Raise Your Game

We’ve all had moments where we felt like life was living us, and not the other way around. It can be difficult, especially in times of crisis and change, to feel like you really are holding the reins. Dr. Reza Abraham, co-founder of InControl Group, shares how you can take complete control of your life and career, and his systematic approach to that, based on his book “In Control”. Image Credit: I...

It’s just under 4 months till end of the year and it is time for Entrepreneurs to slam on the accelerator and to finish strong! Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab takes us through 8 powerful keys to finish the year, 2022, on a very high note and enter the new year with hope and excitement! Grab your devices or pen and paper and take some notes and get with your teams and execute everyth...

Maybe you’ve just graduated, or maybe you’ve been working for decades, or maybe you’re entirely self employed - but all of us know of the nerves and jitters that come with starting a new job, especially if it’s your very first one. How do you enter a new situation like this with confidence? I’m joined today by Matthew Raj Adam, content creator & special projects partner at Leaderonomics, to di...

One of the struggles of being an entrepreneur is the pressure to feel like you have to do it all yourself. A huge lesson for all leaders to learn, though, is how to delegate effectively and utilise your team to the fullest; and often this comes with a ton of support from administrative personnel. Amanda Hamilton, founder of remote administrative support service Hamilton Raye, divulges the trick to...

The past few years have truly shaken up the workplace. We’ve been jostled into a different way of thinking about work and working, especially when it comes to what we think of leadership and how we want to conduct ourselves as leaders. Paul Glover, C-Suite Performance Coach and author of WorkQuake: Making The Seismic Shift To A “Knowledge Economy”, styles himself the “no BS” coach, and guides us t...

Getting a company organised - especially if you’re newer to entrepreneurship - can often seem daunting, with a hundred tasks all seemingly of equal urgency and importance. How do you sort through the mess and focus on the work that really matters? Owen McGab Enaohwo, CEO and co-founder of SweetProcess, explains exactly how entrepreneurs can simplify their organisation’s operations.  Image Cre...

As the twin forces of a recessionary and inflationary economy hit businesses everywhere, the first area to feel the impact is sales and especially sales people. Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of Leverage Lab, outlines several specific and powerful keys for salespeople to work on to pick up their sales very quickly and hit targets. Image Credit: Shutterstock | Digital Storm See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Trust is absolutely key in the workplace, but some say trust is earned while others claim trust is given. How do you build trust in the workplace? What happens if that trust is broken? And how can organisations better show trust in their employees? Vivian Po, senior partner at necole & learning and engagement consultant for Leaderonomics shares her thoughts. Image Credit: Vivian Po Linkedin pa...

Oftentimes, leaders may feel enormous amounts of pressure; whether it’s in how to position themselves as leaders, how well they’re doing in leading their team, or feeling like they have to do it all alone. That’s where leadership coaching firm Brandheart comes in; founder & CEO Glen Campbell explains how to discover what he calls your “Best Self Identity”, and how taking care of yourself first...

 As the recession and inflation plays out locally and globally, the one thing on every entrepreneur’s mind, especially SME owners, is “how do I profit from this?” To help business owners do exactly that, Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of LeverageLab shares 6 very specific things that entrepreneurs can implement in order to prosper in businesses during times like this Image Credit : Creativa Images...

Critical thinking is a crucial skill, but how can we integrate that developmental process to a point where it becomes second nature as an adult? Kiran Tuljaram, editor at Leaderonomics, discusses why she started teaching her children critical thinking skills at an early age, and how vital these structures are for navigating the adult world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Everyone’s got a dream, but it can feel scary or intimidating to know where to start in achieving it, especially if you’ve got a really big dream. How do you take the first step? Zander Sprague, public speaker, author, and licensed professional clinical counsellor takes us through the motions of achieving your dream, no matter how epic the journey seems. Image Credit: Zander Sprague Website See om...

Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations A.I. Advisor, Chief Innovation Officer in University of California at Irvine, and globally-recognized speaker and author. Through his work with Global Fortune 500 companies as a change maker, he created a disruptive thinking framework called TUCBO; he joins us to explain the framework, as well as why organisations need to disrupt themselves bef...

Digitalisation has become all the rage nowadays, with companies left, right, and centre jumping on the bandwagon in the wake of the pandemic. But when it comes to digital learning, is this something truly sustainable, or will we be reverting back to what worked before? Nigesh Armon, COO of Leaderonomics’ digital learning experience platform, Necole, sheds some light on the pros and cons as well as...

Sadly, over the years we have seen far too many examples of leaders who allow toxicity and rampant corruption in their leadership styles and organisations. How do we as individuals and leaders hold ourselves accountable, and is it ever too late to redeem ourselves? Oga Chan, head of Acumen Academy Malaysia, discusses the ideas of moral leadership & accountability; how, exactly, can we work tow...

One of the best tools for business success is being able to control your narrative, and what better way to do that than writing a book? Chandler Bolt, author and CEO of Self-Publishing School and selfpublishing.com , shares how instrumental writing books can be in sharing your message and even growing and scaling your business. Image Credit: Chandler Bolt on Amazon See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Oftentimes in life we feel like we have to catch up to other people’s milestones; that there are arbitrary points in time we have to have accomplished something by, but that simply isn’t true. So what do you do when you hit the points of your life that make you feel like you’re being left behind? Shashi Kesavan, Head of Strategic Projects at Leaderonomics, discusses the benefits of starting late a...

The past few years have truly shone a spotlight on the importance of communication in the workplace. What are the new standards for defining good workplace communication? How can improving communication in the workplace impact inclusion, diversity, and level up your work culture? Heather Hansen, trainer, author, and global communication consultant at the Global Speech Academy, discusses that and m...

When it comes to advertising and marketing, one of the most important points to hit a customer is their heart. Utilising and understanding emotions in advertising could be the make-or-break moment to push that campaign and product into greater success. So how do you use emotions to go beyond market research? Dr. Duane Varan, CEO and founder of neurometric lab-based research company MediaScience, e...

As Malaysia opens up to the world post pandemic, the number one priority for businesses everywhere is Sales. And a key asset to getting huge sales is a company’s highly performing and successful Salespeople. Having coached and trained salespeople and sales teams for over 2 decades, Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of LeverageLab, has put together a framework of key habits that successful salespeople embr...

It is naturally important for us to guide and develop our youth in order to shape a better future. Darren Timothy, special projects partner at Leaderonomics Youth, discusses whether digital youth development programmes are less impactful than physical programmes; and what your own upskilling journey could look like in digitising your engagement with youth. Image Credit: Leaderonomics Youth Officia...

The conversation surrounding mental health, the workplace, and how the pandemic has affected all of us has taken root and only continues to gain steam. And one of the best tools in this conversation is a sense of structure and communication. Founder of OKRs Coaches, Catherine Chen, discusses the concept of the “Objectives and Key Results” framework (OKR) and how OKRs can provide some much-needed a...

One of the many issues that the pandemic has encouraged over the past few years is isolation and loneliness. With many of us working from home or in bare-bones, empty offices, it has been a hard issue to combat indeed. Nick Jonsson, co-founder and MD at EGN Singapore, the largest confidential peer network for the C-suite & entrepreneurs in Asia, discusses how we can identify these issues and f...

For many businesses, the last two years of this pandemic was all about surviving. Now it is time to thrive as markets and borders open up globally. The key to thriving in business is marketing; however, many entrepreneurs and managers don’t have a proper marketing strategy for their businesses and don’t even know where to begin to build an effective marketing strategy. Founder of LeverageLab, Jeev...

What is ESG? How does it differ from and tie into the SDGs and CSRs? And how does a strong ESG proposition in a company contribute to value creation in an organisation? Rashmi Menon, country managing director of Leaderonomics Malaysia, explains the powerful role ESG can play in your business. Image Credit: Shutterstock | HTWE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.