Coach
Yolanda Yu
yolanda@reperspective.coach | https://thetimeoutcoach.com | SingaporeBIO NOTES
Yolanda Yu, MCC, ACTC, INSEAD MBA, is the founder of Timeout Team Coaching, a premier practice for executive team coaching in Singapore. With over 20 years of corporate experience at Alibaba, Visa, and Mastercard, Yolanda specializes in high-precision team coaching for executives, utilizing real-time reflection in live meetings to surface hidden team dynamics. A published Penguin author, artist, and psychodrama practitioner with 7 career reinventions, Yolanda combines intellectual depth with practical systemic intervention to enhance team effectiveness for global leadership teams. https://thetimeoutcoach.com
COACHING SPECIALTIES
Business Coaching,C-Suite Peak Performance Coaching,Corporate/Executive Coaching,Cross Cultural Coaching,Executive Leadership Development,Global Leadership Coaching,Leadership Team Coaching,People Management and Leadership Coaching,Relationships Coaching,Success/Career Coaching,Team Coaching,Transition Coaching,Women in Leadership Coaching
COACHING MODE
Face to Face,Zoom & other video-conferencing media
COACHING CERTIFICATION
Master Certified Coach (MCC)
OTHER COACHING CERTIFICATION
Certified Systemic Team Coach
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
International Coach Federation
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
INSEAD Alumni Association
NUMBER OF YEARS IN COACHING
12
COACHING INVOLVEMENT
Full Time
GENDER
Female
What do you think you bring to Coaching
Yolanda brings over 20 years of high-stakes business experience as an operator, providing a pragmatic, results-oriented foundation to her executive team coaching. As a "Creative Creator," a published Penguin author, artist, and psychodrama practitioner, she enables the team to explore hidden team dynamics masterfully in a safe space. Having lived and worked across continents and coached over 17 nationalities, Yolanda offers profound cross-cultural insights and consistently brings new perspectives to global leadership teams. She possesses the courage to ask the hard but necessary questions, utilizing real-time reflection in live meetings to strategically call "timeout" and foster breakthrough team effectiveness and leadership team alignment. She combines the intellectual rigor of an INSEAD MBA with the practical mastery of an MCC and ACTC to drive profound systemic transformation.
Past Work Experience
Yolanda Yu brings 20 years of diverse, high-stakes business experience across Technology, Financial Services, Start-ups, and Entrepreneurship. She has held Regional Director roles at Mastercard and Visa, where she led strategic initiatives across the APAC region. She led commercial M&A for Alibaba-Lazada and served as the Singapore CEO for helloPay, a Fintech start-up now part of Ant Financial. Her foundational career as a software engineer and the owner of a recruitment firm provides her with a rare, 360-degree understanding of organizational systems, from technical architecture to human capital. This deep corporate pedigree allows her to navigate the systemic pressures of global leadership with profound insight and authority.
Current Position
Master Coach, RePerspective Coaching
Nature of Employment
Self Employed
