Tommy Chan

Background and Experience

Tommy’s early career involved assessment and psychological consultation for individuals, groups, and families. Since 1999, Tommy has provided consultant services for executives and C-suite business leaders, focusing on both executive coaching and onboarding for senior executives and their teams. During his time at CEB (now Gartner), he was the head of professional services, SHL talent measurement for the greater China region. He has a strong background in managing teams of talent management consultants, marketing executives and industrial/organizational psychologists in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. Tommy has headed up senior positions at leading global talent development firms in the United States and Hong Kong, including Korn Ferry in Atlanta and Right Management in Hong Kong. He has also served as an adjunct professor of psychology of a university near Atlanta.

Tommy is passionate about grooming executives who are motivated to reach new heights. Caring and empathic by nature, Tommy is willing to go the extra mile. He typically sees executives’ possibility and potential more than themselves. Adept in fostering executive development based on their values, business strategies and objectives, Tommy is ready to challenge the status quo in mindset and behavior.

Author: Coaching in Asia (CIA): Managerial Courage. LinkedIn

Industry Experience:

Construction
Consumer Products
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Government
Healthcare Services
Information Services
Manufacturing
Media
Natural Resources (not Oil &Gas)
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Retail
Technology
Transportation

Areas of Specialization

Assessment for Development
Assessment for Selection
Career Planning
Change Management (Large Scale)
Communication: Executive Presence
Communication: Language
Communication: Presentation
Conflict Resolution
Culture Change
DE&I: Women
DE&I: Other
Emotional Intelligence
Executive Coaching (Individual)
HR Consulting
I-O Psychology
Influencing/Collaboration Skills
Innovation
Leadership: Emerging
Leadership: Senior
Leadership: Private C-Suite
Leadership: Public C-Suite
Onboarding
Organization Design/ Development/Effectiveness
Strategic Thinking/Planning
Surveys
Talent Functions (e.g. performance management, succession planning, etc.)
Team Coaching/Development
Training & Large Scale Facilitation (Group Education)
Whole Person Development

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The best athletes have coaches. As a CEO, I work with an executive coach from Berman Leadership to help me stay focused, help my team stay focused, help me communicate better, and help my team communicate better. I appreciate being able to bounce ideas off of them when I’m seeing issues from personnel to strategy. Their psychology based approach combined with business experience helps me navigate new problems and gives me great guidance for how to get from point A to point B when you don’t have a map.

CEO,
FinTech Software

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches make sure our leaders have a safe place to work through issues. Their coaches are highly intelligent, wonderful partners, who quickly get into a rhythm. I appreciate their flexible style and willingness to meet us in a place that works well for the organization.

Senior VP Human Resources,
Private Investment Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The coaches at Berman Leadership start with intelligence. I appreciate their ability to rapidly diagnose, then offer sets of solutions to choose from that are situationally appropriate for my organization. Their psychological insight and business experience across industry and across different levels of the organization is invaluable.

SVP Global Clinical R&D,
Pharmaceutical

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches are good at being able to strategize, manage a situation, and provide really good solutions. I appreciate their flexibility and the thoughtful, creative way that they bring insight into their advice. They find the right balance between what works for the individual and what the firm needs, and then marry them together.

Managing Director of HR,
Global Investment Bank

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust the team at Berman Leadership to coach consistently with the organizational culture and business climate, and contextually with deep appreciation for the coache’s environmental challenges. Their incredibly deep approach, rooted in psychology, enables them to navigate incredibly complex and sensitive situations with our most senior folks.

Chief Talent Officer,
Vault50 Law Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust Berman Leadership to operate at the highest level. Their process starts off with clear goals and focuses on what we are trying to achieve from a business perspective. I appreciate their balance between business focus and a strong research mindset.

Chief Talent Officer,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Every engagement I source, I look at the executive, the personality, the leadership, and the coach’s style, cadence, and approach to make sure they’re going to be the best fit. If I have a very senior executive in a critical, important role, I call on Berman Leadership for the high stakes assignment because the individual and the outcome are so important. I trust them to provide impact and seamlessly support cultural assimilation with their executive onboarding work because they understand our company so well.

VP HR,
Financial Services

Tommy Chan

Background and Experience

Industry Experience:

Areas of Specialization

Education and Training

Coaching Certifications:

Qualifications

Books

Berman Leadership Articles

Media Resources

Your Success is Our Reward

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

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