Growth Leaders

Eunice Goh, CEO, SmartUp.Io shares the importance of having a Growth Mindset and how it has helped her and her team thrive in an environment where is there is no playbook for success.

JY Pook, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, Tableau shares the importance of using data to develop talent and why everyone in a company should be given access to all the tools and data available so that their day to day decisions won't be misguided by ambiguity but guided by data.

Benjamin Joe, VP of SEA and Emerging Markets, Facebook shares the importance of developing successful growth plans and why companies should have a deprioritise list and only focus on the items that give the most impact to their business.

Andrew Sotiropoulos, Vice President Asia Pacific/Japan, Pure Storage shares the importance of understanding team diversity, and the role of simple and thoughtful communication.

Grace Ho, President, SWAT Mobility shares the importance of being market-focused and why businesses should use it to guide their strategy and innovation.

Kevin McGuigan, Vice President & Managing Director, South East Asia Region & Country Leader of Singapore, 3M shares his experiences and tips on leading innovation in one of the world's most innovative companies.

Arrif Ziaudeen, CEO and Founder of Chope, shares how companies can use technology to grow their value proposition by understanding the needs of their customers, and offering them customisable and scalable solutions.

Dr. Carolyn Lam, Co-Founder of eko.ai, shares how outside-in thinking is helping her disrupt her industry and democratise echocardiography.

Dennis Mortensen, Founder and CEO of x.ai, shares why society needs to shake the stigma that comes with potential failure in entrepreneurship and how this could lead to more people being willing to take a risk in their careers.

Gunjan Soni, CEO of ZALORA, shares how technology has evolved with the customer to suit their needs and how businesses can adapt to thrive and succeed in their industry.

Hari Krishnan, CEO of PropertyGuru, shares the importance of building a sustainable business model within an ecosystem by helping partners build capabilities that allow them to be ready for disruption.

Anna Gong, Founder & CEO of Perx Technologies, shares the challenges she faced as she pivoted her business from a B2C to a B2B business model in order to meet a need she anticipated in the market.

Rajeev Menon, President, Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China) of Marriott International, shares his journey of self-reinvention and how he helped his team scale and build their capabilities as their portfolio doubled in size.

Olivier Legrand, Managing Director and Vice President, Asia Pacific & China of LinkedIn shares his views on the importance of democratising networks and opportunities, and how LinkedIn is enabling companies to hire the right candidates by changing their mindset and getting them to hire based on skills and not job titles. Olivier also shares how levelling the playing field is helping to create equal opportunity for everyone in the workforce.

Ling Hai, Co-President, Asia Pacific of Mastercard, shares the importance of how outside-in thinking and customer aligned innovation is helping Mastercard drive business growth and innovation.  Ling Hai also shares with growth expert Dr. Alison Eyring how Mastercard is engaging their ecosystem to understand their pain points and come up with innovative solutions to help them and their commitment to create more inclusive growth around the world.  

Maya Hari, Vice President Asia-Pacific at Twitter, shares her insight on achieving rapid growth within leading-edge tech companies in Asia. Maya speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the value of making complexity understandable for people and creating a shared culture. 

Wilf Blackburn, CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore, shares his insight on transforming the workplace to become future-fit while maintaining the organisation’s legacy. Wilf speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about putting customers first, and adapting the employee value proposition to attract and nurture talent across multiple generations. 

Troy Engle, Head of Academies and Clubs at Sport Singapore, shares his learnings about leadership and development based on his experience coaching elite athletes. Troy speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about tailoring leadership style to develop individuals and understanding how the whole system impacts performance. 

Joel Leong, Co-founder of ShopBack, shares his experience of leveraging partnerships to create a unique business model and rapidly diversifying across APAC markets. Joel speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the importance of empowering local leaders to help the business grow.

Dan Neary, Vice President Asia-Pacific at Facebook, shares what he has learnt at the helm of some of Asia’s fastest-growing businesses. Dan talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the value of influence over control when scaling your team to support hyper-growth. 

