Raise Your Game

Character Building in a Workplace

19 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There are many opportunities to promote good character in the workplace, in the homes of employees and in the community. Managers should constantly st...

Mindful Challenges Towards Peak Performance: ReThink, ReFocus, ReLearn, ReEnergize Your Personal and Professional Life

18 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

To create a competitive organisation, today's executives need to complement their job function competencies with the crucial personal effectiveness co...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Discipline, Focus and Willpower

17 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome; what we need most are patience, focus, and disc...

Social Entrepreneurship: Learn-how-to-fish-EXPERIENTIALLY

14 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. More specifically, social entrepreneurs adopt a mission to...

ROI on Happiness Series: #2 - Work-Life Balance

13 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Last week’s first episode of ROI on Happiness, Nooreen discussed about individual values and why it is important for personal growth. She also s...

Race to Win! - The Missing Pieces

12 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the competitive sport of Motorcycle Road racing, it takes a comprehensive and very technical approach by racers and their teams to build a champion...

Authentic Leadership: Ten Steps to Authenticity and How it can Create a Rewarding and Satisfying Life.

11 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Authenticity is an important concept in the 21st Century. Smart leaders recognise that today’s employees value leaders who are ‘real&rsquo...

The Science of Building Leader Series: “Conflict Resolution”

10 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In many cases, conflict in the workplace just seems to be a fact of life. We've all seen situations where different people with different goals and ne...

Treat ‘em Like a ROCKSTAR

05 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Krantz lives each day with a  deep sense of purpose.  He integrates his contagious enthusiasm for sales performance with his experience...

Motivation to Create - Unleash your Creative Potential to Become more Versatile in your Career

04 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Have you stopped to wonder what exactly your time is spent on? For most of us we live each day thinking that we have an infinite amount of time on thi...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Developing a Sense Belief ' - #5 "Examining the Masters of Self-Belief"

30 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

History is peppered with people who have achieved extraordinary success in their chosen endeavours. In this session we examined four astonishing human...

Blogging for a Living

29 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Have you wondered how some bloggers gain popularity and make money off their writing — for some, enough to leave their full-time jobs? Learn wha...

It's Lonely at the Top - The Air is Thinner

28 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There's a saying that goes, "It's lonely at the top, the air is thinner" and it is not so much that it is lonely, it's more that at the top its harder...

Create your Next Big Breakthrough with Business Building Power Hours!

24 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Roach is a Business Growth Strategist and Peak Performance Coach specialising in designing and implementing systems to help leaders create tripl...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Developing a Sense Belief ' - #4 "The 3 Vital Steps for Self-Belief"

23 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shankar Santhiram from EQTD Consulting discussed how to position our achievements in our mind. He also gave tips on ways to reduce ou...

Proper and Effective Telephone Etiquette at the Workplace

22 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Krushna Prabaskar was here previously talking about his determination for a better life and career that has never stopped him to excel beyond expectat...

Kick But! It’s Time

21 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Rosie Pekar is the author of “Kick But, it’s Time” tells her story on radio, television and magazine interviews around the globe. An...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Leadership is Influence

20 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There are plenty of misconceptions and myths that people embrace about leaders and leadership. John Maxwell, a leadership guru once said that &ld...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Developing a Sense Belief ' - #3 "Silencing the Inner Negative Voice"

16 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

We are our own worst enemies when it comes to self-belief. We set up values systems that support our self-belief. But often we set contradicting value...

Living Fully: Finding Joy in every Breath

15 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

We all aspire to live fully and freely in the moment. In Living Fully, HE Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche revealed timeless wisdom that can help us fulfill th...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Questions Change the World, Answers Don't

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics will be sharing his experience in transitioning from an 'answer-man' to a 'question-man'. That is because he realised...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Developing a Sense Belief ' - #2

09 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Self-belief is something we can all learn. Managing our goals will help us learn self-belief. This episode examines how individuals can develop self-b...

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High

08 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Woo Yee Saik who is a consultant for Leadership Resources was here previously talking about Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Affective People...

Being in the Flow

07 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Teoh is a Speaker, Trainer & Coach on Gen-Y Talent Development listed in the Moscow Speakers Bureau (Russia) and UK's Teen-Speakers Bureau...

The Science of Building Leaders - 2 Ways to Increase Productivity and Effectiveness

06 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Lily Cheah from Leaderonomics is here to give us some simple steps for a great 2014 on increasing productivity and effectiveness. One of them is Stop ...

"300! The most important number for an Incredible New Year!"

03 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Action Coach Jeevan Sahadevan is back to prepare us for the brand new year. He will be sharing the most important number for an incredible New Year.Se...

