Lara is an extraordinary coach. Her attentive listening and positive energy truly differentiate her from others. Lara has only the client in mind when it comes to coaching – facilitating reflections and realisations through very powerful questioning and with a growth mindset. When her client succeeds, she succeeds. That’s the feeling I have gotten from Lara from the past few months where I have had the opportunity to experience her coaching on several business-related matters for my own business. What strikes me most is Lara’s positivity at every conversation as well as her natural ability to hold me accountable to my actions. Lara is also very helpful in unpacking and leading me to analysing the situations I encounter then guiding me to unravel opportunities myself. It’s been a very valuable experience thanks to Lara’s patience and professionalism. Every person who wishes to progress and/ or be more self-aware should definitely experience Lara’s coaching and you will see what I mean.
Karen Khaw, V-Engage, Australia
Lara is an outstanding Executive Coach and a remarkable person. Thanks to Lara’s coaching I have noticed significant improvements in both my work and personal life. Lara is a people person and connects easily with others. Our sessions were relaxed and I could share my thoughts uninhibited. Every word that I said was thoughtfully processed by Lara. She is highly observant and listens intently so that our sessions were focused and tailored to my specific needs and style. Thanks to Lara, I have been able to reset my expectations and the results have been transformative.
C Wilson, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Singapore
I really enjoyed my sessions with Lara, which were both enjoyable and productive each time. Lara was extremely adept at asking the right questions during each conversation and provided great guidance throughout the sessions. She managed the conversations in a manner which allowed me to identify and acknowledge challenges, whilst coming up with actions to assist me in overcoming these challenges. Most importantly of all, Lara made sure to keep me accountable to the actions I had committed to by reviewing her notes from the previous sessions and starting each conversation on the premise of me providing an update on the actions and any next steps. I highly recommend Lara as a business, performance or personal coach. Daniel Clarke - Business Development Manager, Kennedys LLP (Singapore)
D Clarke - Business Development Manager, Kennedys LLP, Singapore
Lara has a fantastic ability to listen carefully, show empathy and a broad understanding of the challenges you may be facing and very proficiently facilitate a conversation where you are largely the architect of answers you are pondering while supporting the process. I have very much enjoyed my interactions with Lara and would highly recommend her should you be looking for a coach to support you develop and grow professionally. With clear passion, professionalism and awareness and a strong ability to listen carefully, she has all the attributes you should look for in a leadership coach.
Chris Richards, Managing Director, APAC and Middle East, Ultimate Performance, Singapore
Lara is an exceptional coach who has a naturally caring and professional approach. She is a joy to speak to and is able to not only listen, but help you reframe your thinking approach. This style of coaching has helped me learn more about myself and how to approach tasks in a more effective manner to achieve tasks with greater efficiency and success. Her coaching style is the perfect blend of structured and open conversations, making it so easy to talk about anything in great comfort. She is more than just a mentor, someone who shares genuine enthusiasm to invest in her mentees. This is demonstrated in her initiative to go out of her way to help in any manner she can without request. She is an absolute joy to speak to, and even more, listen to.
Zixuan Wang, Partner and COO, Kommit Techno-Legal, India
I have been coached by Lara for several months now and she has been immensely helpful with all of the business challenges that we have discussed. Lara brings deep and pragmatic commercial experience to our coaching sessions and I always walk away with a clear set of ideas and actions that I can implement. I would be happy to share my very positive experiences of coaching with Lara anytime.
A Parker, CEO, Singapore
Lara’s coaching has brought me immediate benefits! A great sparring partner to help me think through in more detail some of my thoughs, ideas and options - i’ve found our coaching conversations particularly helpful when thinking of ways on how to manage competing priorities.
Kevin A., Director, Singapore
I have coached with Lara throughout my job hunt, she has been a pillar in my emotional stability and drive for action during that time. Lara has that empathy and sensitivity that makes you feel heard and understood. Very positive and encouraging, she helped me uncover resources to keep trying new approaches. I very much recommend working with her!
