Raise Your Game

B H Tan is the President of Lead Associates based in Singapore and is a leading executive coach, leadership consultant and educator in Asia specialising in leadership development in a culturally diverse environment. For the last 15 years, he has worked with CEOs, presidents, VPs and middle managers in Asia, the United States and Europe, and top executive teams to enhance their growth and effective...

As leaders in organizations grapple with complexities associated with increasing growth profitability in a highly competitive market place, they have to make a concerted attempt to improve the overall culture of their organization. However this is a herculean tasks, not many leaders are willing or able to undertake. Organisational culture simply means “they way things are done around here, w...

We’re calling this series “Relearning Listening”, but is listening something you can or even need to, learn again? John Hagedorn from Better Training Solutions will be here to kick off this four part series and the first episode is about how we can really learn to listen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Eye Project is one of Malaysia's first award winning social businesses that is basically a Youth Events & Engagement Agency. They connect youths from all over the country who share the same passion and interest. Together, they form a community that allows them to discover each other's passion and interest; enhance projects, initiatives or activities; kick-start engagement and participation...

The one big question most of us ask ourselves is "What should I do with my life?" While this may be seen as an easy one, quite a few are blundered on this simple question. For those who have given it some thought, this may be the time to re-think those answers. In this episode of Raise Your Game, Action Coach Jeevan Sahadevan talks about tackling the bigger questions in life. See omnystudio.com/li...

The reality is that we need to work in tandem with others. Our personal leadership and effectiveness, is very much dependent on our ability to manage our interactions and emotions with others. In this episode, we discuss how to manage these relationships.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Global Shapers Community is a network of dynamic, entrepreneurial and socially-engaged young leaders aged between 20 and 30 from across the world. Since 2011, when the community was first founded, more than 3,000 Global Shapers have joined the Community. They are organized into city-based Hubs and have committed to working together to make a positive and tangible impact through local projects...

Is taking risks something you want from your employees? Do you want employees to challenge themselves in new ways? Most organisations do, especially now when maintaining a competitive advantage and staying in business requires new thinking and innovation. But all too often, we experience risk aversion in our workplace – people too afraid of taking risks. Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics prov...

Andy Ridley is the CEO and Co-Founder of Earth Hour, the global climate change campaign he initiated in one city – Sydney, Australia in 2007, which by 2010 had swept the world, reaching more than 4,600 cities, towns and municipalities, in 128 countries, with hundreds of millions of people taking part. In 2006, Andy was inspired by the idea of executing a campaign to provide everyday people a...

Conflict is part of working on a team and, while it’s often uncomfortable, it can also be healthy. There will, even should be, conflict in a group with a task that has even a minimum of complexity. Understanding why teams fight, how and when to get involved, and how to prevent fights in the future is a critical skill for all team leaders. Muhammad Sabri Rawi is Director of Research & Cur...

Procrastination is the natural enemy of focus. When we procrastinate, we do everything other than the things that we know we should be doing. This episode focusses in the practical tools and techniques that will make a difference beating this problem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Habitually Great rescues readers from their search for the right motivational and personal development book. At the heart of this book lies one simple truth: insights disappear, habits don’t. Too often, we may fail to create permanent change because we humans are hard-wired to revert back to our old habits. In actuality, it’s our habits that are hard-wired, and are in charge of us; and...

Developing global leaders necessitates a shift from focusing on management skills to helping leaders be effective in different cultures by increasing their self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and resilience. It’s not enough just to work overseas. To process and learn from their experiences, individuals should utilize introspective practices like journaling, meditation or prayer, and deve...

History has shown that corporate social responsibility has consistently increased in societal importance, yet leaders of many organisations find themselves struggling to appease social responsibility critics while also fulfilling the financial obligations of their organisations. Epic Homes focuses on building relationships between the urban and rural. A practical way to empower teams in the workpl...

A crucial part of focusing on the vital 20% of what you do is to get rid of some of the 80% of activities that don't pay off very well. In this episode, we discussed how to stop doing the things that don't give us the greatest value so we can focus time and attention on the ones that do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS) is an organisation that  provides professional speaking training for its members such as facilitators, coaches, or speakers who want to pursue professional speaking. Mr Jegatheeswaran Manoharan and Raymond Phoon, former presidents of MAPS was here to share the "8 Pillars of Competencies" and how MAPS's Philosophy could help individuals to...

Exceptional organisations have cultures in which the leaders provide cover from above and the people on the ground looking out for each other. After all, work-life balance has nothing to do with the hours we work or the stress we suffer; it has to do with where we feel safe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2009, McKinsey launched the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) in Malaysia – an accelerated leadership program designed to bring the very best of McKinsey’s global experience in building the capabilities of leaders across the public, private and community sectors in more than 50 countries. Some of Malaysia’s most successful leaders including Azran Osman of AirAsia X, Mark Chang, t...

Perhaps it's a sign that we're constantly seeking the unattainable goal of perfection in our lives. Perhaps it's an omen that we'll never reach the lofty satisfaction of having achieved all we have set out to accomplish. More likely, it is proof that we have the time and resources to pursue the consideration rather than the attainment of these objectives. If happiness, improved health and greater...

There are seven powerful concepts that can help you understand yourself at a deeper level. Discover what it means to reach fulfilment for yourself and others. We spoke to the authors of 7C's - A New Way of Being, Cheah Kar Fei and Boon Lu Xanne to uncover and unlock one’s potential and progress towards success.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you constantly make resolutions but rarely meet your goals? When trying to lose weight, save money or get organized, do you begin with enthusiasm and determination only to see your progress stall and your willpower finally collapse? If so, you’re not alone - nearly 90 percent of personal improvement resolutions end in failure. Such yearly defeats may tempt you to take increasingly drastic...

The Obstacles Grid: 9 types of obstacles that can get in your way whilst pursuing your goals and how to overcome each of them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Innovation leadership involves synthesizing different leadership styles in organizations to influence employees to produce creative ideas, products, services and solutions. The key role in the practice of innovation leadership is the innovation leader. As an approach to organization development, innovation leadership can be used to support the achievement of the mission or vision of an organizatio...

Shankar Santhiram from EQTD Consulting is back to continue the series on Good People Better Leaders and this time round we’ll be discussing “Developing Personal High Performance Culture” - The 80/20 rule, also known as Pareto’s Principle, must serve as a daily reminder to focus eighty percent of our time and energy on the twenty percent of our work that is really important....

Alchemy is the art of the transformation of the soul, it is a conscious internal journey: to become who we truly are. Many believe that Alchemists search for the secret formula to turn lead into gold. Yet true alchemists understand that alchemy is to journey within, to reconnect with the gold which we all truly are. Leon Aarts is a Modern Day Alchemist, Dad, Visionary, Speaker, Author, Social Inno...