Raise Your Game

Many successful business people and sales professionals use some form of NLP tools, whether consciously or unconsciously. NLP can give you strategic influence, help create and maintain rapport, teach you the right questions to ask to address customer concerns, give you inductive language tools to impress upon people and teach you to negotiate effectively. Our resident NLP expert, Sheila Singam of...

It would be fair to assume that the term Clean Language means to refrain from the use of profanity and expletives. However in this context, Clean Language helps people to convey their own meaning that is free from the distracting and often biased interpretation of others.  Caitlin Walker, a student of  David Grove, the man who developed the technique,  teaches us how we can utilize...

Aida Adnan is back with another series and this time, she joins us every week to share 4 secrets to designing your ultimate breakthrough year. In the final episode, we discuss how to stay empowered and motivated until we reach our destination. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perhaps because it’s something we use as frequently as we do our eyes or our hands and feet… but unless you’re a vocal artist, most of us don’t spend much time thinking about our voice- how we use it, and the impact it can have on others. Cynthia Zhai, author of Influence Through Voice, shows how we can harness our voice to gain respect, establish authority and leave an im...

The limelight has always been placed on leadership. What it is, how it looks and sounds, and how best to succeed at it. But in the modern workplace, almost all our work is done in teams. Samantha Hurwitz, co-author of Leadership is Half the Story gets us to focus on followership- the other part of the equation that is necessary to create a productive and collaborative environment. See omnystudio.c...

Everyone experiences stress. The further you advance in work and life, the bigger the responsibilities and the greater the stress. We’ve come up with many ways to cope with stress- in Japan, there’s even a Venting Place, where you can smash plates and frustrations away! But is there truly a respite from this omnipresent feeling? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the ever increasing expectations for higher performance, looking and feeling rested might not be a common sight at the workplace. Are we so entrenched in productive mode that rightful rest is now a term of extinction, while continuous work is becoming a mark of distinction? We explore with Joseph Tan of Leaderonomics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robin Sharma is best known as the author of the “Monk Who Sold His Ferarri” and “The Leader Who Had No Title”, a bestseller which was adapted into a signature training program. With attention grabbing modules like becoming a “Merchant of Wow!”, it’s considered by entrepreneurs and executives as a key tool to help elevate their performance. Angel Ng and Iva...

Most of us are well acquainted with that feeling of frustration when you're excited to try a new app or gadget that sounds fantastic and looks great, but just isn't user friendly. Believing that there really is no excuse for bad design, Mona Patel founded Motivate Design- an agency in the States that does a lot of research and thinking to find creative ways to improve the user experience for produ...

Aida Adnan is back with another series and this time, she’s joins us every week to share 4 secrets to designing your ultimate breakthrough year. This episode, we talk about igniting passion, challenging old beliefs and installing new and more empowering ones instead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone needs to persuade and influence- whether you’re a CEO or pitching your first start up, the ability to tell a good story is a requisite skill. Indhra Seghar shares lessons in storytelling through his experience in helping businesses build their brand and story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The way we work and how we determine the path of our careers have changed as the world continues to evolve. This shift has made it increasingly difficult for employers to find people with the right skills and mindset to get the job done. Joshua and Awatif of Leaderonomics share their thoughts on what’s required to prepare the workforce of the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

The globalized and virtual world have given rise to some of the most culturally diverse workplaces in modern times. Teaming individuals from starkly different backgrounds together is bound to be fruitful, but not without its challenges. We speak to Erin Meyer, author of The Culture Map and winner of a 2015 Thinkers50 award, to decode cultural differences, avoid its’ traps and understand its...

Information overload is one of the easiest routes to creating miscommunication, confusion and chaos. Abby Covert is a sensemaker- she specializes in Information Architecture, which essentially means arranging parts of something to make it understandable. Abby helps us find ways to make sense of the mess that comes from information overwhelm.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

 Aida Adnan is back with another series and for the first episode she’ll be looking at the one of the most important driving factors in any endeavor- purpose. We examine all the elements that can help us identify our purpose and how it can be best aligned with our professional goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does science help us understand what influences the decisions behind buying behaviour? Lim Eng Weng guides us through the concept of neuro selling and how it can be used to build better connections that translate to more sales. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Star Wars fever reaches epic levels, Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics looks at the entire Star Wars eco-system and examines the motives and methods of running an enterprise in a galaxy far far away, and how it's successes and failures might resemble much of our own.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Good People Better Leaders series comes to an end. But as the new year approaches, Shankar Santhiram of EQTD Consulting invites all to start a new chapter- opening our eyes and minds, exploring the opportunities available and implementing the techniques and concepts talked about over the last 2 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a wealth of expert advice and profound insights shared throughout the year on Raise Your Game. We curate some of our favourite discoveries and lessons learned for anyone looking to jumpstart their 2016. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your spouse might be many things to you, but could he or she also be your confidante and coach in your professional life? We talk through the pros and cons of having your spouse or partner as a career coach with the couple who have tried and tested it all, Mousumi & Naveen Bhat, authors of She Speaks, He Listens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With just a few more days to bid 2015 farewell, how can we best look back on our experiences and lessons learned? Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics invites us to reflect upon the year that was and renew ourselves for the year to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people face problems when trying to conduct reviews. This episode talks about the most common problems they face and how to address these problems or ensure such issues don’t occur. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nadege Esteban is the founder of Wise Mind, a company that creates effective and enjoyable mindfulness-based learning experiences to inspire and empower people to grow from the inside-out. As a certified mindfulness trainer and coach, she believes that mindfulness is not merely a nice-to-have, but a must-have. Nadege is on a mission to inspire as many people as possible to give mindfulness a try a...

Carmine Gallo is a former reporter and anchor for CNN and CBS. He has sat down with many of the most dynamic and respected business leaders of our time, to gain insight into what makes a great leader. He's here to share with us some ideas from his book, Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of The World's Top Minds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Change is hard and the fear for it stops us from exploring and developing ourselves. However, if we want to succeed and go far in life, we have to embrace change and change ourselves before expecting our surroundings to follow suit. Prema Jayabalan of Leaderonomics talks us through the process of embracing change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.