S Messadi, HR Professional, France
Lara’s coaching has given me a renewed sense of hope, discovery and control in my career progression. At a time where it seemed like stagnating, her searching questions, listening skills, and insightful and thoughtful suggestions have been invaluable and very timely in my search for a meaningful transition. Her positivity and cheerful outlook is reassuring, infectious and uplifting. Highly recommended!
Michael P, DIT, Singapore
I was going through a vulnerable and uncertain period personally and in my career. I felt apprehensive and discouraged. Lara was very understanding and kind. Her positive and caring disposition help me open up and think out of the box. She listened attentively, explored options, and recommended practical suggestions that immediately gave me confidence and hope. I'm now quite clear and confident about my career goal and options. I'll strongly recommend Lara to family and corporations for career coaching !
Angelo P, Manager, China Telecom Global, Singapore
Lara has coached me for a few months to date and during our sessions we have delved into different topics, either to brainstorm or to come up with a clear plan of action to address a problem. During each of our engagements I have been so impressed with how Lara has been able to get me to think about things from a new and refreshed perspective. It is clear that Lara is an exceptionally strong and empathic listener who is able to quickly build a safe and comfortable environment within which her clients can talk candidly about their concerns or share their thoughts. I would be happy to share in more detail my positive coaching experience with Lara.
N Mackie, MBA Coach at INSEAD, Singapore
In the coaching session I had with Lara, I was able to crystallise an issue that for quite some time has been blocking my progress. Talking at a deeper level, pinpointing and speaking about the key challenges made them real, and therefore gave me the opportunity to think about options and solutions. We often live inside our heads but speaking to Lara put a spotlight on the issues and made them real. But Lara also helped me identify possible solutions and see pathways. When the session ended, I had greater clarity and very specific actions as to my next steps. The issues/blockers have not gone away, as yet. But I feel Lara’s session helped me work out ‘how' to jump the hurdles and more importantly, compelled me forward. A great session Lara. I gained a lot more than I expected. Thank you.
Annette Quinn, PMO & Change Lead, Arcadis, United Kingdom
I really enjoyed my sessions with Lara, which were also very productive. I felt she focuses on asking the right questions and manages to maneuver the conversation in a very good way. This ensured that we honed in on the key business challenges I was facing. She also led the conversation in such a way that enabled me to come up with potentially actionable solutions. Lastly, Lara made sure that at the end of each session she played back the actions arising – and in the follow up sessions, she held me accountable for these actions. I would definitely recommend Lara as a business / performance / personal coach.
Kris Sasitharan, Founder and MD, Ren Advisory, Singapore
The one-hour sessions with Lara are continually inspiring, relieving, insightful and energizing! Lara helped me open up valuable new perspectives on my current situation. I am developing my Personal Branding as a Senior Product Designer, and sessions with Lara enabled me to view my situation from an entirely new angle, and suddenly see the road to my ultimate goal and solutions. In parallel I was going through a complicated multistage interview process. Lara helped me plan and develop my strategy, her knowledge, expertise and guidance helped me progress to the final stage of the process.
Pawel Klasa, Senior Product Designer, The Travel Corporation, United Kingdom
My executive coaching with Lara Quie has really helped me to gain clarity and direction regarding my career aspirations and plans. Lara is very approachable and easy to open up to. She really listens to you, which enables her to then challenge your thought process in a supportive way, helping you to reconsider previous assumptions and consider fresh options. I now have a clear set of actions I wish to take to help me get to where I want to be, which is incredibly motivating. I highly recommend Lara to anybody either considering a change or needing help identifying career goals and action plans. Thank you Lara!
