Raise Your Game

On this episode of Raise Your Game, we explore an initiative that's hoping to shape the future of Malaysia's capital markets - investED.

The Malaysian capital market is currently facing significant talent challenges. These challenges not only impact the growth and competitiveness of the market but also raise questions about how we're nurturing the next generation of financial experts.

To address these concerns, the Securities Commission Malaysia has introduced the investED - NextGen Capital Market Talent initiative - aiming to fortify the industry with skilled and diverse talents. Joining us for this conversation is Tengku Zarina, the CEO of the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), the training and development arm of the Securities Commission.

We’ll delve into the depths of the investED programme, its objectives, its approach to talent development, and how it hopes to reshape the industry. From discussing the current talent challenges in the Malaysian capital market and the steps the Securities Commission is taking, to the role of a diverse talent pool in ensuring market resilience, we get into all of it.

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We are less than a month away from entering the new year which means it’s that time of the year where we should start taking stock of our year - from reviewing our successes and our failures to examining what worked and what didn’t work. Then take all this, reflect, and start 2024 on a great foot.

With that in mind, on this episode of Raise Your Game, in what has become an annual tradition on the show, Leverage Lab’s Jeevan Sahadevan joins us to pose 23 questions to help you review your 2023.

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On this episode of Raise Your Game, we're tackling a topic of critical importance in the business world: the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles.

Tack TMI helped their parent company Gi Group develop a programme to support their women in leadership initiative. In the case study that was published recently, it was noted that only one woman in four is a C-suite leader. With respect to this programme in particular, the Gi Group's workforce was predominantly female, yet less than 20% of its strategic committee was female.

We'll explore the variety of reasons behind this imbalance, identify the barriers that women often face on their journey up the career ladder, discuss strategies to overcome these challenges, and explore the tangible business outcomes of a more gender-diverse leadership team.

Joining us for this is Jim O'Brien, the CEO of Learning & Development firm Tack TMI.

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Positive influence the essential soft skill of our time. On this edition of Raise Your Game, we explore the rationale behind this statement with Huijin Kong, co-author of Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership.

You will also learn about the fundamentals of positive influence, with a key focus on the 7 principles of effective ‘positive influencing’ that Huijin and her co-author argue transcends all positive influence situations.

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Budget 2024 saw a variety of initiatives and tax implications for SMEs. On this edition of Raise Your Game, you will learn about the key impacts of Budget 2024 to SMEs, with a focus on e-invoicing for SMEs, the rise in the SST rate, the introduction of the capital gains tax for unlisted shares, and much more with Zen Chow, Tax Practice Leader at YYC Group.

Register for YYC Tax Summit 2023 at https://www.taxpod.my/bfm.

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Given the emphasis and attention being paid to ESG efforts and adoption, on this episode of Raise Your Game, we explore the basics of ESG and the long term benefit to SMEs.

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With less than 3 months left before we enter 2024, we’ve now entered crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. Today on Raise Your Game, we continue our focus on sales with the third and final episode of a 3-part series with Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs.

Last week we got into how to build value around your products and services and generate desire in prospects to buy, today we explore the psychology that goes into closing a sale. You will learn the 4 key factors factors that influence closing sales, how to overcome objections, and how to best follow up with prospects till you seal the deal

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With less than 3 months left before we enter 2024, we’ve now entered crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. Today on Raise Your Game, we continue our focus on sales with the second episode of a 3-part series with Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs.

Last week we got into two critical skills that could make or break your sales efforts as the world navigates through economic uncertainty: Building Rapport and Prospect Diagnostics. Today you will learn how to build value around your products and services and generate desire in prospects to buy, including a Sales Formula from Jeevan, that he says will help you close sales in a big way.

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As we enter the last quarter of 2023, we are now entering crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. With this in mind, we’re going to spend the next 3 weeks here on Raise Your Game focused on sales.

