Michelle Lim

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Michelle is an experienced executive coach with over 1200 professional coaching hours in almost ten years. With the ability to coach in both English and Mandarin, she has had experience coaching a wide range of leaders across different industries in their professional and leadership development. 

A firm believer of values-based leadership, Michelle journeys with clients to uncover their personal values and brand of leadership. With insights to underlying motivations, she empowers them to lead from their values, and create the impact and results they wish to achieve. Michelle works with leaders to create compelling visions for themselves and their organizations that are closely aligned to both personal and corporate values.

Michelle coaches with a systemic view and considers clients’ growth and goals within the context of the systems they operate. Through systemic lenses, Michelle supports leaders and their teams in exploring their relationship to stakeholders and the wider organization, in addition to gaining clarity on their purpose and deliverables. 

She leverages the potential of the team as a learning system by drawing them together in Action Learning Teams to solve complex problems and develop their individual leadership edge. Through reflective listening and insightful questioning, Michelle holds the space for the team to synergistically solve problems, organically create their own learning, and apply these learnings to the organization.

As a Certified LEGO Serious Play (LSP) facilitator, Michelle weaves elements of LSP into her coaching conversations which allows clients to convey their thoughts and stories in LEGO models, thus drawing out the unconscious to the surface; and make the intangible concrete. Using their LEGO models to express their thoughts, clients are freed from inhibitions that may otherwise disrupt the flow of conversation. 

Besides being an executive coach, Michelle is also a professional facilitator for programs in leadership development and coaching. She leverages on her strengths as a coach to facilitate team discussions and empower learners to learn in a safe and conducive workshop environment.  

When she is not coaching, Michelle is learning to appreciate ballet, watching TED talks, and building LEGO®. She conducts experiments in the kitchen in her quest for the elusive perfect recipe that satisfies the taste buds of her family of five. Michelle enjoys a good book and a warm cup of tea in moments of respite during her busy day.

Areas of Expertise

  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Development
  • Group Coaching
  • Team Development
  • Systemic Team Coaching

Leadership Coaching Experience 

Government Sector, Logistics, Banking & Finance, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Hospitality, Legal.

Professional Credentials

  • Professional Certificate in Coaching, Henley Business School, UK
  • Job and Career Transitions Coach, The Career Development Network, USA
  • Systemic Team Coaching Certificate, Academy of Executive Coaches, UK
  • Trained Action Learning Coach, World Institute for Action Learning (pending certification)
  • Certified Facilitator in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method, Association of Master Trainers in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method 
  • Certified Facilitator of Team Psychological Safety Workshop, Asio Consulting, Thailand
  • Certified Trainer, Team Effectiveness Workshop, Oopa! Consulting, Korea
  • Certified Trainer, Building a Learning Organisation, World Institute for Action Learning
  • Certified Trainer, Leading With Questions, World Institute for Action Learning
  • Certified Trainer, The Extraordinary Leader, Zenger Folkman, USA

Professional Affiliations

  • International Coach Federation (ICF)
  • Institute of Coaching (IoC)
  • Organization Development Network (ODN)