Woman Leadership With Janet Quek
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -This is the Woman Leadership show.
Hi, I'm Janet Quek . For the past 20 years, I have been helping individuals to realise their leadership potential.
In recent years, I have trained, coached and engaged leaders across the Asia Pacific Region to build high-performance teams and improve individual engagement and motivation.
In this podcast, I will share tips and ways to realise your full potential and be a leader in your own way.
Join me on this journey to discover them.
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Episodes
19: How I achieved my first investment property.
May 11, 2020 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP19: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you on how did I achieve my first investment property. After few years of savings and with enough money in the Central Provident Fund Ordinary Account, I finally was able to buy my first investment property before the additional stamp duty kicks in. I do have some objections in buying a 1 bedroom studio as there maybe oversupply of Mickey mouse apartments and may not have...
18: Birth stories of my 3 children
May 04, 2020 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP18: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my wonderful birth stories and how I decided to have waterbirth delivery for my third boy. I had no experience as first mother and I did not have friends who have shared many stories of their birth and I knew epidural was commonly used to assist birth process. Hence, back then I listened to my colleague who had 2 kids and she would asked for epidural the moment she has ...
17: Manage my time as working mum
April 27, 2020 23:00 - 9 minutes - 8.84 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP17: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you in managing my time as working mum. I do wonder how mothers can manage their time as working mum and taking care of house, children and their own parents. I was told that women can multi-task and juggles between various tasks at the same time. I also got to learn that our brain does not work that way, we need to focus one task at the same time. Whatever it is, the real...
16: Discovering your inner potential
April 20, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP16 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you in discovering your inner potential. I did not expect I would be one day conducting training and have spoken in front of 1000 people in a townhall. Doing all the personality assessments will allow us to have a sense of are we extrovert, introvert, whether we are more visual person, auditory person, our strengths in communicating with others and our preferences . Gett...
15: My journey as a Chinese Muslim
April 13, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP15: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my journey as a Chinese Muslim. I converted 10 years ago with the same husband I got married. I would receive questions such as did I remarry or I married a Malay Muslim. My husband is also Chinese Muslim and he converted around the same time as me in the same year. I grew up in Buddhist /Taoist background and I used to go to church in younger days but I have been goin...
14: Working towards financial independence
April 06, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP14: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you about working towards financial independence. I am opposite of my late mum a spender who will not hesistate to spend on myself especially on others such as paying for meals, drinks and pamper them with gifts so I can receive the love that I lack of during childhood and having friends around me. Mum will asked me to save and purchase property when my hdb flat was 5 year...
13: Embarking on my personal development journey.
March 30, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP13: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I embarked on my personal development journey. When my hubby quit his corporate job 12 years ago, my ex boss gave me a book on Secrets of Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker. We read the book and there was a complimentary ticket to go US and attend the program. We wonder how will we attend in US and next thing we know T. Harv Eker the author is coming to Singapore. Tha...
12: Your mindset will shift when you see yourself as a leader.
March 23, 2020 23:00 - 8 minutes - 7.66 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP12: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you about seeing yourself as a leader and your mindset will shift. I have always seen myself as follower since young till I started to see myself as leader that’s where my life was transformed. I used to follow what others tell me to do and be the obedient girl so others will like me and care for me. Though I have participated in leaderships positions in schools, I was sear...
11: How my childhood has affected my young adult journey
March 16, 2020 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP11: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how my childhood has affected my young adult journey. As I did not have a nice childhood being the only child and my late mum has to work to support me. My auntie took care of me together with my grandparents. But I was treated like a maid working from morning till late night and had to do all the household chores. I had to wake up early to help set up the shop , do deli...
10: My Fairytale Cinderella Story
March 11, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP10 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my Fairytale Cindrella Story. I am sure you are familiar with the Cindrella Story. That is one of my favourite childhood stories which I can resonate with deeply. When I was young, I had the fantasy that I wished someone or a prince will save me from the misery and unhappiness in my childhood. I would pretend I was the princess and asked my classmate to be the prince. T...
9: Is it good for woman to be Independent?
March 04, 2020 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP9 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you if is good for woman to be independent. As I grew up without my parents at my side, I had to learn and observe how others expectations of me. Though I am the only child but I did not have the luxury or able to whine and be pampered during my childhood and growing up days. I was considered by others more mature of my peers and people who knew me for first time would think ...
8: What do I look for in my marriage partner.
February 26, 2020 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBTRANSCRIPT OF EP8 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you what did I look for in my marriage partner. As you would have known from my past episodes, my mum divorced when I was below 5 years old. I did not grow up with a father figure and due to my mum’s failed marriage, I always had this fear of having a lifelong and trusted partner. I would enter into a long term relationship and walked out of the relationship afraid of being hu...
8: WHAT DO I LOOK FOR IN MY MARRIAGE PARTNER
February 26, 2020 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBWelcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you what did I look for in my marriage partner.