In the first episode of this 3-part series, we’re zeroing in on two critical skills that could make or break your sales efforts as the world navigates through economic uncertainty: Building Rapport and Prospect Diagnostics. These are pivotal points that shape how you interact with your prospects and, ultimately, close deals. In fact, without these skills, your sales team may struggle to function as the well-oiled machine that your business needs.

To help us dissect and navigate these skills in this episode is Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs. We delve into the psychology of building rapport, how it can set the stage for a successful sales process, and then shift gears to discuss the art of asking powerful questions that reveal what truly motivates your prospects to buy.

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In May, it was reported that Malaysia was two-seats from having women make up at least 30% of board members among the top 100 public-listed companies.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri told the Dewan Rakyat that women accounted for 29.7% of directors in these companies, which was a significant improvement from 2016, when only 14% of companies had a minimum of 30% of women on their boards.

Now while it seems like Malaysia is making progress on this front, there are still plenty of biases and challenges women business leaders deal with that differ from their male counterparts in the predominantly male workforce and leadership structure.

Today on Raise Your Game, we explore the unique challenges faced by women leaders and ways to possibly manage them, including women-centric communities, mentorship programs, and common mistakes that are easily avoidable when trying to bring more women back into the workforce and senior leadership.

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A Deloitte report says that Gen Z will soon surpass Millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than one-third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Zers. So as Gen Zers enter the workforce, their impact could be pronounced, given their differences from Millennials, this generation seems to have a different perspective on careers and how to define success in life and in the workforce.

To shed some light on this, we speak with Aaron Dason, Lead at M.A.D. Movement. We're going to try and get a better understanding of the younger generation and perhaps what employers and business leaders need to know when it comes to incentivizing and motivating them.

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This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. In this episode we address digital presence, LinkedIn, and how it plays into your professional brand

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This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. Last week we got into behaviour, in this episode we address communication and how it plays into your personal brand.

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This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. Last week we got into Appearance, in this episode we address behaviour and how it plays into your personal brand.

Having confidence, charisma and poise might be easy for some, but not for many. Things from how you present yourself, how you carry a conversation, to even simple things like reading the room right can be crucial in ensuring you come out visible and memorable.

In this episode, we tackle everything concerning outward behaviour and business etiquette, from how you should conduct yourself in meetings to exuding confidence in social situations to the art of small talk in creating memorability and rapport. Helping us with this is Ranukka Singham, founder of Image Revamp - a personal branding and image consultancy.

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This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We will tackle each factor individually across 4 weeks starting with A - Appearance

Love it or hate it, our Appearance plays a role when it comes to our personal brands and how people perceive us. And while this can be incredibly subjective, it’s an especially important part of working as we often act as in person representatives of the organisations that we work for or run.

With that in mind, on this episode of Raise Your Game, Ranukka Singham, founder of Image Revamp - a personal branding and image consultancy - joins us to discuss the dos and don'ts when it comes to the Appearance and Personal Branding. We get into the basics of how to dress to impress, the keys of personal grooming, the fundamentals of dress codes and the importance of having the right fit.

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Authentic leadership is a leadership style that emphasises transparency, genuineness and honesty, where leaders build genuine relationships with their employees by inspiring trust and fostering a positive work environment. We speak to Rashmi Menon, Country Managing Director of Leaderonomics Services Malaysia, on the importance of authentic leadership in today's fast changing world, key characteristics and qualities of authentic leaders, and strategies for building trust with team members and colleagues.

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Would you like to be more inspiring as a leader? Do you want to build a happier and higher-performing team? Would you like to lead with greater empathy and inclusion?

This session discusses why emotional intelligence can be powerful for leaders and how to leverage it to become an EPIC Leader—one who is empathetic, purposeful, inspiring, and connected.

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“The business is bad, but I think you’re a good entrepreneur. I can give you the money, but what you’ll never get back is the time you spent building a business that was wrong for you”, that was what an investor told Adlin Yusman when he was looking to raise $2 million for one of his previous startups.