Karen Hill, HR Professional, HCML Rehabilitation Solutions, United Kingdom
I've known Lara for several years as a colleague, but had not been coached by her until very recently. Unequivocally, Lara is a wonderful executive coach. She approaches our sessions with no judgment and listens deeply, even when I veer off-topic. She asks thoughtful questions to direct my thinking, and invariably, I see another way to approach a complex (or emotionally charged) situation. At the end of each session, the plan is clear and actionable, enabling me to report progress and forward movement each time. To those considering a coach, I cannot recommend Lara highly enough.
Ellen A, Legal Marketing Executive, USA
Lara provided me with an executive coaching session in which we covered my career goals and side passions. Very thoughtfully, she led me through a methodical approach in enabling me to express my career directions clearly, and provided guidance where I begin to stumble and lack direction. My greatest takeaway from this session was that I reached a solution to merging my passion for community and pursuing a social good with my current practice as a private equity lawyer. I would highly recommend Lara as an executive coach and would definitely seek her out again. Thanks, Lara!
Daniel Lo, Associate Director, Legal Counsel, UBS, Singapore
I had my first coaching session with Lara today. Lara allowed me to describe my journey and pin point what my "shining" points were. She is a great listener, and gave me incredible career and networking tips. Lara has great attention to detail and was so helpful for me to have someone this thorough review my CV & Cover Letter. I would recommend Lara to anyone who is looking for a coach - she is really the best in the business!
Hena Somaia, Legal Consultant, Santander Consumer, United Kingdom
Lara was a warm presence and was comforting to talk to. The overall experience was comfortable and safe during my short session with her . She has amassed life experiences that would make her relatable to vulnerable professionals who's had to face their own challenges even with their personal life. She has a wide network and was valuable in making introductions that would help me in my business goal.
Katherine Roselle, Managing Director, Priority Mail Express, Singapore
Lara has a way of letting you speak your thoughts out-loud. She was very attentive to the challenges that I was facing in trying to find a new career in a new country by guiding me through questions that honed in on what I should focus on. Lara was able to introduce me to two relevant professionals in the areas I am interested in pursuing. I found this highly valuable since I am new to Singapore. Coming out of our first session, I gained more confidence than I had anticipated and feel motived to push through. I’m optimistic and look forward to a new start.
Trang Do, Marketing Specialist, NFA Inc., Singapore
Lara has been a great support as she enabled me to focus on setting aside the time to create a new system for time management, which will help me to save time in future. She offers a holistic approach to the exploration of suitable solutions, which is ever more important in today’s new world. During our online sessions, she listens and observes carefully to the verbal and body language I use when talking about my work. She picks out key words which we then discuss in more detail and she asks intelligent questions to identify my thought processes. Her experience in the corporate business world means she has an excellent understanding of the business challenges her clients often face, which she combines with sound practical advice from life experience. Lara has given me the tools and confidence to take control of my work schedule, improve my efficiency and create a healthier work/life balance going forwards. I can highly recommend her professional coaching services to anyone.
Louise Edwards, CEO, Malulu Ltd., United Kingdom
Lara is an excellent mentor, a great boss and wonderful colleague. She is enthusiastic, charismatic, dedicated to her work and always brings positive energy. Her guidance, confidence, dependability and excellent communication and writing skills have greatly helped with my career development. It has been much pleasure and honour for me to have had the
opportunity to work with Lara.
Amanda Chang, Senior Business Development Executive, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, Singapore
Lara is a fantastic business development leader. She is clever, creative, professional and fun to work with. She has a great way to work with people from different cultural backgrounds. Lara has a legal background but possesses qualities that most lawyers don't have (marketing skills, strategic thinking). I am sure many lawyers should benefit working with her in the future.
Diego Lerner, Partner, Veirano Advogados, Brazil
Having worked closely with Lara for over 5 years at Duane Morris, I can personally attest to her creativity, strategic thinking and effectiveness. Lara spearheaded many creative and successful business development initiatives and was always a pleasure to work with. Lara's new venture is testament to her determination and vision and I would have no hesitation at all recommending lawyers work with her.
