Self-leadership is the foundation upon which all other leadership capabilities are built. Before we can influence others, we must first understand and manage ourselves — our thoughts, emotions, motivations, and behaviours.

This highly interactive workshop invites participants to step back from autopilot living and develop deeper self-awareness, emotional insight, and personal mastery. Through structured reflection, experiential activities, and practical
tools, participants will uncover their natural tendencies, recognise blind spots, and learn how to respond more consciously in their daily work and life.

By the end of the session, participants will walk away with a clearer sense of direction, stronger internal alignment, and a personalised action plan to lead themselves with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Objective

By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:

• Develop deeper self-awareness about your thinking patterns.
• Understand your key motivational drivers and how these influence engagement, decision-making, and performance.
• Gain insights to your blind spots and the gap between intention and impact.
• Strengthen self-acceptance and self-mastery to work with, rather than against your natural tendencies.
• Apply practical techniques to regulate emotions, manage triggers, and respond more effectively under pressure.

Outline

1. About You: Who’s Driving Your Life?
• Understanding self-leadership in today’s workplace
• Autopilot vs intentional living
Activity: My Current Dashboard

2. Understanding Your Personality Style
• Inborn vs conditioning (nature vs nurture)
• Personality styles and how they shape communication and decisions
• Appreciating differences in perception and interpretation
Activity: Personality profiling to find out which shape you are.

3. Emotional Drivers: What Truly Motivates You?
• Introduction into 8 human emotional drivers
• How to leverage on your top 3 emotional drivers to guide decision making in your life and at work
• Understand what happens if any of the emotional drivers are overused and recalibrate accordingly
Activity: Card activity to identify your top 3 personal drivers and sources of energy

4. Self-Awareness: Seeing Your Blind Spots
• Understanding blind spots and the intention vs impact gap
• 3 key self-leadership questions before and during an interaction
Activity: Mini Discussion and Reflection exercise

5. Self-Acceptance: Working With Yourself (Not Against Yourself)
• Strengths and overused strengths
• Managing the inner critic and developing a constructive inner dialogue
Activity: Reframing self-judgements into actionable insights

6. Self-Mastery: Regulating Thoughts, Emotions & Actions
• Identifying emotional triggers and habitual responses
• Responding vs reacting under pressure
• Practical tools for emotional regulation

Tools Introduced:
• 3F Framework (Facts → Feelings → Future)
• CALM Technique
Activity: Trigger Mapping Worksheet

7. Personal Action Plan
• Translating insights into action
• Identifying key behavioural and mindset shifts
Activity: Personal commitment plan – Start, Stop, Continue

Who should attend

This programme is suitable for:
• Anyone who wishes to better understand themselves and lead a life that is aligned, intentional, and fulfilling
• Professionals and individual contributors seeking greater clarity and direction
• Emerging leaders and managers looking to strengthen their self-leadership foundation
• Individuals navigating change, increased responsibilities, or career transitions

Methodology

This workshop adopts a highly experiential and participant-centred approach, designed to create a safe, engaging, and thought-provoking environment where participants are encouraged to reflect, share, and challenge their current ways of thinking and working.

Testimonial

Celina Anne Gan's Profile

ACTA qualified, Certified “Colored Brain Communication”, Certified Human Motivation, Certified Mastery in Dynamic Speaking, AIOBP, ICF, NLP, Body Language


Over 25 years of working in Asia and Europe, Celina Gan has accumulated a vast experience and know-how in working and training participants from different cultures and work backgrounds. Celina conducts workshops in Asia, Qatar and the UK to MNCs, the civil service, IT, educational, shipping, health and airline companies.

Celina was previously a UK Trademark Attorney, Legal Consultant, Head of Copyright and Advisory; Manager of Global Legal Accounts; and Contracts & Commercial Advisor in the UK, Spain, Malaysia and Singapore. In 2012, Celina moved into full time training, being ACTA qualified; and a certified “Colored Brain Communication” trainer; certified Human Motivation and certified Mastery in Dynamic Speaking, both accredited by the American Institute of Business Psychology. She is also certified as a coach and mentor accredited by the International Coaching Federation; certified in Neuro Semantics and Neuro Linguistic Programming; and a Body Language Coach.

Her substantive work, consulting and training experience with the above industries have deepened her understanding of the many challenges faced by different entities, leaders and individuals in an ever changing environment. Celina is therefore able to bring to her clients, realistic and workable practices and options to achieve desired goals and objectives.

Celina is very passionate about training. Her style of training engages participants in practical sessions with personable examples, humour and hands-on activities for instant understanding and applicability. Celina’s motto is: “Stretch your Comfort Zone; Expand your Boundaries; and Enable Transitions to Take Place”.

Celina’s areas of expertise are: Tap into the Power of “Colored Brain Communication” to Elevate the Way You Interact and Build Better Relationships at Work; Uncover Your Top 3 “Emotional Drivers” for Smarter Choices and a Happier Life; Knowing Me, Knowing You – The Key to Unlocking Effective Collaboration; Effective Business Writing; Impactful Negotiation Skills; Leadership People Management; Building High Performance Teams; Managerial and Supervisory Skills; Personal Effectiveness and Being an Employee of Value; Taking Initiatives and Excel at Work and Life; Problem Solving and Innovation; Critical and Creative Thinking; and Time Management and Mastery.

Some of the clients include the Singapore Public Service Division; Defense Science and Technology Agency; Singapore Ministry of Education; Ministry of Manpower; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Health, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Law; Home Team Science & Technology Industry; Commercial Affairs Department; Immigration & Checkpoint Authority; State Courts; Singapore Police Force; Traffic Police; Agency for Integrated Care; Sports SG; Gardens by the Bay; Lululemon; Land Transport Authority; SMRT Corporation; Singapore Kindness Movement; SAA Architects; Schneider Electric; Hoya Electronics; Chemical Industries; Logisteed Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd; Accenture; Fairchild Semiconductor; Philip Lumiled; Broadcom; Intel; Dell; Agilent; Western Digital Singapore and Malaysia; Applied Materials; Health Promotion Board; Singhealth Polyclinic; Singapore General Hospital; Penang Adventist Hospital; The Royal Airforce Clinic in the UK; ISCA; MDIS; Nestle; MSIG Travel Insurance; Unix Line, Braemar Shipping Services, PSA Singapore; Quest Malaysia; Silterra Malaysia; Venture Electronics; Logisteed; Avet Asia; Lululemon; Brainy Bunch; UOB; Regent’s University; London; BathSpa University UK; Nanyang Technological University; Buckingham University UK; Temasek Polytechnic; Singapore Polytechnic; Singapore Institute of Technology; Ngee Ann Poly; NAFA; Singapore Institute of Management Nanyang Primary School, The Muslim Coverts Association of Singapore; Securities Industry Development Corporation; British Broadcasting Corporation; Price Waterhouse Coopers; Singapore Sembawang Airbase; Royal Brunei Airlines; Brunei Investment Agency; Qatar Gas, Qatar; etc.

Celina has also won the award for Extraordinary DC Consultant in Singapore for 2024.