In this episode of Raise Your Game, Adlin Yusman, experienced tech founder and the Managing Director of the Malaysian office of high-impact entrepreneurship network Endeavor, speaks to us about lessons learnt from his past mistakes and failures, managing relationships with investors, board members, and co-founders, and when to stop or leave your business versus when to keep going.

We also get into why entrepreneurship is a war, not a battle.

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As we enter the second half of 2023 and move past a sluggish first half, the number one thing on the minds of every business owner and manager is high performance.

Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab, takes us down that road by giving us the keys to developing a championship team in our businesses. Work on each key and get your team out performing your competitors faster than you ever thought possible!

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A 2022 survey by Kisi, a tech company, revealed that Kuala Lumpur ranked 3rd in the list of most overworked cities in the world. We are even ahead of Singapore who ranks 4th for comparison.

Technology is a key contributor to this problem, as Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon once said, “technology means that we’re all available 24/7. And, because everyone demands instant gratification and instant connectivity, there are no boundaries, no breaks”.

One way to help manage this is work-life integration, but how does that differ from work-life balance?

We explore this with Connie Lee, People & Culture Lead of Leaderonomics. We also get into why employers should consider work-life integration within their organisations (even if they are traditionalist) and how it generates value for the organisation.

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According to a Fast Company article, assessing talent has not changed in the last 20 years.

Talent assessment requires an evolution, not a revolution—boards cannot be expected to hire a CEO without interviews. However, there must be a paradigm shift, based on new factors, for how decisions are made.

Hetal Doshi, CEO & Organisational Psychologist at O Psych explores the importance of talent assessment and what tools can best benefit your recruitment processes.

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When we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion in a company, it’s about wanting to feel like you belong. It’s about the feeling of being respected regardless of your race, age and gender. But what can companies do to become more diverse and inclusive while embracing equity?

Beth Ridley, CEO of Ridley Consulting Group discusses.

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We cannot deny that employee-employer dynamics are changing. And it is suggested that leveraging an ownership culture will allow employees to be more engaged and less likely to quit. And this is suggested by Pete Stavros, the founder and chairperson of Ownership Works, a nonprofit in America.

So what does ownership mean? And why is it important for your organisation to understand and eventually build this ownership culture?

We speak to Nigesh Armon, COO & CTO of Leaderonomics Digital to know more.

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No one really knows what’s going to happen next week, tomorrow or the next hour or even the next minute. But how do we navigate through uncertainties and still thrive in this day in age where everything in business is moving so rapidly with so many unknowns at work?

We speak to Nathan Furr, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, who is also the co-author of The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown. He wrote this book together with his wife Susannah Harmon Furr with tools to help you see opportunities in uncertainties.

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Communication is a two way street, and while we talk a lot about your output, let’s take a look at input.

Are you really listening to what people have to say, and how can you improve?

Oscar Trimboli, author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker, explains the levels of listening.

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According to a study done by NTUC Learning Hub, although most employees are open to company-offered and external L&D training, more than half said that they have not been attending or enrolling training because they don’t have time and have a heavy workload. Employee sentiment towards L&D is also in a downward trajectory. How should employers make employees interested in L&D again?

One of the ways is to make employees’ learning experience fun, engaging and rewarding. This is by using game-like elements in the training, also known as Gamification.

Arun Nagarajah, the founder of eVULX, a digital simulation developer that focuses on creating digital games for corporate learning and development tells us the significance and impact of gamifying the whole training experience.

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Before success, there needs to be action, and before action, there needs to be thought.

So how do you set your mindset up in the way that works best for you?

Dr. Thana Sathasivam, author of the book, ‘Unleash Your Inner Sage’, explains.

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Dr. Carla Fowler is an elite executive coach with an MD PhD who combines the latest research from performance science with timeless best practices to help top performers level up and achieve their goals.

She explains the misconceptions when it comes to high performers as well as the science behind how to better your performance.