Giles Cooper, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, Vietnam
Lara is a great business developer and a wonderful person. Always open minded and full of excellent ideas thanks to her multi-cultural background, she helped our team establish many new good relationships. Lara is also a brilliant organiser of events. She made our client and team events across South-East and North Asia unforgettable.
Bach Duong Pham, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP, Vietnam
I had the privilege of working with Lara as part of the marketing & BD team at Duane Morris & Selvam. Lara has a wonderful personality and is truly passionate about building relationships. She is always full of positive energy and is one of the bravest person I know. I enjoyed working and learning from her as my boss and I'm sure I will continue to learn from her as a friend.
Grace Wong, Business Development Manager, Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, Singapore
I worked with Lara for the past five years. During that time, I enjoyed working with her and found her contributions to be creative and effective. She helped to raise the profile of the firm throughout the region and engaged well with all the lawyers helping them to grow their personal practices. I will miss her positive outlook and cheerful disposition.
Jamie Benson, Director, Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, Singapore
Lara is naturally adept at making people feel heard. I have had the privilege of working with Lara on a number of initiatives over the last 5 years and have found that she has a unique combination of excellent people skills, intellectual curiosity and creativity. Not only has she been an invaluable resource for our firm’s marketing department but has gone above and beyond her role to act as a mentor to associates. Through my conversations with her, I have been able to successfully leverage my strengths whilst directing my energy into self-development initiatives to achieve my overarching career goals.
Jaya Malhotra, Associate Corporate Counsel, Amazon, Singapore
One has to earn the respect of one's clients to become a "trusted advisor"--even more so when you're a trusted advisor to trusted advisors. Lara easily accomplishes this status given her experience and, more importantly, her documented results that she routinely delivers. She's smart, of course. She is also someone with whom I'm eager to sit with over a meal or beverage when we're in the same town. If you've read this far, then it will come as no surprise that Lara is a delightful colleague and all-around good person.
Mark Roy, Founder, Breakthrough, USA
Lara is terrific and I feel extremely fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with her over the past 5 years. I am based in our firm's Taipei office and she was in Singapore, but we worked together often and she was always extremely prompt, professional, courteous and helpful. She's bright, capable, works hard, volunteering, taking the initiative, diligently attending to all details, and consistently delivering outstanding results. She's also a wonderful person, a pleasure to be with. We were all very sorry to see her go, but we wish her well and know whoever works with her in the future will be equally pleased.
Chris Neumeyer, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP, Taiwan
Lara is a consummate professional who navigates her very visible role as lead marketer for Duane Morris' Asian practice with ease and grace. Given a time difference that makes collaboration across the Pacific complicated, she nevertheless manages to work in constant collaboration with the large U.S.- based marketing and BD staff, and during our years together at the firm, was always available to help me out with issues and projects that were not necessarily technically her "beat." She knows the market well, and the exigencies of the different countries' legal systems just as well. Lara is strategic, very knowledgeable, and has the lawyers' respect and attention. I'd happily work with her again, and hope I have the opportunity.
Joshua Peck, Owner, Peck Legal Communications, USA
Quite frankly, it's not often a lawyer will heap praise on their marketing department. However, in the case of Lara it is truly deserved. Lara is probably the most useful marketing resource I have come across.
Michael Chong, Director, My Cross-Border Law, Australia
Lara was a pleasure to work with! She is extremely knowledgeable and connected to the legal industry. Her positive attitude, intelligence and cheerful personality made it very easy to work with her, even with a sizable geographic distance between us.
Amy Leshko Abbonizio, Media Relations Manager, Duane Morris LLP, USA
I heard Lara speak on an LMA panel about international legal marketing opportunities and challenges. Her perspective was very helpful in both the bigger picture aspects as well as more tactical advice. I subsequently reached out to her to ask her advice on a specific issue, and she was responsive, generous with her time and thoughtful advice, and even offered connections to others in her network who might be helpful to me. Glad to count her as part of my network!
Deirdre Christin, Chief Marketing Officer, Covington & Burling LLP, USA