Yolanda Yu

Yolanda Yu

Timeout Team Coaching
singapore, Singapore
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About Yolanda

Yolanda is an ICF-MCC, ACTC, and Systemic Team Coach with over 4,500
coaching hours. Yolanda’s clients hail from MNCs like Google, Amazon, Goldman
Sachs, Unilever, P&G, Alibaba, McKinsey & Company, Shopee, Grab, ByteDance, and
Shell. Yolanda is also a leadership coach at INSEAD Business School and Center for
Creative Leadership.

In her 23 years of professional experience, Yolanda served as Regional Director in
Mastercard and Visa, led commercial M&A for Alibaba-Lazada, and headed helloPay in
Singapore, a Fintech start-up now part of Ant Financial.

Yolanda holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Computing degree from NUS.

Yolanda is also a multi-award-winning writer. Her journeys have been featured in the Business Times, Straits Times, Channel News Asia, Lianhezaobao, and SCMP.

Expertise
Focus
Development
Sessions
Interactive
Facilitation
Yes - Interactive
Speaking
Available
Background
Corporate Experience
Significant
Past Clients
Unilever, Singapore Airlines, GIC, VMWare, Grab, DBS, A*STAR, Aspire, Finaccel
Certifications & Credentials
Master Certified Coach – International Coach Federation (ICF MCC) with 4,500+ coaching
hours; Advanced Team Coaching Certificate (ICF ACTC) Certified Systemic Team Coach by Academy of Executive Coaching; Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC); INSEAD Leadership and Group Dynamics Consultant; Brain-based Neuroscience Coaching (NeuroLeadership Institute), , Psychodrama (120 hours), Unlock EQ (Six Seconds)

Hogan leadership assessment, MBTI, Workplace Big Five Profile; High Performance Team Assessment (HPTA), Team Connect 360, Group Development Questionnaire (GDQ)
Hogan 360, CCL Benchmark 360, Firo-B, Influencing Style Indicator, Leader
Network Diagnostic
Availability
Schedule
WeekdaysVariable/Other
Other Details
Weekends and holidays with advanced notice

Yolanda's Offerings

Workshop

TEAM CONNECTING WITH DRAMA METHODS

FACILITATOR STYLE: Experiential, fun, engaging and reflective. The facilitator uses psychodrama-based methods, sociometric exercises, and physical movement to create a psychologically safe space where teams explore identity, dynamics,…
180 – 480 min3 – 30 ppl
Workshop

ADVANCED COMMUNICATION: DEEP-DIVE SERIES

Enablement lab format. Each participant brings a real conversation they need to have — supporting a team member's career growth, addressing underperformance, managing conflict with a peer, or…
540 – 540 min3 – 15 ppl
Workshop

COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP

FACILITATOR STYLE: Experiential and reflective. Participants engage in structured concept workshops, live role-plays in triads and pods, and facilitated group debrief. The facilitator coaches in real time —…
180 – 180 min3 – 5 ppl
Workshop

SHADOW Team COACHING SESSION

FACILITATOR STYLE: Non-directive, inquiry-based, and precisely calibrated. The coach shadows the team in an actual meeting or working session, observing, listening, and intervening at key moments to surface…
90 – 180 min3 – 15 ppl

Good to Know

Client Requirements
Office space (for team coaching) and Space that allows people to move around (for psychodrama)
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