanda relates well with executive and senior leaders who also have a personal life. I look forward to discussing with her again and highly recommend her work.”
Jason Nikolaou
Director Of Business Development, Mellon Technologies
I am particularly impressed with Yolanda in her experience and knowledge...
“I have attended one of the coaching sessions with Yolanda. She provided a remarkably valuable session with me. Her great knowledge has displayed excellent advices. I am particularly impressed with Yolanda in her experience and knowledge. It was a great pleasure to know her. As a coach, Yolanda earns my highest recommendation.”
Claire O.
Director Of Business Development at QFPay
Yolanda’s coaching session definitely put me at ease and got me thinking more objectively...
“Yolanda’s coaching session definitely put me at ease and got me thinking more objectively about my own concerns, leading to finding solutions on my own while engaging with her. It’s powerful and effective.”
Andrew Kwon
Cofounder, Fintech firm
Through her coaching I feel I am better capable to take action, feeling more secure and relaxed...
“As we started the session, Yolanda mentioned that it sounded like I had ‘weaved’ uncertainties and questions in terms of my career development in one big mess- making that I was not enjoying spending any time on my job search at all, avoidant and stressed about finding the right job.
In one hour, Yolanda was able to help me come up with simple steps for myself to take action on, while most importantly making me realize that I was making it a heavy and very serious task.
Through her coaching I feel I am better capable to take action, feeling more secure and relaxed about the adventure of finding a new job. Would highly recommend a session with Yolanda.”
Gerdien Velink
Head of Operations and Business Growth
She has helped me work through limiting beliefs, and to also perceive things from a different point of view...
“Yolanda combines her deep and diverse corporate experience, with patience and crystal clear focus to deliver a practical and meaningful coaching experience. She has helped me work through limiting beliefs, and to also perceive things from different points of view.
I’ve greatly enjoyed my coaching experience with Yolanda.”
Samuel Chang
Head of Sales, Asia Pacific, Intertrust Group
I love the way she uses imagination and pictures to visualize...
“Yolanda is my coach. I love the way she uses imagination and pictures to visualize and conceptualize the situations that I am facing.
The approach is fun and it really helps me to isolate myself from the situation to look at things from a different perspective. I find her questions very inspirational; it helps me to get to know myself and my priorities better. Would definitely recommend Yolanda’s coaching sessions.”
Lu
Vice President, Tech
Experienced much personal growth and mindset change which will serve me for the rest of my life...
“Yolanda and I engaged at the time when I was having a lot of anxiety and uncertainty in my current role and future career prospects. She was able to help me connect my learning and bring my insights to light. Experienced much personal growth and mindset change which will serve me for the rest of my life, wherever I am. Yolanda amazes me with how exceptionally sharp she is in reading me and the energy in the room. She is not afraid to challenge me in my assumptions and I’m thankful for that. It was a very valuable experience and I’m glad I met Yolanda and take on this journey of personal growth with her.”
Rosane Teng
Account Manager, Fintech
She steered me towards a deeper understanding of my thoughts... I gained better clarity of my career roadmap...
“Yolanda has been my career coach since the start of 2021. And it has been a very fruitful and collaborative journey since.
Yolanda is very friendly and approachable which makes sharing of problems/information much easier. By ensuring a safe space, I am able to share my values and personal problems which is linked to my career path and aspirations. During our consultations, she always probe me with the correct questions that steered me towards a deeper understanding of my thoughts.Through the sessions, I have better clarity of my career roadmap and setting goals to reach my career milestones.
At the end of each session, she would be sharing valuable information from her own experiences or means of articles. The career coaching journey with her has been rewarding and I look forward to each session with her!”
Bryan Lim
Innovation
Definitely recommend her to anyone seeking to maximise your career or potential in life...
“Yolanda has guided me to challenge my own mental models, with a good balance of provocation and sensitivity. I would definitely recommend her to anyone seeking to maximise your career or potential in life.”
Hui Xuan Joan Chia
She is a great listener, with a unique gift of framing specific situation ....
“Yolanda is intelligent, perceptive and engaging – these are qualities essential for making people open up during coaching sessions. She is a great listener, with a unique gift of framing specific situation or challenges into a simple, easy-to-understand way. This helps in guiding me think through potential solution(s).
After 2 sessions, I am beginning to feel more aware of my ups and downs, my strengths and weaknesses. I have become more intuitive in looking for positive change in some areas of life. I would recommend anyone for a session with Yolanda.”
Fong
Private Banker
Yolanda is like beacon blazing into the darkness guiding me...
