Developing the Leaders Around You
Too many decisions still come back to you.
Identify one person you could develop as a team leader and a responsibility they could learn to own.
John C. Maxwell programmes · Local facilitation
For SME owners building their first team or still handling most decisions themselves. Develop capable team leaders, communicate clearly and help people take responsibility.
Public sessions start in 2027, in English and Malaysia Time (MYT, UTC+8). Join in Kuala Lumpur or online through ClassIn, with full participation in the same hybrid class. No preparation is required.
Choose your starting point
You do not need to know a book title.
Start with the change you want to see.
Start with a Lunch & Learn at USD 8 per person, per session plus 8% SST and experience a practical leadership discussion. The fee covers the session only; lunch is not included.
Explore Lunch & Learn 02 / GROW WITH OTHERSFollow Maxwell mastermind programmes and work on real company challenges with SME owners and senior managers. The group votes on which programme to follow. USD 118 per member per month plus 8% SST includes one four-hour group meeting and one hour of private coaching each month.
Explore the mastermind 03 / DEVELOP YOUR TEAMFind a programme that fits your team’s challenges, roles and working context.
Find training for my teamLunch & Learns for SME owners
14 starting points for owners and managers
developing their people and teams.
Too many decisions still come back to you.
Identify one person you could develop as a team leader and a responsibility they could learn to own.
You explain the task, but people leave with different expectations.
Work through one real conversation and practise making the message clear, relevant and understood.
Your managers bring you problems and wait for your answers.
Practise questions that help a team member examine options and choose their next step.
Important priorities keep losing out to urgent tasks.
Choose one daily decision that supports your most important priority and plan how to keep it.
The habits that got you here are no longer enough.
Identify one shift from doing the work yourself to helping others succeed, and choose where to practise it.
You keep returning to the same problem without finding a better answer.
Use one thinking approach to examine a business decision, compare options and choose your next step.
Your title gives you authority, but people still hesitate to follow.
Examine one leadership relationship and choose a practical way to build trust and influence.
A new manager is still working like an individual contributor.
Identify one responsibility they need to lead and a daily habit that supports the transition.
Development plans are made, then forgotten when work gets busy.
Choose one leadership skill to develop and set a repeatable practice and review time.
Disagreements are turning into personal friction across the team.
Prepare one conversation that acknowledges differences, finds common ground and agrees a next step.
You need cooperation from people who do not report to you.
Identify what matters to a colleague and plan a conversation that builds cooperation through listening and trust.
Your business needs future leaders who can take on more responsibility.
Identify one potential successor and a responsibility they can practise with your support.
Interviews tell you about experience, but leave questions about how someone works.
Explore how DISC can inform interview questions and team conversations alongside other evidence.
A setback leaves the team blaming others or afraid to try again.
Review one setback, identify a useful lesson and agree what the team will try differently.
Choose the issue that matters most in your business. Each hybrid session introduces one practical idea from the named programme. The USD 8 fee plus 8% SST covers the session only; lunch is not included. Starting in 2027, sessions run on selected Mondays, 12pm–2pm Malaysia Time. Exact dates will be announced.
The programme collection
Develop people who can lead, instead of keeping every decision with you.
Best for: Senior managers and leaders building their next layer of leadership.
Make developing other leaders a deliberate investment.
Best for: Owners and senior leaders preparing successors.
Understand how influence works, then put it to work in your own leadership.
Best for: Managers, business owners and leaders at every level.
Meet your trainers
Leadership, communication and emotional intelligence,
connected to your working context.

Leadership · Communication · People development
The Bridge-Maker. Soo Hoo connects programme ideas to the decisions, relationships and challenges participants bring into the room.
Meet Soo Hoo
Emotional intelligence · Leadership · Cross-cultural communication
Alexis helps leaders and teams think beyond tasks, take initiative and own outcomes, drawing on her experience across Asia Pacific.
Meet AlexisA useful first step
Your questions
ASEAN Leadership offers facilitated Maxwell programmes with Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn in Kuala Lumpur and online across ASEAN. Choose an introductory Lunch & Learn, continuing Mastermind membership or an in-house engagement for your team.
Lunch & Learn is a single introductory session at USD 8.64 including SST. The Mastermind is continuing monthly membership at USD 127.44 including SST, with one four-hour group meeting and one private coaching hour each month. The Mastermind has a three-month initial term and three months’ written cancellation notice.