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Diane Ho-1

Diane Ho

Executive Coach

Diane is an executive coach with over 30 years of global leadership experience across the US, Asia Pacific, and China, specialising in intercultural and leadership development. Drawing on her bicultural background and senior corporate career, she helps leaders navigate complexity with mindfulness, confidence, and authentic presence to achieve meaningful growth.

Country: China

Sector experience: Marketing & Communications and PR. 

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Background

Diane is an executive coach with over 30 years of leadership experience working in the US, Hong Kong, Asia Pacific and China. Her corporate career was in the marketing and communications industry managing international PR agencies and as an in-house marketing leader for second largest real estate and financial management firm. As a senior executive, she managed P&Ls, built, led and grew teams, worked in country, regional and global roles, and initiated innovative business and marketing programs.

Diane was born in Hong Kong, and immigrated to the US when she was four years old. Raised by traditional Chinese parents and educated in the US, her bicultural upbringing helps to bridge cultural differences. Since relocated to Hong Kong in 1992 and has lived in China since 1998. She raised her family in Shanghai and still resides in the city with her husband. As China continues to gain presence on the global stage, she is working with increasingly more Chinese professionals and companies as they seek ways to grow.

 
 
Coaching Style

Diane focuses on compassion, exploration and mindfulness in working with her clients.  Her aim is to help clients transcend beyond limitations and obstacles so they can find a path to a more fulfilling personal and professional life and achieve goals.  She applies:

  • Exploration of how culture, gender and upbringing shape values, behaviors and attitudes
  • Discovery and healing insights: meditation, cognitive behaviour and drivers of change
  • Her breadth and depth of knowledge and experience from leadership and management roles in corporations and as an entrepreneur
 
Special Interests

  • Intercultural communications

  • Leadership presence and impact

  • Work/life balance

  • Mental fitness

  • Self-confidence and motivation

  • Career and personal transitions

  • Entrepreneurship



Training & Qualifications

  • Master Coach Level 3, International Executive Coaching and Leadership, ICF

  • Accredited Master Coach, International Coaching Council (ICC)

  • Certified Manager / Leader as Coach (ICC)

  • Trained on Harrison Assessments (paradox graphs)

  • Bachelor of Arts, School of Communications (California State University, Fullerton)


Current Clients

Diane has worked with a range of professionals from various sectors including Banking, Law, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, and Technology. 
All employees deserve to get an attentive, committed and improvement focused coach, and all businesses deserve to get improvement from investing their employees. This coaching experience delivered on both those things - it’s the easiest decision you can make
Head of Social Strategy
Toy Construction Company
The six sessions I had with my ECC Coach changed my perspective of coaching. I was initially uncertain (and possibly sceptical) about the benefits of coaching but my coach read me very well and knew when to coax a response out from me by being encouraging and when to firmly push me to see the benefits of reframing some of my previously held positions.
Head of Legal
International Property Group
I found my ECC coaching sessions incredibly valuable – for the unique and necessary space I was seeking as a sole proprietor to feel heard, understood and connected to a peer in business. My coaching experience provided a safe space where I could be the real me, and provided a relationship I could truly trust. Thank you ECC.
Manager
Creative Retail Agency
The coaches at ECC are commercial, pragmatic and highly focused. The coaching they provide on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our senior executives to gain greater perspective in terms of managing relationships, prioritising, strategic thinking, influencing and confidence.
Senior Leader
Multinational Retailing Company
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