The Plain English Way to Improve your Business Communication Skills Series: #5 Use Plain English and Gain Competitive Edge

31 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

No business or organisation can afford to waste valuable resources producing documents that are dense and difficult to read. People don't have the tim...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Reflection of 2013 and a message for 2014

30 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout the entire year there will be times when we stop to think and reflect about our lives and everything that has happened, but it’s the ...

Author's Special 2013

27 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This year, we had some very special guests on Raise Your Game. One of them is Nick Vujicic who was inspiring and uplifting. It’s that time of th...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Getting Connected With Your Goals' - #4 "How to Set Up Authentic Goals for 2014"

26 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest reasons so many of us hold disdain for New Year’s resolutions or abandon our original goals come February is because we tend ...

The Plain English Way to Improve your Business Communication Skills Series: #4 Presenting Winning Ideas with Plain English

24 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We've all seen it - people listening to a sales presentation or a business pitch, eyes glazed over and their minds anywhere but on what the speaker is...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Guiding New Managers - From a New Manager’s Perspective

23 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve recently been hired as a manager, you know the dirty secret -Management positions come with surprisingly little guidance. Whether you ...

Speak Your Truth

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Colette Carlson is a funny, business communication expert and motivational keynote speaker who engages corporations, associations and individuals worl...

Good People Better Leaders Series 'Getting Connected with your Goals'": #3 "How to Set Up Lifetime Goals"

19 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The first step in setting personal goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime (or at least, by a significant and distant age in th...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Developing Leaders through Board Games

16 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Managers and supervisors in small businesses constantly face challenges that require a highly developed sense of initiative. Leaders must learn to act...

How Hobbies can Play a Role in Management and Leadership Strategies

13 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Leadership and management in a reductionist sense ultimately is about one thing: satisfactory completion of a task. Leadership can be used to make the...

Good People Better Leaders Series - Getting Connected with your Goals: #2 "How to Stay Connected and Aligned with your Goals”

12 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Having set goals, many people falter at seeing them through. What’s not so easy is sticking to what you set out to do and continually recommitti...

The Plain English Way to Improve your Business Communication Skills Series: #2 Plain English - The Perfect Solution for Non-Native English Speakers

10 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Geoff Webb, Chief Instructional Designer from Plain Language Solutions was here to share with us the differences between Plain English and T...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Building Intrapreneurship

09 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organisation. Innovation and speed to market are two ways to...

Raise Your Game - Nelson Mandela Tribute

06 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Enterprise our regular panel of experts on Raise Your Game reflect on the leadership of Nelson Mandela and tell us what they learnt from his exemplary...

How to Increase your Passion for your Business after Years of Building it.

06 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

You’re plugging away on a project and it hits you: What am I doing? Why am I here? Should I be doing something else with my life? It happen...

Good People Better Leaders Series - Getting Connected with your Goals: #1 "How to Develop Goals"

05 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Goal setting is used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short...

What are the Traits that have Made Gen-Y Talents in Asian Companies More Creative

04 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Azim Pawanchik is the co-founder of Alpha Catalyst Consulting. Over the last decade, he has been instrumental in transforming the company into one of ...

The Plain English Way to Improve your Business Communication Skills Series: #1 Changing the Way Businesses Communicate with Plain English

03 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Plain English is a way of presenting information that helps someone understand it the first time they read or hear it. When you use plain English, you...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Failure Makes the Man

03 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

At the back of our minds, we all know that it is not easy to overcome the fear of failure but life is too short to let fear make big decisions for you...

Presentation Power Series: #4 "How to Pitch Your Next Big Idea"

29 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

It doesn’t matter that you think your idea is the next big thing. If your pitch is dull, unattractive with only dry details, you’ll fail t...

Everyman’s Everest

28 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the race to the top, corporate trainer John Kam has learnt some important life lessons. The CEO of D’Jungle People is, after all; in the busi...

Women 40 and Beyond Series: This is Act Two - #4 "She’s a Huge Business Opportunity"

27 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode entitled “She’s a Huge Business Opportunity”,  Faridah concludes on why women over 40 are an untapped but...

Multiply Your Talents - "Teach Online"

26 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Louisa Chan, Business Coach and Trainer announces the launch of her new book "Teach Online, Multiply Your Talents" to help you start an online teachin...

Service From The Heart

21 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Every company aims for their staff to provide excellent customer service and when you come to think of it - real service must come from the heart. As ...

Women 40 and Beyond Series: This is Act Two - #3 "Haven't Met You Yet"

20 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Faridah Hameed from faridahhameed.com is back to continue the third episode of our series “Women 40 and Beyond: This is Act Two.” In today...

5 Things Leaders should know about Failure

18 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

With the UPSR results just out and SPM exams commencing; failure is surely a taboo word now. It has always been viewed negatively to label a person wh...