7: Manage part time studies and full time work at the same time
February 19, 2020 23:00 - 8 minutes - 7.47 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 7 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I managed my part time studies and full time work. There was a saying when the going gets tough, the tough get going. This was really so true in my case when I had to study and work at the same time. Though my mum offered in helping to support part of my studies course fees but I would want to start earning so my mum would have less burden in supporting me and not ha...
6: First experience in full time work
February 12, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 6 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you when what was my experience when first started working in full time job. After I completed my part time diploma, I decided to search for full time job and studied part time concurrently. I did not really know what I liked to do as my career then so I was searching for administration, HR or marketing related jobs. During short period of time during the search, I was offer...
EP6 First experience in full time work
February 12, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 6 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you when what was my experience when first started working in full time job. After I completed my part time diploma, I decided to search for full time job and studied part time concurrently. I did not really know what I liked to do as my career then so I was searching for administration, HR or marketing related jobs. During short period of time during the search, I was offere...
EP 5 My first income from part time jobs
February 06, 2020 03:40 - 13 minutes - 12 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 5: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you when I first starting working in part time jobs. I did not come from well to do family and my late mum has to work to support me without given alimony from my late father. I wanted to work to gain experience as well as to earn some money to support my own expenses during school holidays. My late mum was initially not supportive as she was very protective over me afraid ...
5: My first income from part time jobs
February 06, 2020 03:40 - 13 minutes - 12 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 5: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you when I first starting working in part time jobs. I did not come from well to do family and my late mum has to work to support me without given alimony from my late father. I wanted to work to gain experience as well as to earn some money to support my own expenses during school holidays. My late mum was initially not supportive as she was very protective over me afraid...
4: Growing up as Teenager Part 2
February 06, 2020 03:35 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 4: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I feel about growing up as a teenager when in Junior College days. Making a choice to go Junior College or Polytechnic? That would be the question most O level students would have to decide as it would determine one’s future career path. For me, I was elated to be able to go to Junior College as I could go to the same college as my best friend. It was nice to have...
EP 4 Growing up as Teenager Part 2
February 06, 2020 03:35 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP 4: Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I feel about growing up as a teenager when in Junior College days. Making a choice to go Junior College or Polytechnic? That would be the question most O level students would have to decide as it would determine one’s future career path. For me, I was elated to be able to go to Junior College as I could go to the same college as my best friend. It was nice to have ...
3: Growing up as Teenager Part 1
February 06, 2020 03:30 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP3 : Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I feel about growing up as a teenager. Secondary school days were one of the most memorable moments in my life. Though I no longer stayed in the shop during those days as my grandmother brought me to stay with her at my aunty house, I would still prefer to spend more time at school. By spending time in school activities and attending lessons, I did not feel alone and...
Ep 3 Growing up as Teenager Part 1
February 06, 2020 03:30 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBTRANSCRIPT FOR EP3 : Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you how I feel about growing up as a teenager. Secondary school days were one of the most memorable moments in my life. Though I no longer stayed in the shop during those days as my grandmother brought me to stay with her at my aunty house, I would still prefer to spend more time at school. By spending time in school activities and attending lessons, I did not feel alone and ...
2: What I learnt from my childhood
January 14, 2020 12:35 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MBTRANSCRIPT OF EP 2 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be talking about my childhood and what I have learnt. What I learnt from my childhood. 1) I spent a number of significant years of my childhood helping out at my grandparents provision shop where my aunty family was helping to tend the shop. Since the age of 6, I had to wake up at 6am and opened the shop brought out all the shelves getting ready for customers to purchase groceries. I would go...
What I learnt from my childhood
January 14, 2020 12:35 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MBTRANSCRIPT OF EP 2 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be talking about my childhood and what I have learnt. What I learnt from my childhood. 1) I spent a number of significant years of my childhood helping out at my grandparents provision shop where my aunty family was helping to tend the shop. Since the age of 6, I had to wake up at 6am and opened the shop brought out all the shelves getting ready for customers to purchase groceries. I would go ...
The Beginning: My Story
January 14, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MBTRANSCIPT EP1 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my personal story. I am the only child and my parents were divorced when I was at the age of 6 years old. As my mum had to work, I lived with my grandparents together with my aunty family at a provision shop helping out with deliveries, sales and packing before and after school. I moved out from there at the age of 19 years old and stayed with my mum till I got married. My late...
1: The Beginning - My Story
January 14, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MBTRANSCIPT EP1 Welcome to Woman Leadership show. I'm Janet and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my personal story. I am the only child and my parents were divorced when I was at the age of 6 years old. As my mum had to work, I lived with my grandparents together with my aunty family at a provision shop helping out with deliveries, sales and packing before and after school. I moved out from there at the age of 19 years old and stayed with my mum till I got married. My lat...