Raise Your Game

Last week on the 4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust was about the foundation of what influence and trust is built on. Trust is multi-layered and trust breeds activation as it permits your thougths and your actions. In episode two, Ray Phoon from Power Up Success explained that Character and Presence is the First C to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Persona...

As Thomas Jefferson once said "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - this is not the case for some people in business. We find out from Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics on what he means by “Luck is Not Luck”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It doesn't matter if you've had a great start or a rough one. It doesn't matter if you've stumbled time and again, or even fallen flat on your face. What matters most in this all-important race of life is how you finish. Action Coach Jeevan Sahadevan talked us through on "How to Finish Strong in the Last Quarter of the Year". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all have good and bad days and some days are better than the rest. When this happens, is your subconscious mind working for you? Or are they working against you - bringing more of what you don't want in life? We spoke to Shirene A. Razak, the first Malaysian to earn Certification as a LifeLine Technique™ Practitioner, who was also trained directly with Dr. Darren Weissman, the founder and...

Most of us think that one is not easily influenced by others. Think again - just one word can radically affect your decisions sometimes and more often so, we make our decisions based on the trust we have for one another. In the beginning of this five part series, Ray Phoon from Power Up Success talked about what makes a business credible and powerful enough to influence. See omnystudio.com/listene...

Discipline is freedom. You may disagree with this statement, and if you do you are certainly not alone. For many people, discipline is a dirty word that is equated with the absence of freedom. In fact the opposite is true. As Stephen R. Covey once wrote, “the undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions”. And in the longer term, the undisciplined lack the freedom that come...

At some point in everyone’s life, the thought of changing careers surfaces. Transitions are changes that require us to transform how we perceive and interpret ourselves and the world around us, and to develop new priorities, learn new skills, behaviours and patterns of interpersonal reactions so that we can fit into our new roles. Career transitions are generally more challenging than j...

An effective organization is driven by individual strengths. Unfortunately, with common distractions, conflicting priorities, unclear objectives, poor communication, and lack of trust, it’s easy to burn out and lose focus. We spoke to Woo Yee Saik, Certified Trainer for FranklinCovey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, on the solutions that help employees apply timeless pri...

Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed author and the creator of the revolutionary Decision Pulse development system which has helped leaders and teams from around the world execute their plans faster and more strategically. His dynamic approach, sound research, and original thinking have helped teams consistently make decisions at organizations ranging from Microsoft, Wells Fargo, General El...

Life is a funny thing - the more you live it for others, the more you enjoy living. St Francis of Assisi is right - "It is in giving that you receive". Life’s purpose is the intersection of two items: One’s strength and the needs of others. This session explores the activities, dreams, and burden for others that have been implanted in your life. The enemy of purposefulness is not idlen...

Gordon Tredgold has worked in IT for over 20 years. A specialist in Transformational Leadership, Operational Performance Improvement, Organisational Development, Creating Business Value via IT,  and Program and Change Management. He has Global and International experience having lived and worked in UK, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic, USA and Germany with multi sector knowledge including FMC...

Self-empowerment in its simplest form means taking charge of our own lives to bring about the changes we want to see in ourselves. Sometimes, we rely on others to help us; sometimes we just need to be courageous and help ourselves. As the saying goes - “Easier said than done”! Azeeza Jalaludeen is a house-wife turned International Professional Trainer/Speaker, Business/Life Coach, and...

Innovation. Where do we even begin? Business Week recently published a list of 50 most innovative companies in the world. Eventhough the data behind these kind of hit lists can be dubious, they always make you think “why are we not on that list?” What’s the secret behind the ones who were chosen? We spoke to Kristine Oustrup, the CEO & Creative Director of Business Innovation...

In "Discovering Your Life's Purpose" series, the past two sessions covered the 'Awareness of Life Roles' and the 'Awareness of Talents'. Part three focuses on the 'Awareness of Distractions'. The trouble for most of us is not an issue of under-achievement, rather it is over-achievement because we are trained since young to be balanced and holistic, so we know a little bit of everything - leading t...

In a perfect world, incentive compensation plans motivate sales people to hit or even exceed their sales targets, and do it in a way that aligns with strategic corporate goals. However, many sales organisations are discovering the incentive processes they have in place may actually encourage the opposite behaviour, resulting in sluggish performance, decreased sales force morale and greater frustra...

Want to live life on a permanent vacation? Want to work whenever you feel like it, or go on as many holidays as possible? How about living anywhere and have your business running smoothly with just a few clicks on your iPad? We spoke to dot com millionaire and author of Click! Work Anytime, Live Anywhere - Fabian Lim who is living this very dream.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Dominick Domasky is a loving father of two beautiful children and a devoted husband from a small town named Greensburg, right outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Dominick is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in business management, a supporter of JDRF, an inspirational author, a motivational speaker, and a successful cold calling, door knocking commercial insurance salesman. He arrived at...

Do you wake up with a pull towards greatness or is it just dragging yourself through another work day? As we go on in life, the pursuit of meaning comes strongly into the forefront - even more important than money (assuming basic hygiene factors are in place). Can we find this sense of fulfillment at work alone or is there something more? Joseph Tan from Good Monday Consulting spoke to us about &l...

What does leading yourself have to do with becoming a leader? Everything, actually. Traditional leadership development programs have missed the mark for years, as they tried to remake leaders into someone different. Roshan Thiran spoke to us about - Self-management begins with self-awareness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a good time to examine whether the investment on school fees pays the return that universities say it does. Borrowing money to eventually earn more makes sense, but as the last recession drove home, returns may disappear while debt remains. There isn’t enough room here to look at the full range of costs and benefits of a university education, but there is time to look at the benefits...

Emotion is a subjective, conscious experience that is characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states. Often associated and considered reciprocally influential with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation. Jacky Chua is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF). His previous clients inclu...

Deep within every person stir three great questions: Where did I come from? (origin), Why am I here? (purpose) and Where am I going? (destiny). The aim for this series is to answer the second question: Why am I here? Joseph Tan from Good Monday Consulting shares with us “The Five Areas of Being”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tweak your environment to increase your productivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are just some things every leader ought to know – like how to earn an employee’s respect, how to be truthful, how to make good decisions, how to motivate others -- how to be taken seriously as a leader. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 5 foundational truths in leading others authentically and powerfully. One of which is it’s never a people problem but always a system problem.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.