Work Experience:
Louisa Chan brings with her over 20 years of corporate and people building experience and a multidisciplinary cross-cultural background in Education and Training, IT Consulting, HR Outsourcing, Business Coaching and Social Media Consulting.
She has managed the back rooms of Operations (while in China) as well as Project Managed regional IT migration projects while stationed in Kuala Lumpur.
As IT Consultant in one of the Big 4 Firms in Sinagpore, Louisa helped Fortune 500 companies adopt and implement leading edge technology solutions in their businesses for marketplace competitiveness.
Nine years in Hong Kong, 6 years in Singapore, 2 years in Canada, 2 years in UK and slightly under a year in China, Bangkok and Sydney before returning to Kuala Lumpur, Louisa enjoys the diverse cultures she is able to soak in while living in the different countries.
Based on her diverse experience, Louisa brought with her a unique perspective to her coaching practice which she started in 2008. She actively promotes Coaching Workshops for corporate managers and one-on-one business and personal coaching.
Seeing how many people are stressed-out and anxious, Louisa has designed 2 home-study courses helping professionals deal with stress, information overload and the sense of overwhelm using audio, video and text guides.
She offers in person coaching as well as online coaching. She is a keen advocate of social media and mobile marketing and speaks and conducts workshops on these topics in Kuala Lumpur – more information here. Louisa contributes articles to ezine directories regularly as an expert Platinum Level author and has authored ebooks and reports.
As a professional dedicated to continuous improvement she is continuously developing her skills studying with successful internet marketing experts and is active in Master Minding groups. She keeps abreast with trends and development by regularly attending seminars and workshops conducted by industry leaders and motivational speakers
Louisa’s Continuous Education:
Louisa holds a Bachelor of Commerce Majoring in MIS from McGill University (Canada) and a Master of Education majoring in Educational Management from Sheffield University (UK). Louisa is a also certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) in US and a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) with the International Coach Academy (ICA) from Australia.
Since going online, she has kept up with online marketing skills learning from some of finest Internet and Web Marketing Gurus in the industries. She also studied with world renowned Speakers and Trainers T Harv Eker and Blair Singer on a year-long program and have graduated from in an intensive Train-the-Trainer Program. Using her knowledge in education and curriculum design Louisa makes use of accelerated learning concepts in the workshops, seminars and training programs she designs.
Louisa, the Person:
On a personal front, Louisa believes everyone has untapped potential and appropriate coaching can help the individual understands her inner self and unleash her hidden potential within. Her experience working with people of various background in the human development industry and her formal training at the coaching academy prepared her professionally to reach out and support those seeking to move towards a more abundant and productive life.
Louisa understands the challenges of having to adapt to new communities, new changes and starting a new network of friends. The ups and downs of life have strengthened her to be the person that she is today as well as granted her the capacity to empathize and empower those seeking to overcome challenges in their lives. Louisa enjoys listening to and playing music, She finds nature refreshing and renewing, loves traveling, yoga asanas, juicing, reading, writing and speaking/training gigs.
Louisa is Cantonese by descent and grew up studying Pu Tong Hua in a Chinese School. She did a fair bit of simultaneous and stage interpretation between English and Mandarin and will be able to connect with you in the language you are most comfortable with. She adheres to the code of ethics for coaches as upheld by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Louisa has been featured in nation press, magazine and TV program. Click here to read more (it is published in Mandarin). Page 2 can be found here.