Humility in Leadership

Our Strategic Direction: Continue to grow and gain experience as  a management team

Jane Tse’s one piece of advice to everyone: serve with your heart. And this, she demonstrates each day as Wing Kei’s Director of Care where she is responsible for an extensive portfolio, which includes the entire nursing and therapeutics care team. 

Jane came to Wing Kei as a community nurse, working with diabetic and renal disease patients. She recalls her first meeting at Wing Kei when she was asked why she wanted to work for the organization. “I said it was because of the name,” she says. “Wing Kei translates to glory to God and my passion is to serve God.” 

But the decision to take on the exciting and challenging role that Wing Kei had waiting for her took time and meditation. She did devotions, talked with pastors and sought assurances from the Bible before agreeing to the task. Now, she can’t imagine being anywhere else. 
She thrives on a leadership philosophy that recognizes each person as a leader, with areas of expertise and the ability to influence decisions. “I believe people should pass on what they know, support others and inspire each other at work,” she says, noting that is an expectation for every member of the Wing Kei team. “When we sit together to eat lunch, it’s not about what position each of us holds, it is about sharing our experiences to find ways to serve residents better.” 

And that is the core of Jane’s being—serving others to the best of her ability. As a nurse, it is a sweet privilege to be in a position of intimate trust with another human being she says. She draws attention to an image that has always resonated with her—it depicts a caregiver giving water to a frail person, to quench their thirst. She uses the image as a metaphor to guide her as a leader, recognizing herself as the servant, providing friendship to the frail and encouraging her staff to flourish and bear their gifts.