Raise Your Game

Joseph O’Connor is the author of nineteen books, including the most recent book, Coaching the Brain, co-founder of the International Coaching Community, and founder of the Neuroscience Coaching Centre. He talks about all things coaching, as well as the role of neuroscience in coaching and how the pandemic has affected our brains. Image Credit: Shutterstock | McLittle Stock See omnystudio.com/liste...

Professor Ben Bensaou, professor of technology management at INSEAD  Description: The pandemic has shown companies that innovation can’t just be a once-in-a-while fluke or exercise; in order to survive, you have to build it into the DNA of your organisation. Professor Ben Bensaou, professor of technology management at INSEAD and author of the book Built To Innovate, discusses that and more. I...

The two years of this pandemic have hit businesses hard, with many collapsing. And for those that have survived, the time is now to build big. And one thing that’s definitely on every entrepreneur and manager’s mind is doubling sales! To help everyone do just that, we have our favourite business coach Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of Leverage Lab to show us how! Image Credit: Shutterstock | oatawa See...

Andrea Chew, marketing strategist of Leaderonomics, deep dives into the relationship between freedom, autonomy, and leadership. Image Credit: Shutterstock | metamorworks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is crucial for running a successful business? Financial acumen - definitely. Marketing savvy - yes! But often people forget about another extremely important element that can boost every area of your business: creativity. Paul Fairweather, co-host of a podcast called ‘The Common Creative’ , shares his insights from his experiences in how to incorporate creativity into business practices.&nbsp...

When it comes to the world of feedback, the avenues for collecting and analysing feedback have expanded to a truly staggering degree. But it’s not only customer feedback that can make or break a company; how do you use feedback within your organisation to spur your employees forward? Rajiv Lamba, founder & CEO of customer experience management software SurveySensum discusses that and more. Ima...

Sales are everything for the everyday entrepreneur, but we may have been doing it all wrong this whole time. Paul Ross, neuro-linguistic programming practitioner and author of the book, Subtle Words That Sell, discusses the concept of subtle selling and why it’s important for everyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year! It’s a brand new year and a brand new shot at winning big at work and in life. Many people make new year resolutions but they don’t last and many just don’t come to pass. A better way ahead would be to let our famous business coach Jeevan Sahadevan guide you through his 7 Steps that not only focuses on setting compelling goals but achieving them in record time too! Image credit: Sh...

For our final Leaderonomics show of the year, PichaEats co-founder and head of M.A.D. For Good at Leaderonomics discusses the importance of volunteering, how it can give you leadership skills, and why it’s good for business. Image credit: Song_about_summer | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all have heard the phrase “walk the talk”, but how many of us actually do? And why is it important to follow through? Human Equation founder Sheila Singam shares how you can actually live by the values and philosophies you espouse, and how it looks when people and organisations say one thing and do another. Image Credit: Horst Widlewski | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for...

They say perception is reality, so how do you manage peoples’ perceptions of you and how does that help you in both your personal and professional lives? Image brand strategist, Elizabeth Hor, shares some insights into the power of image branding, how it’s different from personal branding, and the true impact of a first impression. Image Credit: aurielaki | Shutterstock See omnystudio....

Paresh Subramaniyam, founder and head of corporate health & wellness at Fitxcapes, a corporate wellness solutions firm, shares his thoughts about keeping employee minds and bodies fit for work. Image Credit: Tartila | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How has consumer behaviour shifted? What does a hybridised future look like? And how has learning during a pandemic been useful not only to upskill, but as a coping mechanism? Melanie Cook, managing director for Asia Pacific region of global learning provider Hyper Island, discusses how people and companies have adapted in these changing times. Image Credit: kenary820 | Shutterstock See omnystudio...

Change is inevitable, but it’s important to step back and take a look at the kinds of changes you’re making and the rate you’re making them at. Eva Lim, Marketing Lead at Leaderonomics Digital for NECOLE, shares her thoughts on the importance of place, urgency, and gravity when you ask yourself, “When should you change?”. Image Credit: Alberto Andrei Rosu | Shuttersto...

We often associate the term ‘bullying’ with the playground machinations of children, but unfortunately bullying can and does continue to take place within the workplace amongst fully grown adults as well. What forms does this take, and how can we address these issues? Human Equation founder Sheila Singam sheds some light. Image Credit: pathdoc | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener...

It’s safe to say that many businesses around the world have found the past few years tough, having to change, adapt, and problem solve at a much more accelerated pace than ever before. If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that there’s no immediate cure or magic solution to save and improve your business; but what kind of questions can we ask and what work can we d...

It’s safe to say that everyone is experiencing a level of heightened adversity at the moment, but what are our leaders, academic institutions, and policymakers doing to provide the current generations and incoming workforce with the right knowledge and skills? Professor Mushtak Al-Atabi, Provost and CEO of Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, discusses the power of positive education. Image Cred...

With the pandemic turning our lives upside down, many people have been finding it difficult to regain their motivation. Adeline Yii, Customer Success Partner at Leaderonomics, breaks down what motivation is, how to identify demotivation in people, and how to take the first steps towards being motivated. Image Credit: KieferPix | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The phrase “don’t shoot the messenger” is unfortunately a far too familiar issue in the modern world. Instead of giving people a framework of safety for doing what’s right towards preserving the integrity of the company, many institutions opt to transfer them, put them in cold storage, make work untenable for them or even turn the tables on them and make them the scapegoats...

It’s clear that leadership skills and other so-called “soft” skills are integral to professional success and personal development, but not everyone is able to access resources to help them learn these skills. In an effort to bridge those gaps, co-founder and CEO Kelvin Tan started Project ID, an education social enterprise that runs high-impact programmes empowering underserved s...

It’s undeniable that the world and the skills needed to succeed in it have shifted, with this transition accelerated heavily by the pandemic. How do you keep up and continue to upskill and reskill? Juan Perellon, chief academic officer of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, or EHL for short, discusses how the hospitality education institution prepares their students at any age or caree...

What does it mean to take risks in your career journey? How do you come to this fork in the road and what do you decide when you do? Arun Nagarajah from Leaderonomics discusses the variety of risks, how to judge when to take them, and what happens if things don’t work out. Image Credit: lassedesignen | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most human beings wear masks; in addition to the physical masks we wear because of the pandemic, we also wear metaphorical masks for different situations and the different people we meet. Some people put on so many masks, they lose a true sense of who they are and become totally inauthentic. Why is authenticity important in the first place, especially in the people we look up to? Human Equation fo...

Life in the pandemic feels like it’s following the same old routine looking at the same four walls over and over again, but how do we break out of the bore and cultivate good habits? Angela Eimer, habit strategist & coach, shares a general discussion about health and habits, and how they help us in the workplace and in our general lives. Image Credit: fizkes | Shutterstock See omnystudio...

When it comes to setting goals big or small, it’s important to do so with a sense of structure and accountability. Most have heard of setting SMART goals, but what if you could set SMARTER ones? Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn, chief impact maker at Abundant Impact, gives us the SMARTER goal-setting blueprint. Image Credit: MIND AND I | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.