Singapore's Yale-NUS Saga

Written By Jason Ho

On 27 August 2021, the announcement of the merger of Yale-NUS sent shockwaves through the school community, faculty, and public alike. The source of frustration for the school community was that they were excluded from the decision-making process and had absolutely no say in the decision.

My message to all Yale-NUS professors and students is this: I feel you, and I am sorry this has happened. As you navigate the best way forward, I urge you to focus on fanning the flame of what you are passionate for, and you will emerge stronger!

The fact is, when tough decisions need to be made, one important thing has to be done. Consulting your people, and allowing them agency in the decision-making process, gives them empowerment and ownership.

Watch to find out how to make tough decisions that people respect.

Jason Ho
Jason is SouthEast Asia's 1st Gallup’s StrengthsFinder® Certified & Platinum Coach. He is both founder and principal coach in Strengths School™ (www.StrengthsSchool.com) and has over 7 years of corporate experience in training, development and performance coaching for MNCs, SMEs, schools & non-profit organisations. Jason has over 11,000 hours of experience in Personal development coaching and Management consultancy. He completed the PMC Certification (Practising Management Consultant) - a certification that is awarded by the SBACC (Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council) ensuring the high standards for Management Consultancy in Singapore. Jason sits on the NUS Business School panel as a StrengthsFinder® Advisor and assists in running the ‘Emerging Leaders Program’ for high performance business individuals. Jason has successfully led workshops and coaching programs for corporate organization such as DHL, Lee Jeans, Wrangler, Vans, VF Corp, National University of Singapore, NUS business School, Mininstry of Education and various schools and learning institutes. His passion to empower adults and youths alike in strengths is evident through his energy and enthusiasm in leading fun-filled workshops. There is never a dull moment when it come to sharing StrengthsFinder with others as he believes that with the correct mix of humour in a session, the participants get the most learning. As a strengths coach, his top 5 strengths make the coaching journey light and enjoyable but yet deep and meaningful. Clients leave having a heightened level of self-awareness that is empowering and gives new direction in life. At Strengths School™, he pushes the strengths movement in Singapore, HongKong and Asia. He believes that once people discover their StrengthsFinder talents, they become more of who they were made to be, rather than try to be someone that they are not. He is extremely passionate about StrengthsFinder and if you have a chance to talk to him about it, you would experience first hand how extreme that passion is.
https://www.coachjasonho.com
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