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As we enter into the second quarter of the year, there’s so much to do for business owners and their teams to win at work!

At the heart of a company’s performance is its team and at the heart of its team’s performance is regular and timely communication via team meetings. Goals, objectives, plans and execution are all discussed and worked on at team meetings.

Hence executing effective meetings is a skill critical for entrepreneurs and managers to master.

To help us do just that, we have Business Coaching expert Jeevan Sahadevan the founder of Leverage Lab to take us through powerful keys on How to Execute Effective Team Meetings!

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Skillset requirements are different now compared to 5 years ago. There’s something called “shifting skills” now to future proof businesses and individuals.

What does shifting skills entail, how does it relate to upskilling, and how can it help us to prepare for the future? We discuss this with Hui Ming Ang, the co-founder and Growth & Strategic Initiatives Leader at Leaderonomics.

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The idea of starting a business can be daunting, and you may not know where to start. Sarah Stow, host of the Launch Your Biz NOW podcast, explains the first steps of kickstarting your entrepreneurial journey, and why it’s important to shape your business around you instead of the other way around.

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Mike Paton has spent the last 15 years helping thousands of leaders around the globe run better businesses and live better lives. An Entrepreneurial Operating System or EOS Implementer and speaker, Paton spent five years as EOS Worldwide’s Visionary, is the host of the top-rated podcast The EOS Leader, and co-authored two books in the Traction Library – Get A Grip and Process!

He’ll be in Malaysia speaking at the EO Taipan Masterclass themed “Challenge The Storm” brought to you by EO Malaysia from March 15 to 17.

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With all the social media activities and tools available today, Executives and entrepreneurs are finding themselves even more distracted than ever before and having their focus hijacked constantly. Managing themselves and their time to do deep work and to get the most important things done in a week has become a mountain of difficulty today.

Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of Leverage Lab is here to help with an insanely simple and potent time management formula that guarantees not only an increase in your focus, efficiency and effectiveness, but will help you achieve your toughest goals this year.

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A recent Forbes article states that ‘the tenure of top leadership positions is getting shorter and shorter.’ The repercussions of this instability not only affect the people in a firm, but also clients directly. Hence, why succession planning is critical to ensuring longevity of a company.

We speak to Jeffrey Tan from Leaderonomics to find out how.

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What is brand positioning and how can you up your marketing game when you master it? Ulli Appelbaum is the founder of his boutique brand strategy shop First The Trousers Then The Shoes, Inc. in Minneapolis working with clients of big names. He released a book called “The Brand Positioning Workbook: A simple how-to guide to more compelling brand positionings, faster.”

Ulli shares how powerful having the right brand positioning can have on your marketing strategies and your business identity.

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Helen Appleby is a British New York-based Women’s Leadership Expert and host of “The Unwritten Rules of Women’s Leadership” podcast; she discusses the tools women can use to write their own rules, navigate their versions of success and achieve their potential.

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 It’s a whole new year. But you may still be at your old job and you’re not completely immersed in whatever you’re doing. You’re starting to draw boundaries for your time and energy. The magic and excitement are gone. Well, you’re not alone, this sweeping trend really took off last year and was quickly christened Quiet Quitting. Sashe Kanapathi, CTO of Leaderonom

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It’s safe to say that physical fitness and mental health go hand in hand, and in turn, that affects our overall performance in the workplace and in life. What can we learn from the world of sports coaching that we can also apply to the world of work? Riad Hechame, founder of Peak Human Performance, the strength and performance clinic, explains.

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Many businesses have faced the pandemic head on and come out the other side. Now, the question is: what does it take for a brand to not just hang on by a thread, but to actively grow and thrive? Russell Pearson, an award winning business owner, founder of the Forge Business Program, and host of the Marketing Report Podcast - also known as the Brand Design Guy and the Business Blacksmith - has the answers.

