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Sean 
Kirk

Principal / Executive Coach +65 8411 4545
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Sean Kirk
Sean is a highly experienced Executive Coach who engages clients with his deep understanding of the corporate environment and what’s required to achieve individual and organisational outcomes within large complex businesses across different cultures and geographies.

In his corporate career, Sean was a senior HR business partner who led organisational development programs to build senior executive capability as well as large teams to deliver business results.

Based in Singapore, Sean works across the Asia Pacific region bringing broad knowledge of different development frameworks, methodologies and accredited assessment tools to his coaching engagements. This enables him to leverage diverse perspectives to support clients to identify practical solutions and engage in change at a personal and organisational level with clarity and confidence.

Sean is a bookworm, movie buff, tennis player and yoga practitioner. He has always been interested in the history and culture of Asia, which began when he started training in various martial arts traditions.

Professional Summary

Areas of expertise

  • Coaching for Influence – Coaching senior executives to build influence and to fully leverage the capability of themselves and their teams to deliver business results
  • Cross Cultural Integration – Skilling executives to build stronger relationships and improve outcomes when working with people from different cultural backgrounds
  • High Potential Development – Supporting the development of high potential executives to enable them to move to roles of greater responsibility
  • Navigating Change – Supporting senior executives to understand and navigate the complex dynamics and challenges of corporate structures, systems and culture to maximise impact and outcomes
  • Transition Coaching – Supporting senior executives to successfully manage significant career change events with confidence, resilience and positive energy, balancing the various demands and stakeholders in the transition process
  • Capability Development – Working with senior executives to design and deliver programs that increase individual, team and organisational capability to optimise performance.

Background

  • Commonwealth Bank Group – Delivered a range of talent and leadership initiatives for the top two executive tiers (top 400 leaders)
  • The Nous Group – Strategy, Leadership and Organisational Capability Consultant.

Qualifications

  • Masters of Coaching Psychology and Human Resource Management – University of Sydney
  • Bachelor of Laws – Victoria University, New Zealand
  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Philosophy) – Victoria University, New Zealand.

Accreditation

  • DiSC; LI, LSI (Human Synergistics); MBTI; TMP (Team Management Systems).

Senior Trader, Cargill APAC

“Sean was a good listener and cathartic to be able to chat to. He provided a great additional perspective from an outsider alongside clear instruction on people management and how people take feedback and give it; these were insights which I feel I have been lacking.”

APAC Head, Global NGO

“The coaching from Sean has been great. Defining the goals upfront helped to focus the sessions. The coaching was flexible and though some discussions were uncomfortable they forced me to look at things I needed to work on and helped me improve. A big help was the support between sessions and the availability of a sounding board on pressing matters.”

MD Group Operations & Technology, United Overseas Bank

“Sean was very comfortable to talk to. The coaching was practical and he displayed a good understanding of the issues. It was always very useful dialogue and suggestions.”

APAC Head, Global NGO

“The coaching from Sean has been great. Defining the goals upfront helped to focus the sessions. The coaching was flexible and though some discussions were uncomfortable they forced me to look at things I needed to work on and helped me improve. A big help was the support between sessions and the availability of a sounding board on pressing matters.”