Raise Your Game

The new generation of workers, the millennials and Gen-Z, have been on the receiving end of numerous bashing of their work ethics. In this Raise Your Game segment, Alvin Teoh shed some light in understanding these generations and how to bring out the best of their motivation and abilities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every last Monday of the month, Sheila Singam uses case studies to illustrate how NLP techniques can be utilised as tools to transform and solve challenges in business and in your personal life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Change is always full of uncertainties, and it can be daunting to make a change in your life without knowing what effect that may have. We’ve all struggled with making big decisions or even to know what decision to make! Allan Pease speaks to us about his book with Barbara Pease called ‘The Answer’, all about discovering what you want from life and making it happen. See omnystudi...

In this week’s Raise Your Game, Roshan Thiran explores the life of world-famous economist Adam Smith. Smith who is well known for coining the term "the invisible hand of the market" is not known for his leadership prowess but for his wisdom on economics. Yet, he has written much on leadership and happiness. Roshan showcases some leadership lessons that we can garner from Adam Smith, inc...

Part of the work culture nowadays promotes constant activity - if you’re not doing something you often feel obliged to fill your schedule. However, it’s important to not only remember to take a break, but also to know how to take that break. We speak to Alex Soojung-Kim Pang about how rest plays a critical role in overall productivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

A lot about who we are today is shaped from experiences we've had in our youth. It’s common knowledge that kids need to be given space to explore and experiment to allow them to form their identity while trying new things. Yet we sometimes forget that this space is necessary even till their teenage days. Even then, more emphasis is often placed on the kind of 'content' that young people are...

It is easy to get stuck in a mindset that isn’t necessarily the most efficient way of doing things, but it is hard to recognise that and improve from there. George Aveling, CEO of TMI Malaysia, shares with us the tips to create a paradigm shift for your work culture in his book, Shift! Powerful Stories of Organizational Transformation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So much of what constitutes leadership today centres too much on the individual’s personality that the organisation culture is in danger of being a personality-driven culture rather than being purpose-driven. The danger of having too much executive force is that employees then will be lulled into a “you-tell-me-what-to-do” culture that eventually stifles creativity, innovation an...

Compassionate Leadership is a term that is increasingly rising in usage today. It stems from the research of Mindfulness and is much needed in today's climate where Volatility, Uncertainty, Change and Ambiguity is ever present. What is Compassionate Leadership? What is it's benefits? How can we practice Compassionate Leadership in empowering and leading people, organisations and communities toward...

Every last Monday of the month, Sheila Singam uses case studies to illustrate how NLP techniques can be utilised as tools to transform and solve challenges in business and in your personal life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexander The Great is regarded as one of the most amazing and prominent military minds in the world having conquered the known world in just a few years. Learn how we can take some of these lessons learnt from Alexander and bring it into our world of business, including learning to grow our business into an empire, like how Alexander did. We speak to Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics as he explore...

What does it mean by executive presence? How does it fare in the corporate world or at the workplace? Is being a top performer enough or it’s necessary to have executive presence in order to be considered for positions of authority? How do you go about having a balance of both substance and style? CEO of KL Strategic Change Consulting, Dr Victor SL Tan shares the 5 “C”s of Execut...

How often have you heard in management meetings – “Our numbers are looking dismal, each one of you need to take on a new set of stretched goals to push our company performance to the next level!” If stretching the goals is all it takes to push for greater profits and productivity, then performance management should be the most straightforward of all organizational development pra...

97% of businesses are made up of SMEs and they make up 36% of the overall Malaysian economic GDP. By understanding the constraints SME business owners face at the various stages of their journey, we are able to develop a possible intervention that would help scale their businesses which would, in turn, create a more sustainable Malaysian economy. Michael from Leaderonomics shares his insights on t...

We were often told that we can achieve anything we want, but why aren’t we achieving it? We often assume we know why we do what we do, but how do you explain when things don’t go the way we assume, or even, how do you explain when someone achieve the things that defies all the assumptions? Joining us today is Simon Sinek, the author of ‘Start With Why’, ‘Leaders Eat L...

In the run-up to the SEA Games, Sashe shares about how world class teams can teach us about team dynamics. By looking at key traits that different teams in different sports practice to be successful, we can glean lessons that are relevant to the business world. After all, some lessons are best learnt on the playing field. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We live in one of those moments in history of revolutionary change. New technologies have enabled us to be truly globally connected, unleashing amazing potential at the individual level. Yet we are still anchored with the baggage of management technology that surfaced at the start of the industrial revolution. To truly embrace the language of a digitalised world and become socially engaged co-crea...

Got recently promoted as a new manager? Being a manager is an entirely different ballgame, with it being one of the most stressful and challenging transitions in any career due to the significant change in working styles, habits, and most importantly – managing a group or workforce. Tune in to learn four fundamental engagement strategies to create an engaged team of your own. See omnystudio....

At Leaderonomics, we believe that growing a person into a leader is a process that spans one's entire life. Different elements need to come together at different stages of one's life, in order to facilitate a person's leadership capabilities. A key element that needs to be introduced early in one's life, is character. In this session, Eva shares with us about how this is important in one's leaders...

In this segment of ‘The Science of Building Leaders’, Roshan Thiran shares some of the lessons he learnt in his encounter with Chris Gartner on entrepreneurship and leadership. A movie called ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ starring Will Smith as Chris Gartner was made based on Chris’s rag to riches story. In this segment, Roshan explores not only the lessons from Chris&rs...

Most of us would have gotten our first dose of leadership from the first leader in our lives - our fathers. One key advice in leadership is to 'never lose your principles even when the going gets tough' - something many fathers may have exemplified or advised at least once throughout the course of our lives. How do you stick to your principles when the going gets tough? What are the key traits nee...

Endurance is a key leadership trait required to achieve success. Often familiar with the trait when speaking about physical goals and achievements, but most likely less familiar in the context of leadership. Sashe discusses the key steps to take in helping us build endurance. Similarly to physical endurance, this is also something to practice at work. Listen how endurance can make heroes out of ev...

Continuing on the Science of Building Leaders series, Roshan Thiran, CEO of Leaderonomics will be sharing lessons learnt from one of his personal heroes, Ben Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Franklin believed there was no such thing as impossible and went on to believe everything is possible. Listen in as Roshan shares some leadership lessons he picked up from reading Fr...

Having to write a variety of articles in the areas of business, leadership and personal development, Prethiba will be sharing her recent study of the 4th wave of industrialisation, how it will impact employment in Malaysia and what we as individuals, organisations and the government can do to ensure fresh graduates and employees stay relevant and employable in the future. See omnystudio.com/listen...

In today’s context, empowerment means to assign authority and trust to an individual to carry out certain assigned responsibilities. This all sounds good as an end goal – however, is that enough? Is giving more power and autonomy really the answer to improved engagement and performance? Find out more as Joseph Tan from Leaderonomics shares his thoughts on how to empower your employees...