Raise Your Game

People talk about Gen-Y everywhere these days – at home, at work, at networking events. Sadly, Gen-Ys are defined as a generation that is impossible to understand or that they’re very difficult to work with. This topic is extremely relevant to listeners who’d like to know why are they difficult to work with and to share that it’s actually possible to get the best out of the...

Life can be relentless, frantic and exhausting – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Mark Williams is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford, Welcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. He has been working closely with the Centre of Suicide Research since 2003 on a large Welcome Trust Programme to investigate psychologica...

We are into the final ‘D’ of our Everyman’s Everest series with John Kam from D’Jungle People and he concluded that it is about “Discipline” – the great multiplier that sets apart the complacent from those that excel. Discipline exponentially increases the results of any action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People are all different, and are motivated by different things. For some it is praise and recognition, for others it is financial reward, or status.  If you are responsible for managing others, you need to know how to motivate each person according to what makes them tick. Motivating People is a book that enables you to learn all about the key principles of motivation and how to apply them t...

It's been a couple of groundbreaking years for women in business. IBM appointed its first female CEO with Ginni Rometty. Sheryl Sandberg led Facebook through a much-anticipated IPO. Irene Rosenfeld is busy splitting Kraft into two public companies, and Marissa Mayer jumped from a top Google executive to the CEO seat at Yahoo. These are women in business, serious business. We spoke to Phng Li Kheng...

“Be Proactive” is habit #1 from Steven Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Being proactive means taking conscious control over your life, setting goals and working to achieve them. Instead of reacting to events and waiting for opportunities, you go out and create your own events and opportunities. Most people think reactively and reacting to certain events is all wel...

John Kam from D’Jungle People is here to continue our series on Everyman’s Everest. The third episode is about Drive – Drive is the step out into the deep blue. It’s about taking the plunge. Drive says “You talk, I do”.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is an International speaker, trainer, coach & consultant. She is also the founder of The Book Midwife® and Managing Director of Panoma Press.  A native New Yorker currently living in the UK, Mindy has also found time to author and co-author seven books and over 100 articles, including 24-Carat Bold: The Standard for REAL thought leaders.  See omnystudio.com/li...

Globalization, a tumultuous world economy and a rapidly evolving business regulation landscape are just some of the dynamics facing today’s company directors. The marketplace is in a constant state of evolution and the speed with which it happens is increasing. Governance continues to increase in complexity and those who take on a board position are expected to meet a growing list of demands...

The human brain is a powerful organ, but many of us aren't aware of how much the mind is truly capable of and much more powerful it can become through deliberate training. If you could have one superpower, which would you choose? Successful business woman Dana Wilde has been teaching and training business owners and professionals that competitive edge through her company, 'The Mind Aware'. She use...

In the running series of Everyman’s Everest, John Kam is back to continue the second episode of his series. He talks about the decisions that we make on a daily basis and how it can have a domino effect if we make the wrong choices. Successful people make their decision count. They decide to act on their desire. This is the ‘D’ that differentiates "dreams" from "day dream." See o...

David Goh have been in the motivation arena for the past 37 years. He failed his L.C.E in 1969 and never went back to school but started working as a laborer ever since. In 1974, he tried selling and found his forte and did well. In 1977, he stood in front of an audience and gave his public presentation, it was short but it was his beginning. Today with 30 books in his name, he now writes biograph...

Top performing companies have long recognised that diversity is good for business. But a just released report from The Economist Intelligence Unit finds that a new definition of workforce diversity is emerging. It’s no longer just about avoiding race, ethnicity, and gender discrimination, or even compliance with legal regulations. Diversity now encompasses values, meaning what motivates some...

To create change in your business, your work, your life or in the world it all begins with being extremely organised. Action Coach Jeevan Sahadevan will take you through fantastic methods of being extremely organised by creating just 7 lists that will help you get everything under control and out of your head and into a system that allows immediate actions and fast results!  See omnystudio.co...

John Kam is the CEO of D’Jungle People, a business that revolves around mindsets and experiential learning. He believes that life is a journey, and we all have our Everests to conquer. Not too long ago, John’s Everest was running a marathon with merely three months preparation. We are embarking on a new series titled "Everyman’s Everest" - a heart to heart sharing of John’s...

 If you feel strongly about something, then do something about it. Many of us have been keeping our thoughts to ourselves and letting them serve no purpose. If you no longer want to be someone who just observes, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” In collaboration with International Women’s Day, we spoke to Ellynita Hazlina Lamin, the founder of Social Enterprise A...

The desire to be recognised, to feel important and appreciated is all powerful. The more important you make someone feel, the more positively they will respond. We spoke to communications experts, Allan Pease as he present easy and effective tips to gain the right skills and motivation to succeed and accomplish anything! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the running series of The Science of Building Leaders, Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics was here to share with us his thoughts on ‘Standing Up and Be Brief’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Difficult behaviour can inhibit performance in others and will only deteriorate if left alone, contaminating more people incurring hidden costs for the organisation. John Low is passionate about helping others and encouraging them during difficult moments, providing them with a beam of hope. In 2010, he helped organise World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine Camp at his university as the Head of Logis...

Happiness is a big word. We often ask ourselves the same question every other day. Am I happy? What truly is happiness? In this day and age with multiple generations in a workplace, we need to navigate different expectations, attitudes and behaviours in order to cultivate a happy workplace.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The core of this topic is to help entrepreneurs "raise their game".  An exercise of the firewalk, helping them to break through fear and transform it into the power to take massive action and get bigger, better and faster results in their business and in life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody wants to own a business that will generate profits that can sustain their lifestyle. What worked five years ago might not work today. Though there are many ways to create reoccurring revenue online, there are methods that is evergreen and efficient to building an online empire. As an entrepreneur or someone pursuing entrepreneurship it is important that you become adaptable to change, le...

We are in the era where three distinct generations: Baby Boomers, Gen-X and Y, all with their own perspective, styles and expectations are working together. These differences often create misunderstandings, stereotypes and conflicts. What used to work in the past no longer works now. Each generation varies from country to country. In Malaysia, no official study has been done and Lily Cheah enlight...

Does your business run through people-to-people interactions & engagement? If so, do you want to maximise these interactions to bring long-lasting relationships to earn your clients’ loyalty that will help you to sustain and grow your business and organisation’s profitability? Do you agree that the best way to do it is to convert their clients or customers into raving fans? If your...

We believe that happiness is a serious business. Research shows that happiness and wellbeing at work is the foundation of a productive and optimised organisation and makes a real difference to a company’s bottom line. In the third episode of ROI on Happiness Series, Nooreen discussed about enhancing joy at work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.