Episode #32: Life After Getting Fired, Leadership Hacks, Heterosexual Hullabaloo in the Church and Unique Asian American Perspective with Leadership Coach Jerry Fu, PharmD, ACC

Author: De'Vannon Hubert
Published: Fri 07 Jan 2022
Episode Link: None

INTRODUCTION:

Jerry Fu was born in the United States, growing up in a Taiwanese family. He encountered conflicts at work, in culture, and within himself. He didn’t know how to handle any of it, and he didn’t know where to look for help. Worse, he lost a job because he continually avoided conflict with an upset boss. But getting fired was the wake-up call he needed. Jerry had to adapt myself and improve as a leader, which meant engaging the conflict he disliked so much. Ironically, his ongoing struggle with conflict became a fascination. Now, Jerry helps others take on the same challenges. Jerry’s clients experience three benefits:

1.Clarity in next steps to take
2.Confidence to take them

3.Closure after overcoming the difficulty

Jerryis also a pharmacist and a leadership coach. He works with Asian-American
professionals on their career and life journeys. He focuses on resolving
clients' conflict at work, in culture, and within themselves. His services
include one-on-one coaching, group workshops, and keynote presentations.

Beforestarting his coaching business, Jerry completed a Biology degree at Rice
University. He also attended pharmacy school at the University of
Tennessee-Memphis. Teaching a leadership workshop in 2012 inspired him to
become a pharmacy manager. He completed the CoachRICE Leadership Certificate
Program in spring of 2020. He is an ICF-certified coach and certified talent
optimization consultant with Predictive Index. His interests include travel,
cooking, playing guitar/piano, and lots of salsa dancing. If you’ve read this
far, then this poses the question: What can JFu do for you?

INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):

· Unique Asian American perspective
· Bouncing back from getting fired

· Dealing with conflict on the job

· Leadership hacks

· Coronavirus disruptions

· Heterosexual hullabaloo in the church!!!

· Surviving loss of a business

· Dealing with workplace conflict

· Xenophobia in Harris County

· Salsa dancing lessons and how they transfer into leadership skills

o Command

o Confidence