Learning & Leadership in Asia: Navigating the workplace

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Send us Fan Mail This episode of the Learning and Leadership in Asia podcast explores what it means to lead responsibly across diverse Asian cultures and economic systems. Hosted by Mohamed Aiham Ahmed Shahid, Syazmin Alia Arian Syahwira, and Aan Ian Taufiqul Hidayat, the conversation centers on insights from Witt and Stahl’s article on executive responsibility orientations.

Send us Fan Mail In this 2nd episode of Volume 3 of The Students' Insights Series, we dive into how leadership in Malaysia is shaped by culture, spirituality, and responsibility with Heidi, Kelly and Zhi Qing. Drawing from Jogulu & Ferkins’ study (2012) Leadership and culture in Asia: The case of Malaysia. We explore mindful leadership, gender dynamics, and the rise of transformational st...

Send us Fan Mail We're thrilled to be able to establish our 3rd volume of our partnership with Monash University - The Students Leadership Insights Series. This volume provides a deep dive into Leadership in Asia with an academic spin, where we tie research rigour with real life leadership insights. Our Monash Students provide deep analysis of how leadership theories show up in our Asian cont...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Learning & Leadership in Asia . In this episode, we feature Er Kang, Samuel & Yudai from Monash University exploring how humble leadership fosters feedback-seeking in Asian workplaces. Drawing on Jia et al. (2025), the team highlights how affective trust —emotional closeness and mutual respect—makes feedback feel safe, not risky. And when HR systems align with t...

Send us Fan Mail Ian wraps up this 4 part series that features Culture Amp's report on The Leadership Advantage, and puts into perspective 3 actions that all leaders can take in order to Drive greater engagement, business impact and ROI through creation of behaviours and habits that can make a difference in your Leadership journey.

Send us Fan Mail Ian speaks into the critical leadership habits that drives results, and provides actionable insights to help support Feedback, Goals & 1-on-1s to become performance and result drivers. These are epiphany moments and critical touchpoints on a weekly, monthly and quarterly approach to getting results that matter.

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode of a four part series on the Culture Amp 2025 report on "The Leadership Advantage", Ian explores the importance of how leaders can be performance multipliers, engage teams effectively for greater performance and drive accountability without burnout. Ian provides actionable strategies as well to help support leaders drive high performance teams &amp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore a key insight from Culture Amp’s “The Leadership Advantage” report: the Leadership Sentiment Gap —a striking 40% difference in how executives and employees perceive the workplace. I break down what this gap means and why it matters. We'll then explore five practical ways leaders can build trust to close this gap and boost employee commitment. Tune...

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Cheong, Founder & Managing Partner of Juel Search (APAC), speaks into corporate recruitment trends, the challenges that business and individuals may face that stem from the trends, how we should view our careers now, and he speaks also into most sought after skillsets to get you hired and future-proofing your career! I hope this episode brings you life-changing insights...

Send us Fan Mail Effective leadership sets the tone, establishes norms, and creates a safe environment for expression. Tham Qing Yuan emphasizes some interesting insights: Asian leadership styles, rooted in Confucian philosophy, emphasize hierarchy and respect for authority. Combining this with a people-centric approach builds strong employer-employee relationships. Adapting leadership theories li...

Send us Fan Mail Hadi Dadabhoy, a final semester student at Monash University Malaysia, majoring in Management and minoring in Finance, shares key leadership insights which include: Cultural Leadership: Emphasizing the balance between decisiveness and relational strength, inspired by Yin-Yang leadership principles. Individual Traits & Situational Factors: Highlighting the importance of intelli...

Send us Fan Mail As we journey into this Episode with Kai Bin, he speaks into: Cultural Adaptation : He learned that effective leadership isn't about applying a universal formula but adapting to specific cultural contexts.  Self-Discovery and Ethics : Through the MBTI assessment, Kai Bin discovered his strengths and weaknesses, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness in leadership. Power...

Send us Fan Mail Jessenia speaks into the importance of how management & leadership are intertwined, the differences between Individualism vis-a-vis collectivism & provides a humanistic view of how leadership shows up in Asian and Western cultures.

Send us Fan Mail Jeanette speaks into the impact of Transformative Leadership, Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory and how it relates to our Asian context and provides a view to Singapore's Founding Father, Lee Kwan Yew's Leadership style and how impactful it was to the growth of a nation! 

Send us Fan Mail In a lively, candid conversation with Evgeniy Khegay (Eugene); we hear about the 3-crucial steps to Defining Your Leadership Identity. He speaks to finding your strengths, 4 leadership qualities that matter and how an interesting interview took a twist for the better, in identifying his strengths and shaping the person that he has become.

Send us Fan Mail In our final episode of the Monash Student Insights Leadership Series for 2023, we have Alison, a strategic marketing student, that speaks of Followership, Servant Leadership and being courageous and ethical in our leadership journey. Hear her insights, and be prepared to take on interesting perspectives on leadership!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we hear from Enzo Brooklyn, a Biz Mgmt Student from Monash. He speaks to us about his leadership insights from his experiences through his internships. How he was exposed to Transformational Leadership & it's elements, and how we can fully maximize our leadership capabilities through Emotional Intelligence, Communication, and other various elements that s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Felicia, a Monash University Student, speaks to us about Leadership in an Asian context - the idea of thriving through Simplicity, Modesty and understand Unity & Teamwork in our glocalized world. She speaks of Cultural Awareness, Empathy and how that drives Diversity & Inclusivity at the workplace.

Send us Fan Mail In this dynamic episode of our Students Insights Series, Wilson speaks to us about transformational leadership, and provides an inspiring story on collaboration. He also talks about Bravery & Courage in leadership which helps overcome many obstacles in achieving excellence. Hear from Wilson on this short-form podcast episode!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear insights on Leadership from Lee Yein, who's a Marketing Major in Monash University. She speaks to the concept of collectivism and hierarchy in our Asian context and how that, too, supports organizational performance. She leans into a culture of open communications, shared goals, and emotional intelligence and how that will drive transformational leader...

Send us Fan Mail We hear from Masahiro Sato, a Japanese Marketing & Management student with Monash University. With his exposure in Japan and China, he provides his over 20 years of personal experience living in these two countries. He speaks of business sustainability, beyond environment, but also the organization.  Communication also comes up strong and so does followership. listen to Masahi...

Send us Fan Mail Yung Syuen speaks to us about relationship vs task oriented leadership, and the impact of the different leadership styles. She covers how we can lead upwards effectively, and engagement. She speaks to a social impact leader and how that has resonated with her values. 

Send us Fan Mail Rachel speaks of moral leadership, understanding the impact of how leaders lead in our cultural context and how that has impacted the way she views her leadership journey, particularly coming from a different cultural context as opposed to the Asian context.

Send us Fan Mail Are people born with leadership? Noel takes us through a breathtaking exploration of the Traits Theory in Leadership, and how that has evolved over his discovery of leadership as a concept. He speaks to being an introvert, and the courage to lead. He also shares some of the challenges of leadership and how we might be able to overcome them. He ends by sharing how a mentoring style...