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It’s tough being a leader, and sometimes it’s difficult from the employee point of view to remember that your managers and CEOs are people, too. Roshan Thiran, founder & CEO of Leaderonomics, helps break down that CEO conundrum. 

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It’s that time of the year where we take stock of our year and our successes and failures as well as what worked and what didn’t work and invest all these reflective lessons into the year ahead, 2023. No one better than Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab to do this with us like he does every year! Take some time out and do these questions alone or with your partners or team and get an incredible review of your year done and finish strong!

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Often, the working world and especially being in a leadership position demands a certain amount of mental fortitude. However, there are fallacies along the way that may test your mettle. Larraine Chang, founder & CEO of Ascension Associates, touches on issues like linear thinking and impostor syndrome that may be stopping leaders from achieving their goals and leading well. 

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Safe to say, leadership isn’t easy, and it’s entirely possible to put obstacles in your own path if you get overwhelmed or if you don’t know how to maintain effective leadership over a longer term. Mark J. Silverman, an executive coach, author, speaker and podcast host, tells all about achieving sustainable leadership success.

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As we close the year, our focus is on finishing strong in 2022; the first and most important step is to decide what to end. What are those things that have held us back, continue to hold us back, or are preventing us from big successes? Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab, calls these “necessary endings” and shares 7 of them that business leaders should take a look at.

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Leadership is never easy, so how do you balance authenticity and authority or friendliness and firmness, especially if you’re not that much older than the people you’re leading? Andrea Chew, co-founder of MAD For Good, tackles the topic of young managers, young teams, and everything in between. 

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The attitude towards work has seen a fundamental shift as of late, what with the pandemic accelerating the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation, and it feels as though this is the moment to take a good, hard look at your work environment. How can it be improved, and what tools are at our disposal? Rosemary Phan, co-founder of Design Thinkers’ Academy Singapore, discusses using design thinking to redesign the workplace and rehumanise working.

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Life is relationships, and now more than ever. In this post Covid economy, hit by impending inflation and recessions locally and globally, good personal and professional relationships are what will help us win at work and in life. Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of LeverageLab, shares eleven powerful strategies to help us master our relationships as we move closer to 2023. 

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Many organisations are becoming more aware of their social accountability, resulting in the creation of CSR initiatives and/or branches within the company. But is this actually making an impact? And how can CSR move from being an afterthought to a core tenet of your organisation? Aaron Dason, head of operations at M.A.D. Movement, explains the importance of CSR and how to ensure CSR sustainability. 

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Everyone is different, but because of that, sometimes in work and in life you have to learn how to navigate conflict. How do you balance and compromise for different points of view, and how can opposing values come together for a common purpose? Xiao Cheng Wong, fellowship manager of Acumen Academy Malaysia, explains the concept of polarity and how it pertains to improving communication and resolving conflict.

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We’ve all had moments where we felt like life was living us, and not the other way around. It can be difficult, especially in times of crisis and change, to feel like you really are holding the reins. Dr. Reza Abraham, co-founder of InControl Group, shares how you can take complete control of your life and career, and his systematic approach to that, based on his book “In Control”.

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It’s just under 4 months till end of the year and it is time for Entrepreneurs to slam on the accelerator and to finish strong! Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab takes us through 8 powerful keys to finish the year, 2022, on a very high note and enter the new year with hope and excitement! Grab your devices or pen and paper and take some notes and get with your teams and execute everything and Finish Strong in 2022!

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Maybe you’ve just graduated, or maybe you’ve been working for decades, or maybe you’re entirely self employed - but all of us know of the nerves and jitters that come with starting a new job, especially if it’s your very first one. How do you enter a new situation like this with confidence? I’m joined today by Matthew Raj Adam, content creator & special projects partner at Leaderonomics, to discuss that.

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One of the struggles of being an entrepreneur is the pressure to feel like you have to do it all yourself. A huge lesson for all leaders to learn, though, is how to delegate effectively and utilise your team to the fullest; and often this comes with a ton of support from administrative personnel. Amanda Hamilton, founder of remote administrative support service Hamilton Raye, divulges the trick to the art of delegation.

