Jonathan Marshall

I am an executive coach, psychotherapist, and leadership trainer. I've held faculty positions at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and the Singapore Management University. At INSEAD, I have been a coach and supervisor, and at Yale-NUS a lecturer of leadership studies.

I started to bridge clinical psychology, coaching, and leadership while stationed at Harvard Business School. I found that clinical work with high performers at times resembled executive coaching. I went on to a full-time university faculty position where I focused on working with mid-career students, executives, and groups to be more effective in leadership and teamwork. My emphasis was on creating personal and group transformation. By the end of my career, I hope to have created a single, integrated framework that will help people develop greater well-being and effectiveness. Regardless if we are concerned with coping with clinical struggles or striving for peak performance, managing our minds is key.

I am a third-generation Singaporean. I started my leadership work as a Naval officer in the Singapore Armed Forces. There, I led 3 platoons; 100 people. Later I joined the 20-person start-up that became Yahoo! Mail. I went on to do a doctorate in counseling psychology at Stanford University and a post-doctorate fellowship at Harvard University. I’ve had two full-time, tenure-track university positions and won two commendations for teaching excellence at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore).

I have been particularly influenced by the work of Irvin Yalom, a pioneer of existential psychotherapy. My clinical training includes:

• cognitive-behavioral therapy
• couples counseling
• dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
• ego-state therapy
• existential therapy
• eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
• focusing (Gendlin)
• Gestalt therapy
• group process
• human sexuality
• hypnotherapy
• mindfulness-based stress reduction
• psychodynamic therapy
• schema therapy
• somatic experiencing

As an executive coach I received a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and became a Certified Integral Coach with New Ventures West. Tangentially related to my work, I have completed a two-and-a-half year program for long-term practitioners of mindfulness meditation.

In 2013, I focused primarily on developing Marshall Consulting, a boutique human development firm, and I continue to be involved with courses at Yale-NUS and INSEAD. At last count, I have worked with approximately 2000 people from 100 countries. I have lived in Singapore, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. And since the start of the pandemic, I’ve discovered the joys of making ceramics at the potter’s wheel.