“It is no exaggeration to say that Yolanda is like beacons blazing into the darkness guiding me to my next step of career adventure. She has broad experience in various industries and an impressive set of coaching methods. After several conversations with her, I became fully aware of my strength and weakness. Most importantly, I found my career goal in consulting.
Yolanda helped me to stay focused and positive throughout the job-seeking period. I could not be more grateful when I nailed the last round of interview and finally landed a full-time position.
I would give my highest recommendation for Yolanda to be your career coach that can help you land the dream offer.”
LEE
Fintech / e-Commerce
Thanks to Yolanda I landed a new role in a renowned consumer tech company...
“I worked closely with Yolanda to transition from a consulting role to start up. She has been very helpful in
1) guiding me to uncover transferrable skills from my previous achievements
2) giving me new perspectives in potential roles that I can apply to and
3) advising how best to frame my story/ motivation for my career moves.
Thanks to Yolanda I landed a new role in a renowned consumer tech company. I’d highly recommend Yolanda’s career coaching service to everyone especially for MBA or those who wants to switch industries.”
JOHNSON TSANG
Strategy, Consulting
Technical or business details in a format that is easier for listeners to digest...
“Being able to tell stories that have a lot of either technical or business details in a format that is easier for listeners to digest, that’s the biggest learning for me.”
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Hope Liu
Fintech Entrepreneur
I highly recommend her if you are looking for someone to guide you...
“I was feeling down and challenged due to the situation of retrenchment and pandemic affecting my life. I was impressed by Yolanda’s knowledge, professionalism and sincerity in helping and guiding me to continue pushing myself and never giving up. I truly believe her advice has helped me to become stronger and overcome the situation.
I highly recommend her if you are looking for someone to guide you in your career path, giving you an advice or just someone to speak to when you are lost and unsure.
Yolanda can be a great guide to your next big break.”
LIONEL WONG
Sr. Project Manager, Marketing
Yolanda’s calm energy definitely helped and encouraged me to slow down and think more deeply...
“I really enjoyed the coaching sessions with Yolanda, I went in with lots of confusion about my current job, my future career, the potentially challenges I could be facing etc. Yolanda’s calm energy definitely helped and encouraged me to slow down and think more deeply throughout the session, I walked out of the first session with clearer vision, less stress and more things to look forward.”
Audrey Yip
I can present my CV in a different way...
“I realized that I have more strengths I thought I have, and I have more skill sets as well, I didn’t realize until this session. I discovered that I can present my CV in a different way, so that whoever from a different industry can also understand my CV. And also that I can apply this skill set to a different industry.”
Amy Tay
Operations Support
Yolanda has helped guide me through the most difficult time in my career...
“Yolanda has helped guide me through the most difficult time in my career. Her kindness, and ability to navigate difficult topics have helped me see patterns that have been holding me back.”
Kim Polanun
Product Manager, Advanced Venture Architect
Yolanda was able to bring me a new perspective of dealing with uncertainties...
“I was in the middle of a career transition and needed some professional guidance, so a friend recommended Yolanda to me for a coaching session. The session has turned out to be very helpful and Yolanda was able to bring me a new perspective of dealing with uncertainties which i had never thought of before. After the session, i felt much relieved and more confident of navigating through uncertainties. I would like to thank Yolanda for the session, and I would recommend Yolanda to anyone who is need of professional help in navigating career challenges!”
Chengxun Su
Senior Researcher, GenScript Asia Pacific|PHD Scholar
Yolanda's calm energy definitely helped and encouraged me...
“I really enjoyed the coaching sessions with Yolanda, I went in with lots of confusion about my current job, my future career, the potentially challenges I could be facing etc. Yolanda’s calm energy definitely helped and encouraged me to slow down and think more deeply throughout the session, I walked out of the first session with clearer vision, less stress and more things to look forward.
The following few sessions were just as productive and helpful. at the end I managed to step out of my own trap and had better vision and action plan to work on. I highly recommend Yolanda and will continue working with her to achieve my desired career goal.”
Cindy Liu
Sales & Marketing Manager
Yolanda's career coaching sessions tremendously helped me clarify my thoughts...
“Through relevant questions and metaphors, Yolanda’s career coaching sessions tremendously helped me clarify my thoughts and career priorities.”
Nayla Haber
Head of Marketing, Amazon
I sought Yolanda's expertise to craft a compelling interview closing statement...
“If you’re looking to ace your next interview, Yolanda will help prepare you to achieve your goal.
I sought Yolanda’s expertise to craft a compelling interview closing statement and obtained more than that. Her unbiased attention and insightful questions aim to identify the best aspects of your professional experience and position them in the most attractive way to your prospective employer.