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The past few years have truly shaken up the workplace. We’ve been jostled into a different way of thinking about work and working, especially when it comes to what we think of leadership and how we want to conduct ourselves as leaders. Paul Glover, C-Suite Performance Coach and author of WorkQuake: Making The Seismic Shift To A “Knowledge Economy”, styles himself the “no BS” coach, and guides us through navigating the “workquake” with the power of persuasive storytelling. 

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Getting a company organised - especially if you’re newer to entrepreneurship - can often seem daunting, with a hundred tasks all seemingly of equal urgency and importance. How do you sort through the mess and focus on the work that really matters? Owen McGab Enaohwo, CEO and co-founder of SweetProcess, explains exactly how entrepreneurs can simplify their organisation’s operations. 

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As the twin forces of a recessionary and inflationary economy hit businesses everywhere, the first area to feel the impact is sales and especially sales people. Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of Leverage Lab, outlines several specific and powerful keys for salespeople to work on to pick up their sales very quickly and hit targets.

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Trust is absolutely key in the workplace, but some say trust is earned while others claim trust is given. How do you build trust in the workplace? What happens if that trust is broken? And how can organisations better show trust in their employees? Vivian Po, senior partner at necole & learning and engagement consultant for Leaderonomics shares her thoughts.

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Oftentimes, leaders may feel enormous amounts of pressure; whether it’s in how to position themselves as leaders, how well they’re doing in leading their team, or feeling like they have to do it all alone. That’s where leadership coaching firm Brandheart comes in; founder & CEO Glen Campbell explains how to discover what he calls your “Best Self Identity”, and how taking care of yourself first makes you a better leader for everyone.

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 As the recession and inflation plays out locally and globally, the one thing on every entrepreneur’s mind, especially SME owners, is “how do I profit from this?” To help business owners do exactly that, Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of LeverageLab shares 6 very specific things that entrepreneurs can implement in order to prosper in businesses during times like this

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Critical thinking is a crucial skill, but how can we integrate that developmental process to a point where it becomes second nature as an adult? Kiran Tuljaram, editor at Leaderonomics, discusses why she started teaching her children critical thinking skills at an early age, and how vital these structures are for navigating the adult world. 

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Everyone’s got a dream, but it can feel scary or intimidating to know where to start in achieving it, especially if you’ve got a really big dream. How do you take the first step? Zander Sprague, public speaker, author, and licensed professional clinical counsellor takes us through the motions of achieving your dream, no matter how epic the journey seems.

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Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations A.I. Advisor, Chief Innovation Officer in University of California at Irvine, and globally-recognized speaker and author. Through his work with Global Fortune 500 companies as a change maker, he created a disruptive thinking framework called TUCBO; he joins us to explain the framework, as well as why organisations need to disrupt themselves before someone else disrupts them.

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Digitalisation has become all the rage nowadays, with companies left, right, and centre jumping on the bandwagon in the wake of the pandemic. But when it comes to digital learning, is this something truly sustainable, or will we be reverting back to what worked before? Nigesh Armon, COO of Leaderonomics’ digital learning experience platform, Necole, sheds some light on the pros and cons as well as the future of digital learning. 

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Sadly, over the years we have seen far too many examples of leaders who allow toxicity and rampant corruption in their leadership styles and organisations. How do we as individuals and leaders hold ourselves accountable, and is it ever too late to redeem ourselves? Oga Chan, head of Acumen Academy Malaysia, discusses the ideas of moral leadership & accountability; how, exactly, can we work towards implementing these in our organisations and as an extension, our society at large?

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One of the best tools for business success is being able to control your narrative, and what better way to do that than writing a book? Chandler Bolt, author and CEO of Self-Publishing School and selfpublishing.com, shares how instrumental writing books can be in sharing your message and even growing and scaling your business.

