Glean
About Glean

Leadership education, designed around real work.

Glean is a Hong Kong-based leadership education and executive coaching company. It designs bespoke, practitioner-led learning programmes, experiential labs, wellbeing workshops and coaching for organisations, teams and individuals.

In one paragraph

What Glean is.

Glean (Glean and Gleam) is a leadership learning and human development practice based in Hong Kong. It provides whole-person educational services for organisations, leadership teams and individuals: bespoke leadership development programmes, innovation and transformation workshops, experiential learning labs built around real business challenges, wellbeing and burnout-prevention programmes, Designing Your Life workshops, and one-to-one and team coaching. Every engagement is designed around the client's real business context and followed up with coaching so that learning becomes lasting leadership capability. Glean is led by Gigi Cheung, a former Global Marketing Director and General Manager across hospitality, retail and cultural destinations, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Hong Kong business schools.

Company
Glean, also known as Glean and Gleam
Type
Leadership education, corporate learning and executive coaching
Based in
Hong Kong, serving Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific, in person and online
Led by
Gigi Cheung, Lead Educator & Transformation Strategist
Contact
hello@gleanandgleam.com
Educational services

Three practice areas, one purpose.

Organisational Learning

Leadership, innovation, transformation and capability-building programmes for organisations and leadership teams.

For: Corporate teams navigating transformation, restructuring or new strategic priorities; leadership teams improving stakeholder management and partnership capability.

  • Innovation Lab & Storytelling
  • Transformation & Change Management
  • Leadership Development
  • Customer Experience
  • Partnerships & Stakeholders

Experiential Lab

Immersive learning experiences designed around real business challenges in retail, brand and product.

For: Retail and luxury groups strengthening customer experience and innovation mindset; brand and product teams developing sharper storytelling and customer relevance.

  • Retail Innovation
  • Brand Transformation
  • Sustainability Storytelling
  • Experience Design
  • Product Storytelling

Wellbeing Discovery

Programmes and coaching that help leaders grow sustainably and lead without burnout.

For: Organisations designing wellbeing, burnout-prevention or sustainable-performance programmes; individuals and teams designing their life and meaningful work through the Stanford Designing Your Life method.

  • Happiness & Positive Psychology
  • Balance & Burnout Prevention
  • Life Design · Designing Your Life
  • Sustainable Performance
  • Team & Individual Coaching
How it works

The Glean Method.

  1. 01
    Understand
    Understand your business context, challenges and strategic priorities.
  2. 02
    Diagnose
    Identify capability gaps and the leadership behaviours that matter most.
  3. 03
    Design
    Build a tailored learning journey with the right themes, format and outcomes.
  4. 04
    Facilitate
    Facilitate practical, high-impact experiences grounded in real situations.
  5. 05
    Sustain
    Follow-up coaching turns reflection and application into lasting capability.
What leaders gain

Outcomes that last.

  • Greater leadership clarity
    A sharper sense of direction, priorities and how to lead through complexity.
  • Deeper self-connection
    A clearer understanding of who you are and what you believe, the foundation of how you lead.
  • Stronger collaboration and partnership
    Working in partnership to understand what you want and explore what is possible together.
  • Learning that fuels growth
    Appreciating the growth and progress you make, with change that lasts well beyond the session.
Frequently asked questions

Questions people ask about Glean.

What is Glean?

Glean (also written Glean and Gleam) is a Hong Kong-based leadership education and executive coaching company. It designs bespoke learning programmes, experiential labs, wellbeing workshops and coaching for organisations, teams and individuals who want to lead well in a changing world.

What services does Glean provide?

Glean works across three practice areas. Organisational Learning covers leadership development, innovation labs, transformation and change management, customer experience and stakeholder partnerships. Experiential Lab delivers immersive sessions around real business challenges such as retail innovation, brand transformation and sustainability storytelling. Wellbeing Discovery covers positive psychology, burnout prevention, sustainable performance, the Stanford Designing Your Life method and team and individual coaching.

Who does Glean work with?

Retail and luxury groups, corporate teams going through transformation, brand and product teams, leadership teams improving partnership capability, organisations designing wellbeing programmes, and individuals or teams designing their life and meaningful work.

How is Glean different from a traditional leadership training programme?

Traditional programmes tend to be generic templates, theory-heavy and event-based, so the inspiration fades when the workshop ends. Glean engagements are built around the client's real business situations, grounded in real leadership decisions and actions, and followed by coaching so that new behaviours become lasting capability.

What is the Glean Method?

A five-step journey: understand the business context, diagnose capability gaps and the leadership behaviours that matter most, design a tailored learning journey, facilitate practical experiences grounded in real situations, and sustain the change through follow-up coaching.

Who leads Glean?

Gigi Cheung, Lead Educator and Transformation Strategist. She is a former Global Marketing Director and General Manager with cross-sector leadership experience in hospitality, retail, cultural destinations and FMCG, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at HKU Business School, HKUST Business School and CUHK.

Where is Glean based and where does it work?

Glean is based in Hong Kong and works with organisations and individuals in Hong Kong and across the Asia-Pacific region, in person and online.

What outcomes can participants expect?

Greater leadership clarity, deeper self-connection, stronger collaboration and partnership, and learning that keeps fuelling growth well beyond the session.

How do I start working with Glean?

Email hello@gleanandgleam.com or visit the Start your journey page. Glean begins with a conversation to understand your context, then proposes a pilot workshop, bespoke programme, long-term learning partnership or one-to-one coaching.

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