Wayland Lum

I absolutely agree.

I absolutely agree.

Yeah, early on in my career, when I was just starting out at HR, I actually did hire a coach for myself. And my coach, the reason why I hired him, and this is way back in the, gosh, early 2000s, I wanted to become a coach. And therefore, I thought a good way to do that would be to get mentorship and be able to learn from a really experienced executive coach.

Yeah, early on in my career, when I was just starting out at HR, I actually did hire a coach for myself. And my coach, the reason why I hired him, and this is way back in the, gosh, early 2000s, I wanted to become a coach. And therefore, I thought a good way to do that would be to get mentorship and be able to learn from a really experienced executive coach.

And I remember, I think one of the most important things that he taught me because he used to continuously push me and say, Waylon, you can do this. You can work with these types of leaders. You can have the type of impact that you want to have with a certain level of leader. And at the time, Vince, I didn't quite believe him or I didn't feel ready.

And I remember, I think one of the most important things that he taught me because he used to continuously push me and say, Waylon, you can do this. You can work with these types of leaders. You can have the type of impact that you want to have with a certain level of leader. And at the time, Vince, I didn't quite believe him or I didn't feel ready.

And that's probably understandable given I was much younger and didn't have the experience and the tools and I would say even the life experience that I have now. However, that experience of working with him has influenced the way that I develop others. And so I'm always pushing them to be more than what they've envisioned themselves being at this point in time.

And that's probably understandable given I was much younger and didn't have the experience and the tools and I would say even the life experience that I have now. However, that experience of working with him has influenced the way that I develop others. And so I'm always pushing them to be more than what they've envisioned themselves being at this point in time.

And I do that with my team and certainly do that with the client leaders that I work with as well. And what I found is that when you have that expectation of people

And I do that with my team and certainly do that with the client leaders that I work with as well. And what I found is that when you have that expectation of people

more often than not they're able to rise to the occasion and they will become more than they have thought possible and that's really awesome to see i think in terms of coaching area how they recommend that to anybody and and whatever sort of aspect of your life that you might want coaching for i do encourage you to explore that of course you need to find the right person the right fit um but i found it for myself to be tremendously rewarding

more often than not they're able to rise to the occasion and they will become more than they have thought possible and that's really awesome to see i think in terms of coaching area how they recommend that to anybody and and whatever sort of aspect of your life that you might want coaching for i do encourage you to explore that of course you need to find the right person the right fit um but i found it for myself to be tremendously rewarding

I still work with some business coaches here and there to help me with thought partnership and just being a good counterpoint or a good thought partner as I think about growing my own business and also how I am leading others.

I still work with some business coaches here and there to help me with thought partnership and just being a good counterpoint or a good thought partner as I think about growing my own business and also how I am leading others.

Yeah, absolutely. And that statement, talking about walking the talk event, we develop modern leaders to face their biggest challenges. That is really a derivation also of what the vision of Copperbox is, which is to prepare leaders to confront and address the greatest challenges of our time. And that is both our vision, it's also an aspirational goal that we have for our firm.

Yeah, absolutely. And that statement, talking about walking the talk event, we develop modern leaders to face their biggest challenges. That is really a derivation also of what the vision of Copperbox is, which is to prepare leaders to confront and address the greatest challenges of our time. And that is both our vision, it's also an aspirational goal that we have for our firm.

And it goes beyond the realm of business and into areas such as government policy, certainly large, big problems that the world faces, such as climate change and misinformation, loneliness, et cetera. And so that's our aspiration. Now, how do we do that in more sort of purposeful and day to day terms is through our work with business leaders.

And it goes beyond the realm of business and into areas such as government policy, certainly large, big problems that the world faces, such as climate change and misinformation, loneliness, et cetera. And so that's our aspiration. Now, how do we do that in more sort of purposeful and day to day terms is through our work with business leaders.

And so one area that we are very focused on and do a lot of work in is private equity and supporting private equity operating companies and their executives. As we know, private equity moves at a very fast pace. Firms have investment theses that they need to achieve and fulfill, and they do that through the talent that they have at their portfolio companies.

And so one area that we are very focused on and do a lot of work in is private equity and supporting private equity operating companies and their executives. As we know, private equity moves at a very fast pace. Firms have investment theses that they need to achieve and fulfill, and they do that through the talent that they have at their portfolio companies.