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Oftentimes in life we feel like we have to catch up to other people’s milestones; that there are arbitrary points in time we have to have accomplished something by, but that simply isn’t true. So what do you do when you hit the points of your life that make you feel like you’re being left behind? Shashi Kesavan, Head of Strategic Projects at Leaderonomics, discusses the benefits of starting late and the importance of self-awareness at these crossroad moments.

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The past few years have truly shone a spotlight on the importance of communication in the workplace. What are the new standards for defining good workplace communication? How can improving communication in the workplace impact inclusion, diversity, and level up your work culture? Heather Hansen, trainer, author, and global communication consultant at the Global Speech Academy, discusses that and more. 

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When it comes to advertising and marketing, one of the most important points to hit a customer is their heart. Utilising and understanding emotions in advertising could be the make-or-break moment to push that campaign and product into greater success. So how do you use emotions to go beyond market research? Dr. Duane Varan, CEO and founder of neurometric lab-based research company MediaScience, explains that and more.

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As Malaysia opens up to the world post pandemic, the number one priority for businesses everywhere is Sales. And a key asset to getting huge sales is a company’s highly performing and successful Salespeople. Having coached and trained salespeople and sales teams for over 2 decades, Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of LeverageLab, has put together a framework of key habits that successful salespeople embrace on autopilot. Today we will look at the 12 habits of highly successful salespeople and how to install these habits and win big this year!

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It is naturally important for us to guide and develop our youth in order to shape a better future. Darren Timothy, special projects partner at Leaderonomics Youth, discusses whether digital youth development programmes are less impactful than physical programmes; and what your own upskilling journey could look like in digitising your engagement with youth.

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The conversation surrounding mental health, the workplace, and how the pandemic has affected all of us has taken root and only continues to gain steam. And one of the best tools in this conversation is a sense of structure and communication. Founder of OKRs Coaches, Catherine Chen, discusses the concept of the “Objectives and Key Results” framework (OKR) and how OKRs can provide some much-needed assistance with what we’re referring to as “coronastress”.

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One of the many issues that the pandemic has encouraged over the past few years is isolation and loneliness. With many of us working from home or in bare-bones, empty offices, it has been a hard issue to combat indeed. Nick Jonsson, co-founder and MD at EGN Singapore, the largest confidential peer network for the C-suite & entrepreneurs in Asia, discusses how we can identify these issues and fight them. 

(Content warning: This show contains material that may be harmful or traumatising for some listeners, including mentions of suicide.)

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For many businesses, the last two years of this pandemic was all about surviving. Now it is time to thrive as markets and borders open up globally. The key to thriving in business is marketing; however, many entrepreneurs and managers don’t have a proper marketing strategy for their businesses and don’t even know where to begin to build an effective marketing strategy. Founder of LeverageLab, Jeevan Sahadevan, takes us through the 7 sentence marketing strategy that’ll get your business thriving. Just 7 sentences!

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What is ESG? How does it differ from and tie into the SDGs and CSRs? And how does a strong ESG proposition in a company contribute to value creation in an organisation? Rashmi Menon, country managing director of Leaderonomics Malaysia, explains the powerful role ESG can play in your business.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Andrea Chew, marketing strategist of Leaderonomics, deep dives into the relationship between freedom, autonomy, and leadership.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?”.

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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.

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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 do to get the ball rolling? Author of Save The Silver Bullet, Ben De Haldevang, discusses that and more.

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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.

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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.

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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. Human Equation founder Sheila Singam to discuss the concept of a safety framework, what psychological safety is, and why it is important for institutions to have and implement.

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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 students. He shares how Project ID is working tirelessly to empower students with leadership skills, and how those skills will carry the next generation into a brighter future.

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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 career stage, the importance of lifelong learning, and how hospitality and service skills are essential for professional development.

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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.

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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 founder Sheila Singam shares her take on authentic leadership: what it is, how we can achieve it, and why it’s the way forward.

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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.

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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.

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