The Trainer Maker  |  Leadership Training That Actually Works

He trains leaders — and builds the internal capability so the change doesn't leave when he does.

Soo Hoo
Yoon Hunn

ASEAN's Trusted Leadership Trainer. 80,000+ Professionals From 48 Nationalities Trained

Your leadership training didn't fail because of your people. It failed because of your trainer.

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Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn — The Trainer Maker

The Trainer Maker Approach

Most trainers teach from their comfort zone. They lack the awareness to see what the organisation actually needs. That is why training produces no lasting impact.

— Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn

I don't just run programmes. I build the capability to deploy them across your entire organisation, so the change doesn't leave when I do.

Practical Activities

Every session is grounded in real-work scenarios. No theoretical frameworks that evaporate when participants return to their desks. Skills that transfer immediately back to the floor.

Real Needs Diagnosis

Before any programme is designed, we diagnose what the organisation actually needs, not what looks good on a training calendar. The intervention is built around the real problem.

Scale Through Others

Soo Hoo runs an active WhatsApp community of practice for 3,500+ trainers across Malaysia and ASEAN, and leads a Facebook group with over 50,000 members. That network means the right specialist can always be matched to the right need — and capability stays in your organisation after the engagement ends.

80,000+
Professionals Trained — across keynotes, team-building events, and multi-day corporate programmes
48
Participant Nationalities
30+
Fortune 500 Teams
17+
Years Experience
3,500+
Trainer Community
50,000+
Facebook Group Members

As Founding President of the Malaysian Association of Professional Trainers and Coaches (MAPTaC), Soo Hoo has spent over a decade raising the standard of professional training in Malaysia.

Why Most Leadership
Training Fails

Most leadership programmes are designed around what the trainer is comfortable delivering — not what the organisation actually needs. The result is training that looks good on a report and changes nothing.

Participants leave feeling inspired. Nothing changes on the floor. Six months later, the same issues resurface. Another programme is booked. The cycle repeats.

This is not a content problem. It is not a participant problem.

It is a trainer problem.

Programmes designed around trainer strengths, not the organisation's actual leadership gaps
Learning that evaporates within 30 days of the programme ending
No way to sustain or embed the change once the trainer leaves
Senior leaders unable to lead across generations, cultures, and functions

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PROOF OF IMPACT

Results That Last Beyond the Training Room

40%
Productivity Improvement

Delivered for a leading insurance company through targeted leadership and performance programmes.

RM200K → RM1M+
Revenue Growth in 3 Years

Helped a professional services firm grow fivefold — without a single advertisement.

100%
Agent Certification Pass Rate

Every candidate passed their licensing examination after completing the programme.

Trusted By

Organisations We Have Served

Shell
Maybank
Google
Intel
Citi
Johnson & Johnson
PETRONAS
Sime Darby
HSBC
AIA
CIMB
Maxis
Kimberly-Clark
FedEx
Motorola Solutions
EPF
Standard Chartered
Tenaga Nasional
Astro
SP Setia
Shell
Maybank
Google
Intel
Citi
Johnson & Johnson
PETRONAS
Sime Darby
HSBC
AIA
CIMB
Maxis
Kimberly-Clark
FedEx
Motorola Solutions
EPF
Standard Chartered
Tenaga Nasional
Astro
SP Setia

What Senior Leaders Say

Soo Hoo does not just train your people — he changes how your organisation thinks about leadership development. Six months after the programme, the behaviours are still there. That has never happened with any other provider.


C. Goon, SVP
Regional Financial Services Group, Malaysia

We have run leadership programmes every year for a decade. This was the first time our managers came back and actually applied what they learned. The multigenerational component was exactly what we were missing.


Jason S., GM People & Organisation
Fortune 500 Manufacturing Organisation, ASEAN

He never ceases to amaze me with his passion, perseverance, persistence and purpose. His genuine love in developing people makes him a rare trainer, facilitator and leader around today.


Dato' James F., 5x IPO Founder
Advisor to 3 Governments

Programmes

Track 1

Workshops & Short Programmes

  • 1 to 3 day programmes built around your organisation's context
  • Real skill transfer to the job, not just the training room
  • Leadership, communication, and influencing for senior teams
  • Designed for VP, GM, and senior management cohorts
  • Delivered in person, virtual, or hybrid
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Track 2

Organisational Capability Partnerships

  • Long-term engagements focused on lasting behaviour change
  • Internal trainer development and certification
  • Access to a WhatsApp community of practice with 3,500+ trainers and a 50,000+ Facebook group
  • Your organisation keeps the capability after the engagement ends
  • Across functions, levels, and geographies in ASEAN
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The Real Cost of Training That Doesn't Work

Training that doesn't change behaviour is not a failed expense. It is a recurring one.

The same leadership gaps surface next year. Another programme gets booked. The same managers struggle with the same teams. The cost is not the fee you paid. It is the compounded cost of a problem that stayed.

One programme that produces lasting change costs less than three that don't.

The 40% productivity improvement and fivefold revenue growth above came from training built around what happens after the last day. Experiential delivery and mindset shift work during the programme. Micro learning, real-world applications, and up to 3 months of WhatsApp and chatbot coaching after. Skills that are practised, supported, and internalised — not just heard and forgotten.

Without lasting behaviour change

  • Training rebooked every 12–18 months
  • Behaviour reverts within 30 days
  • Managers still struggle with the same challenges
  • Culture unchanged regardless of spend

With training designed to last

  • One programme, sustained results across the team
  • Managers apply independently — no re-engagement needed
  • Leadership gaps close and stay closed
  • ROI compounds — you stop paying for the same problem twice

How: experiential learning and mindset shift during the programme. Micro learning and real-world applications after. Up to 3 months of WhatsApp and chatbot coaching access for implementation. The change continues long after the trainer leaves the room.

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If your organisation is dealing with leadership gaps, multigenerational friction, or training that isn't producing behaviour change, let's talk. No pitch. No proposal. A focused conversation about what your organisation actually needs.

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