Raise Your Game

Eric Maisel has written more than 40 books on a wide variety of subjects, from the challenges of living the creative life to natural psychology, the new psychology of meaning.  His interests include creativity, meaning, life purpose, and mental health. He works with clients as a creativity coach, train creativity coaches, and provide core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association. &nb...

Try as we might, there always seems to be things that need to be done-  work to be completed, chores to run, people to see and deadlines to meet. With an endless list of things to do and just a finite amount of time do it, life and work can feel overwhelming. Meet Jim Benson, a man passionate about finding and mastering the best possible solutions to manage our daily life. He joins us today t...

Leadership is no longer predicated on yielding power that comes with position. Many successful companies have flat hierarchies- and an effective leader must know how to navigate the flatlands of management. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Though it’s not always the case, business can tend to be a game of not what you know, but who you know. Roy Sheppard joins us to talk about the importance of building a solid network of business contacts, and how we can leverage on this as a marketing and communication tool.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What role does trust play in an organisation and is it necessary? How does trust and un-trust manifest - more importantly, what are the consequences of both manifestations? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When the unexpected happens, leaders are under intense scrutiny to take charge of the situation and act swiftly with efficiency and intelligence. But in the face of adversity, even the most resilient and courageous of leaders can stumble. Jeevan shares 5 things a leader can do to lead better in a high stress situation. Jeevan will also address key areas in business where such leadership can be app...

Back in 2013, we spoke to author David Marquet about his book Turn The Ship Around, which was about how he led his crew aboard the USS Santa Fe from worst to first. It’s a book that focused on creating a team of leaders rather than a team of followers, all who are able to assume responsibility and accountability for their actions. He joins us today to talk about a workbook that he’s ju...

The world is constantly in a state of dynamic change. The person who is stuck in a rigid state of mind is surely losing out. In this session, Shankar Santhiram explores how effective people work in a constantly changing environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All organisational transformation begins with people. If the people don’t buy into the vision for transformation, or do not have the tools to handle it and execute it, the push for transformation can fail miserably. This week, Sheila Singam and guest professional development consultant Remilla Seeredran, discuss how they use NLP and Time Line Therapy tools to assist in organisational transfo...

In this month’s series, Ray Phoon shares 4 essential tips that will demonstrate the importance of preparing effectively for a sale. The last episode looks at final leg of making an effective sale-  making sure the presentation of your product and offer is done well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Every morning we wake up, intending to fulfil a purpose for the day. Most of the time that purpose is centred around our job, our business or our family. Whether it’s deadlines to meet, meetings to prep for, or customers to attend to, we are constantly in a cycle of doing that happens day in and day out, for most of our lives. And when you’re aiming to do your best, that journey...

In this month’s series, Ray Phoon shares 4 essential tips that will demonstrate the importance of preparing effectively for a sale. This week’s episode looks at how to prospecting and generating leads-  Ray will take us through the ways in ensuring we get this crucial step right.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The recent big flood which mobilised more than 100,000 people in relief work has provided many lessons to learn in how to effectively utilise human resource. The well-meaning public have mostly acted on their own accord, within their own organisations or as individuals, in the race to help the flood victims. However, if there had been a more effective leadership more could have been done with less...

Great teams become great through intentional engagement and commitment. Dysfunctional teams on the other hand neglects basis principles of what bonds people together. In this session, we will learn important people dynamics that will help leaders build great teams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dream big. Think positive. Hard work. Eu Jin, author of An Honest Look At Success invites us to think about whether a positive mindset and attitude is really all it takes to achieve success. By studying various success stories from across the globe, Eu Jin addresses some of the contributing factors behind these achievements and how it can sometimes boil down to something as simple as being at the...

 A big believer in creating honest and accessible work, Adam J. Kurtz, decided to combine his love for art and positive living to publish a book that takes a unique slant on creative personal development. Designed to encourage readers to engage in self-reflection, One Page At a Time serves a diary or journal that invites you take those steps towards a more content and fulfilled life. Adam joi...

In this month’s series, Ray Phoon shares 4 essential tips that will demonstrate the importance of preparing effectively for a sale. This week’s episode looks at determining who is willing to pay for the products at your offered price-  Ray will take us through the ways in ensuring we get this crucial step right.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can we be trusted to lead others if we aren’t able to lead ourselves? Before we think about how to inspire and guide others, we must first be sure that we are in control of our own principles, thoughts, conduct and purpose. Tessie Lim from Leaderonomics joins us to examine the importance and requirements of Personal Mastery.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the biggest challenges of any start up is attempting to capitalize on their marketing budget. Join Jeevan Sahadevan as he shares some tips and tricks on not just how to utilize the available resources, but also how to create an unlimited marketing budget for your business.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 One of the contributing factors to our unhappiness and non fulfillment is our inclination to concede to external influences and other peoples’ expectations and demands of us. When we do, we forego doing the things that we genuinely want to do, submitting instead to the external influences which often hold us back and make us miserable. We speak to Tab Edwards to find out why acting in...

In today’s world, we so often focus on what facts, data and logic tell us and hardly ever listen to what our instinct, or inner self , has to say. It’s time to start getting in tune with your inner thoughts and self– because it is usually right. Listen to what Human Equation founder Sheila Singam and her guest Joycelyn Lee have to say about it on the third episode of Tools for Tr...

How can true peace and happiness be achieved? Dr. Phang Siew Sia explores practical mysticism to unlock life’s truths and how it’s within us all to manifest health, wealth and happiness into our lives.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Senior Consulting Partner at Leaderonomics, Dr Yvonne provokes senior business leaders to ‘lose their minds and come to their senses’ by integrating their leadership lessons under crisis, and energizing them to counter-intuitive learning, resilience and increased innovation. In the final episode of the Transformation in Transition series, Dr Yvonne joins us to talk about contextual i...

Is it possible to diffuse a workplace argument by learning to think like a hostage negotiator? Why does the act of placing a fish bowl near your desk elevate your thinking, and is it possible to reach smarter decisions by incorporating strategic distractions into your schedule? Award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman uses the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral ec...

We have a pre-conceived idea of the term “genius” believed to be a magical gift in the form of a lightning bolt from the gods that strikes people like Einstein or Mozart, but not the rest of us. Here to bust that myth is Gina Rudan, author of the book Practical Genius where she shares with us how “genius” lies within all of us but it’s up to you to find it, put it to...