Raise Your Game

Conflicts, negativity and criticisms have become common, sipping into our daily lives that it has become our way of life. We do our best to deal with them, either by speaking our minds or by staying quiet, but it doesn’t take long for us to find out how ineffective those strategies work. Victor Schueller has the answers for us in his book “Rise Above Criticism, Negativity and Conflict....

Apprentice’s Asia first season winner Jonathan Yabut joins us to share his journey to the top of the boardroom and to speak about his book, From Grit To Great.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' movie trilogy ended with a rousing finale in 'The Battle of the Five Armies'.  Leaderonomics takes a walk down memory lane and reflects on the hobbit's journey as he encountered a certain dragon and other terrifying events.  How did he overcome his fears?  What does it take to overcome a dragon? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As CEOs, businessman or entrepreneurs, we’re trained to lead and make decisions based on skill, reason and logic. But some of the most accomplished leaders and entrepreneurs will tell you that part of their success has to do with the decisions they make based on their gut feeling or intuition. So we thought it would be worth exploring this concept of intuition, as intangible as it is, to und...

Constant complainers take up resources, time, and mental bandwidth in the workplace. When you change a culture of complainers to one of contributors, you boost morale, increase productivity, and promote effective communication. We speak with Linda Swindling to discuss all about complainers and energy drainers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 When faced with adversities, how do we respond?  In this 4 part series called Transformation in Transition, Dr Yvonne Sum will talk about not just accepting, but embracing the chaos of change, and taking a stake in the transformation that occurs as a result. This second episode is a call to action: to push past external and internal limitations, to motivate yourself and those you lead t...

 As a self-proclaimed pain-in-the-butt-but-you-know-it’s-for-your-own-good-guide, Jill Prescott has a deep passion for helping people to fall in love with themselves, helping others remember how truly capable they are, believing that we hold within us all the answers we’ve been seeking outside of ourselves. Utilising a variety of methods like Hypnotherapy, Meditation, Harmony Inte...

Today we explore practical insights about our friend, the brain, to help with our productivity and growth. Lily Cheah will speak about how life experiences actually grow different sections of our brains, which in turn affects our personalities. She will also speak about the effects of colour and how we can leverage it for productivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

   Doing more is sometimes not equivalent to doing better. The pursuit of excellence requires some projects to be swallowed by flames while some opportunities need to go up in smoke and rejected.  Nick Tasler shares with us the importance of quitting to succeed using his 3-part framework to put this idea into practice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a world too focused on material development, other aspects of personal development have taken a back stage. The long term success of an organization or business can only be sustained with people of good character. Good or great leadership is all about character. Asohan Satkunasingham, author of “A+B=CT”, joins us to talk about the importance of character, and that with character all...

Everyone responds differently to stressful situations. Most people fear change and are afraid to challenge the status quo. But Dr. Yvonne Sum is of the belief that Business as Usual is done for. Business Unusual is the new order of the day. In this 4 part series called Transformation in Transition, Dr. Yvonne will talk about not just accepting, but embracing the chaos of change, and taking a stake...

Louisa Chan, Author, Marketing Consultant and Content Strategist helps educators and training providers grow their business using new media and online marketing. She encourages business owners and independent entrepreneurs to make use of new media to promote the cause, message, service or product they champion. Today she goes through how we can best utilize some of these new media platforms. See o...

To kick off 2015, Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics gives his annual round up of lessons to be learnt from corporate Malaysia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we prepare ourselves for all the great things that 2015 has in store for us, we look at the 7 things that you can do to get out of the gates fast, efficiently and effectively! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As 2015 approaches, it's the time when we make our resolutions- it's a new slate and our determination for change is steadfast and unshakable.  But with all the gung ho and good intention, only a tiny few of us end up keeping our resolutions. How do those small fraction of people succeed at goal setting? We revisit the good advice and sage words of authors and experts whom have featured on Ra...

Do you feel you’re stuck in a rut and life is passing you by? Do you often ask yourself “Why is this happening to me?” or look back at your past and find it holding you back from getting what you want ? Every last Friday of the month, Sheila Singham will be talking through the tools you can use to transform your life, achieve your vision and move on to become the person you want...

Jonathan Low joins us for the final episode to speak about the last 2 ways to convert clients into fans, using the acronym of SERVICE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Andrew is an adventurist and a professional mountaineer. A violent snowstorm in 1999 left him trapped on the summit of a mountain in the Swiss Alps for 5 days- a tragedy that claimed the life of his friend Jamie Fisher, and caused severe frostbite for Jamie, forcing doctors to amputate both his hands and feet. 15 years on, despite his physical limitations, Jamie continues to make amazing asc...

We speak with Eric Lau from Leaderonomics to find out the importance of a leader's positive state and how leaders can affect changes through harnessing the power of hope and making right choices.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a well known experiment conducted in psychology that tests our awareness. Without giving too much away, the experiment reveals what we see and what we don't see. And it was this experiment that got Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons thinking that many other intuitive beliefs that we have about our own minds might be just as wrong. Together they wrote The Invisible Gorilla to explore th...

Jonathan Low joins us on the third episode of this 4 part series to talk on winning client loyalty. We continue to discuss the 7 ways to convert clients into fans, using the acronym of SERVICE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Survival of the species comes down to three basic instincts, say behavioural research strategists Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan—fear, self-interest and simplicity. In their book, Selfish, Scared and Stupid, Kieran and Dan talk stopping the urge to fight human nature and increase your performance, engagement and influence. They demystify our instinctual behaviours and examine the psychology...

Since we're approaching year-end, Jermaine will be sharing about the importance to reflect on the good and what could have been better in the past year along with the need to start the new year 2015 with a bang through a purposeful resolution which will help create your dream destiny!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. Management is about handling complexity; Leadership is about creating simplicity – and it starts with being clear on Why, as an organisation, we do what we do. Until it can be put into words, it’s very difficult to put it into action and nearly impossible to scale. We speak with Peter Docker to find out the importance of askin...

Brands are not just represented by the name and product but also by the person making the sale, making branding a critical component to a customer’s purchasing decision. The same principles apply in the workplace, be it in landing a job or standing out in an overcrowded organization. We speak with master branding consultant Joshua Luke to talk all about personal branding.  See omnystudi...