You can count on Yolanda to help you be completely prepared and confident to steer your interview in your favor.”
Maria Ayer
Ecommerce / Consulting
Yolanda is not only passionate about coaching but also has a unique approach...
“Booked a session with Yolanda to plan my next career steps. Yolanda is not only passionate about coaching but also has a unique approach, marrying her strong business experience with great coaching and keen listening skills. Yolanda was quick to identify the challenges I am facing, helping me to structure my thinking and build a plan of action. She also gave me great resume tips on strategically promoting my most valuable skill assets and getting noticed with my target employers. Thanks to Yolanda, I have a career strategy better defined and I will apply the insightful tips she gave me from today onwards.
I recommend Yolanda to professionals whoever are thinking of career progression or career transition.”
Claudio Lavecchia
Aviation Engineering
I am particularly impressed with Yolanda in her experience and knowledge...
“I have attended one of the coaching sessions with Yolanda. She provided a remarkably valuable session with me. Her great knowledge has displayed excellent advices. I am particularly impressed with Yolanda in her experience and knowledge. It was a great pleasure to know her.
As a coach, Yolanda earns my highest recommendation.”
CLAIRE OH
Business Development, Fintech
I fully believe her advices can help me find new opportunities...
“Yolanda had a coach session to guide me how to make proper CV recently. I am impressed remarkably by her knowledge and professional. I fully believe her advices can help me find new opportunities. I strongly recommend her.”
Jinsong Qin
Senior Project Manager, Firmenich
Instead of telling me what to do, she made great metaphors to help me understand situations clearly...
“Yolanda has been a great coach to me for years. Having the opportunity to learn from her has made a substantial change in my life. She has guided me to enhance my self-awareness so that I found out my strength, weakness as well as my preference. Instead of telling me what to do, she made great metaphors to help me understand situations clearly so that I can make my own decision confidently. She is a highly professional, extremely dedicated coach, who provided motivational and insigntful advices into my career and life. It’s without hesitation that I recommend Yolanda if you need help with self-exploration or personal development.”
Jin Shajiang
Product Manager, TikTok
I was impressed with Yolanda's framework, methodology, thought process...
“I was impressed with Yolanda’s framework, methodology, thought process and coaching skills, especially the way she highlighted key issues and provided suggestions to tackle them.
I would definitely recommend Yolanda to anyone who is uncertain about their career path or seeking a mid-career change.”
CLIVE DA COSTA
Chartered Engineer, OIL & GAS
Yolanda demonstrates a keen understanding in navigating the job seeking minefield...
“Yolanda demonstrates a keen understanding in navigating the job seeking minefield. Her analytical and methodical approach in building an impactful and relevant resume, is easy to follow and execute.
Her knack for bridging sizable gaps in seemingly unrelated roles is something to behold, and I couldn’t be more grateful for her invaluable advice and insights.”
NATALIA A
Sustainability
She quickly got to the crux of the issues with my CV...
“Yolanda was kind enough to help me polish up my CV. She quickly got to the crux of the issues and gave concise and actionable feedback, which I found extremely useful!”
Sham
Consulting
I almost immediately got called up for an interview...
“The session is indeed very helpful. After our session, I changed the format of my resume and I almost immediately got called up for an interview with a recruiter.”
Thomas O
Entrepreneur
She challenges one to think beyond, think harder that eventually really polishes the mind...
“Yolanda is the kind of coach that will widen your perspective to an extent that you never deemed it possible to know in such a short period of time. With her cleverly crafted questions, she challenges one to think beyond, think harder that eventually really polishes the mind and creates a new mindset. She has personally helped me a great deal in being more self-aware and more confident to put wisdom into practice. Yolanda is a force and an inspiration. More power to you Coach!”
Maria Merchant
Senior UX, Zynga
It was an immediate weight off my shoulders and I would encourage...
“Yolanda is a highly perceptive coach who was able to identify the road-block I was facing at that particular time and helped me realize and make a really important mind shift. It was an immediate weight off my shoulders and I would encourage speaking to her when you need to reframe some situations in your mind. I will certainly speak to her regularly.”
Mustafa Rasheed
Startup Ecosystem Professional, Advisory Board, Seedefy
The relationships with myself as well as others changed a lot in a good way...
“Yolanda has been my coach for more than 1 years. She is a great leadership coach!
She really helps me change some of the fundamentals of my views. The relationships with myself as well as others changed a lot in a good way.
Thank you Yolanda! Highly recommend her to those who need a coach!”
Xinyu Zhao
Senior Software Engineer, Zendesk
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