Rosaline Chow Koo, Founder and Group CEO of CXA Group, shares how she has focused on customer needs and involved her entire ecosystem to disrupt the healthcare industry in Asia and achieve growth. Rosaline talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about applying outside-in thinking and having courage to be a disruptor.

Welcome to Series 2 of Growth Leaders! We have a bumper-packed season featuring some of the most talented growth leaders in Asia and global business today. Make sure to subscribe so that you don’t miss an episode. 

www.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.shell.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgainsborough/   In this episode, Mark Gainsborough talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about leading Shell New Energies, a brand new business within the energy major that is focused on cleaner energy solutions and reducing carbon footprint. It covers areas like electric vehicles charging, wind, solar and biofuels. Mark talks about balancing resourcing and investment capability with a start-up mentality. They talk about the importance of an external market view, working customer-back and maintaining exposure to high-growth markets and striking the right growth ambitions.

www.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn https://www.aligntech.com/ Julie Tay LinkedIn Julie Tay, Managing Director and Senior Vice President for Asia-Pacific of Align Technology (best known for Invisalign clear dental aligners) on how maximum capacity is relative to what you are driving, growth beyond numbers and why we need more Asian leaders in top jobs. In this episode, Julie talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about being at the helm of one of the fastest growing healthcare businesses in Asia. She talks about how maximum capacity makes for a difficult conversation in such a fast-growing category, how growth is a mindset rather than a number and why we need more Asian leaders in top jobs. ------------------ Produced by Simpler Media Follow us on Twitter New episodes every Thursday!

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www.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.google.com Joachim LinkedIn Joachim Ackermann, Managing Director Global Product Partnerships at Google speaks to Dr. Alison Eyring about how you scale an idea for mega growth. Joachim talks about how he manages a growth portfolio, so he can seed lots of different ideas and then scale the ones that can grow fast. He shares about the importance of scaling people in parallel with the capabilities and experiences to support the growth. Joachim also talks about how Google’s 10x growth strategy is at the heart of the company’s growth mindset and drives employees to scale ambitiously and fast.

www.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.airbnb.com Jules Persaud Linked In   In this episode, Julian Persaud of AirBnB talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about how he retains a growth mindset. A self-professed 46 year old millennial, Julian is Head of Global Operations at AirBnB Experiences. He talks about how he retains a hunger to grow and surrounds himself with life-long learners. Julian shares what his experience in several high-growth environments has taught him about pace, the importance of being able to press pause and why growth leaders need to be able to say no.

Key Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Vikram Rupani’s LinkedIn ---------- When opportunities abound it’s easy to get caught up in the execution of pursuing them and not build the capabilities you will need for the future. So how do you focus your energy on what really matters? Vikram Rupani, Co-founder and President of RedMart, talks about how he and his partners have used customer focus to scale up RedMart to be one of Asia’s fastest growing retailers, recently acquired by Lazada, owned by tech giant, Alibaba.

Key Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Vladimir Makatsaria’s LinkedIn How do you build an organisation with growth leaders at every level? Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has seen unprecedented growth in Asia. Johnson & Johnson President, Vladimir Makatsaria talks about why people are at the heart of growth. How having the right leaders in his team, listening to his employees and remaining true to the company’s credo have allowed him to balance driving results today with transforming the business for tomorrow, all the while keeping people energised.

Key Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Parry Singh’s LinkedIn ---------- Parry Singh, Chief Commercial & Digital Officer at MediaCorp, shares insights he has developed during his career in the technology and media industries on continually navigating our new disruptive normality to be successful in the future. He talks about how in this age of disruption, it is essential for companies to hard-bake transformation into their business. But they first need to have a clear understanding of why they exist and what they are good at. Parry shares how his experiences at Google taught him that the pace of growth needs to be adapted to cultural context in global organisations. He talks about how technology can dilute focus if there is not a clear understanding of the company’s direction. He calls out today’s ‘reply all’ syndrome that is rampant in many businesses and how it saps focus and energy in organisation. He also share how he uses routines to manage his own energy and that of his teams - conserving precious energy for important decisions. Parry gives us an insight on how he uses an abundance mindset to identify talent and hire and promote growth leaders.