
Emotional Resilience & Human-Centered Leadership Expert
TEDx & Global Speaker
In today’s fast paced insurance industry, stress and uncertainty are unavoidable. Yet resilience is not about bouncing back but bouncing forward. This keynote reframes resilience as a skill anyone can build rather than a personality trait. Yang Xi Ren introduces the practical and empowering C.A.R.E framework to help leaders manage emotions intentionally and turn pressure into performance. By cultivating positivity, leaders strengthen psychological safety, energise teams, and sustain high performance without burnout. This session is especially critical as hybrid work, rapid change, and rising client expectations intensify emotional demands. Participants leave with simple, science backed tools to lead calmly under pressure and create resilient, human centred teams.
Insurance leaders and managers; Corporate leaders
Participants learn how to turn stress into performance by applying positivity and the C.A.R.E resilience framework daily.
In today’s fast paced insurance industry, stress, uncertainty, and constant change are unavoidable. Yet resilience is not about bouncing back but bouncing forward. This keynote introduces a powerful mindset shift by showing that resilience is a learnable skill rather than a fixed trait. Yang Xi Ren presents the practical and empowering C.A.R.E framework to help leaders manage emotions intentionally, reframe stress, and take purposeful action. By cultivating positivity and emotional clarity, leaders strengthen teams, foster psychological safety, and sustain high performance without burnout. This session is especially timely as hybrid work, rising client demands, and rapid change intensify the need for emotionally intelligent, resilient leadership across organisations.
Leaders and managers operating in fast paced, high pressure environments
Participants gain practical resilience skills to manage stress positively, lead calmly under pressure, and sustain high performance without burnout.
Yang Xi Ren is a Gen Z keynote speaker, leadership trainer, and founder of TalentTribe Asia. With a mission to empower young professionals to lead with clarity and confidence, Xi Ren has delivered over 500 keynotes and workshops to more than 15,000 students and professionals across Asia. Her work with global organizations—including Deloitte, Meta, and Singapore Airlines—focuses on equipping Gen Z with the skills to thrive in the modern workplace. Known for her relatable presence, data-backed frameworks, and personal storytelling, she has also spoken on global platforms like TEDx and NUS. Xi Ren combines her consulting background and NUS Business School education to design transformative learning experiences that shift mindsets and inspire action. Her signature topics include personal leadership, purpose-driven success, and building resilience in a fast-changing world.
Empowering Gen Z Leaders
Xi Ren unlocks the leadership potential of young professionals through interactive keynotes, equipping them with self-awareness, confidence, and the ability to lead with purpose in the modern workplace.
Deep Corporate & Campus Insight
Having impacted over 100 companies and 70 universities, Xi Ren bridges the corporate-academic gap, offering actionable strategies to engage, retain, and empower the next generation of leaders.
Relatable & Research-Backed
With personal stories, Gen Z relatability, and data-driven strategies, Xi Ren creates energizing learning experiences that inspire positive mindset shifts and long-term behavioural change.
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Thank you, Xi Ren. Sharing from your own personal journey, it resonated greatly with the staff. Living in turbulent and challenging times, it is indeed important to choose positivity and build resilience.
- GIM GUAN SIM
Executive Director at Singapore National Employers Federation
Had a very good and engaging session with Xi Ren resonates with audience as she was sharing from her personal experience. The CARE framework is easy to adopt and relevant as we embarked on the new year with expectations from work and personal.
- GOH LEE KIAN
Head of HR at SciGen
Congrats Xi Ren in a successful seminar. This has been a significant event to close off 2023 for CrimsonLogic. Awesome counsel and advice to uphold mental wellness to thrive in challenging times! Thank you Xi Ren!
- SYLVIA KOH
Head, Group OD & Transformation at CrimsonLogic
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