Today's guest is Tan Su Shan, Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS. Su Shan is a trailblazer, and a prominent leader in the financial world. Prior to leading the institutional banking business, she was Group Head of Consumer Banking and Wealth Management for close to a decade. Before joining DBS, Su Shan was Morgan Stanley’s Head of Private Wealth Management for Southeast Asia. She has also worked at Citibank and prior to that at ING Barings in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.   I've always admired Su Shan for not just her impressive accomplishments in her career, but also how she has a strong bond with her two grown children, and husband of 25years. I have learnt so much from her as a leader, mother, wife and daughter.   In this episode, Su Shan goes into detail about her career and leadership journey, the key habits and routines that have kept her going, how she balances her career with family commitments, what it takes to build a strong marriage, her definition of success and how that has evolved, what she thinks the most important skills and traits are today and for the future. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 01:20 Su Shan's background 5:28 Her leadership philosophy 7:20 Cultivating deep self-awareness 09:35 Su Shan's habits and routines 12:05 Balancing a career with family commitments 16:11 Parental lesson, advice & building a healthy marriage 22:26 The evolution of her definition of Success 26:19 Developing Resilience 28:09 Discussing workforce challenges in the future 31:00 Rachel answers Su Shan's question 36:19 Outro Find RachReflects on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://rachreflects.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://instagram.com/ms_rach