David Yau & Associates

It is beautiful! ... if you ask me how I feel about overall Immunity to Change (ITC) approach. I have recently attended a workshop on...

I learnt recently from my co-facilitator a wonderful question in a workshop in Shanghai.  A great way to draw thoughts / questions from...

In recent years, I am more attracted to work with intact teams rather than ‘open programs’. (By ‘open programs’, I mean that the...

This piece of reflection is a combination of recent experience in Hong Kong and Chennai, as well as my reading on the book 'Standing on...

Watch it.  Just 4 mins.  I particularly like the analogies!

I love looking at the Alps over the Lake Geneva. I will focus my eyesight and read the outline of the mountain slowly. I feel very...

I spent a few days in Lausanne after the London workshop. To my surprise, I found out that my hotel is just next to the famous business...

I had a great workshop in London. A really good one! First, the learners are great. They are mature yet with high intellectual...

The exact words he uses His emotion His intention in saying what he is saying His underlying belief, value and attitude What he is saying...

There is something I want to get better in my 1 on 1 coaching practice. I observe that from time to time I cannot help offer suggestion...

I suspect that this is true – there will never be a ‘perfect’ facilitated session. I came to this realisation when I facilitated a...

I was trying to explain what ARL is to another. Someone suggested a much better idea on how to do it. Let them experience first and...

One of my friends came to me to talk about her career choices the other day. Somehow I launched into my coaching mode and started to...

Ask Not Tell has been around for 6 years. I have long been thinking to give the website a new look. Why? I believe that we all...

I talked about my dilemma in making the learners to reflect. I earned a great insight from my co-facilitator last week. I just got...

I am reflecting with a guru on some of my team facilitation experience. More and more I realise that it is equally (if not more)...

I recently heard a great way to look at different ‘training programs’. They are either for the purpose of engagement, performance or...

Not exactly humble but just cannot help reflect on this here. I was in Botswana doing a Leadership Development program. It is the...

This is another interesting insight from my 2012 experience. Vulnerability First, let me talk about vulnerability. This could mean...

I am happy how the Singapore Dec workshop turned out. I had been worried about it quite a lot. It was a pilot program for a group of...