Ep. #9 Leading through Change with Soo Yee Leong

In this episode Jean is joined by Soo Yee Leong. Soo Yee is an entrepreneurial corporate leader who enjoys working with people to create the future through innovating, solving problems and seizing opportunities, Soo Yee's energy, and her entrepreneurial spirit led her to becoming the first Asian member of the global executive team of the UK based ACCA (The Association for Chartered Certified Accountants). Over her 20 years of experience Soo Yee worked on a huge range of things, including business strategy, P & L management, enterprise growth, business, and digital transformation, marketing, strategic partnerships, and government relationships. She’s worked across many sectors, including professional educational, banking, insurance, quick service restaurants and energy.She is passionate about the power of technology, particularly digital on improving lives and uplifting communities. She's also a strong advocate of inclusion and diversity and environmental sustainability. In addition to all this Soo Yee is a mentor on the look up mentor club, a mentoring platform that connects aspiring women professionals with industry leaders.In this podcast Jean and Soo Yee talk aboutThe importance of vulnerability in leadershipHow to make career transitions from expert to generalist and how to move sectorsLearning about how to break through glass ceilingsYou can find Soo Yee herehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/soo-yee-leong-928bb721/Adam Grant’s Websitehttps://www.adamgrant.net/Give and Take - Adam GrantThe Originals - Adam Grant#vLookUpMentorClubhttps://www.vlookup.ai/Jean can be found herehttps://jeanbalfour.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Sign up to my weekly newsletter.Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30minLearn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/