Presentation Power Series: #2 "Pitching a Story that Sells"

15 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last week on our Presentation Power Series, Chris Westfall shared tips on how to deliver your best presentation ever. In today’s second episode,...

"Motivation"

14 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

What is motivation? According to Sue Stockdale, "Motivation" equals to "Motive for Action". Sue Stockdale, a motivational speaker, executive coach and...

Women 40 and Beyond Series: This is Act Two - #2 "Hey, Big Spender!"

13 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Faridah Hameed from faridahhameed.com started her series on “Women 40 and Beyond: This is Act Two” sharing with us how businesses have a l...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: Biotree Biotechnology, RedTick & Smooshie Juice

12 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Don't Wait on HR

11 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Workplace communication isn’t always going to be easy, but it is vital to employee performance and the success of the organisation. HR Professio...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: myBurgerLab & Bloc 48

07 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Leadership Lessons from Spiderman

04 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

 "With great power comes great responsibility" - Those are the words from the movie Spiderman. People in power are often faced with temptation ev...

7 Step Process for Setting and Achieving your Goals

01 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Setting and achieving goals is a great way to take charge of your life and create the life you want. Thinking about your dreams, goals and future can ...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: Highrise Pro & Textbook Asia

31 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series: #5 - Caringness & Sincerity

30 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last week on the 4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series was about Commitment and Effort. T...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: The Last Polka & Softinn Solutions

29 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

The Science of Building Leader Series - Are you a Conductor?

28 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Every organisation wants to hire the best, the most talented and the most dynamic people. But what happens when you throw them all together and start ...

Motivating Gen-Ys to Create Something Meaningful in their Career Lives through Projects

25 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Gen-Y is entering the workplace and as the children of baby boomers, Gen-Y may not always fit the behavior you see in many organisations, but that sho...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: Christy Ng & MuayFit

24 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series: #4 - Commitment and Effort

23 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last week on the 4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust, we talked about Consistency and Habit. Episode four is about "Commitment a...

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy: Fru-T-Pop & Tapway

22 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alliance Bank BizSmart Academy recently launched its inaugural annual SME Innovation Challenge 2013, inviting young SMEs who have been in business bet...

The Science of Building Leader Series - Developing Leaders Through Community Service

21 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the business world, community service is social responsibility. However, it is much more than that — it is building leadership. Ang Hui Ming ...

"My Personal Guarantee": A Revolution in Service Quality Thinking (Personal Quality)

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Conor O-Connell is an International Master Trainer and the Managing Director of TMI Ireland. He has worked with world’s biggest brands including...

101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work

17 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cheryl Cran is the CEO of Evolutionary Business Solutions (parent company Synthesis at Work Inc) where leaders enhance their abilities to lead change,...

4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series: #3 - Consistency and Habit

16 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Ray Phoon from Power Up Success discussed about “Character & Presence” which is the first C to Building Powerful Influence a...

The Science of Building Leader Series: How to Cast a Compelling Vision?

14 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Casting a compelling vision is such an important part of the role of a CEO or business owner, or anyone who leads an organisation. Casting a compellin...

Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results

11 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Elinor Stutz is the CEO of Smooth Sale, an International Speaker, Author and Trainer. Elinor 's International Best-Selling book, “Nice Girl...

Amplifiers: The Power of Motivational Leadership to Inspire and Influence

10 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Great leaders do much more than just make decisions; they inspire those around them to excellence and form the vital link between strategy and executi...

4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series: #2 - Character and Presence

09 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The Science of Building Leader Series: Luck is Not Luck

07 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 pe...

How to Finish Strong in the Last Quarter of the Year

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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. W...

How LifeLine Technique™ can be Applied to Individuals in a Workplace

03 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 workin...

4 Steps to Building Powerful Influence and Credible Trust for Personal and Business Success Series: #1 - The Foundations of Influence & Trust

02 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Emotional Intelligence: How to be Self-Discipline in the Workplace

01 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

The Science of Building Leader Series - Managing Career Transitions (Part 2)

30 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

At some point in everyone’s life, the thought of changing careers surfaces. Transitions are changes that require us to transform how we perceive...

FranklinCovey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®

27 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

An effective organization is driven by individual strengths. Unfortunately, with common distractions, conflicting priorities, unclear objectives, poor...

The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All

26 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed author and the creator of the revolutionary Decision Pulse development system which has helped leaders and...

Discovering Your Life's Purpose Series - #4 "It's Not About You"

24 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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"...

Leadership Principles: Simplicity, Transparency and Focus

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Gordon Tredgold has worked in IT for over 20 years. A specialist in Transformational Leadership, Operational Performance Improvement, Organisational D...

Self-Empowerment

19 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Cultivating Business Innovation Culture

18 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Innovation. Where do we even begin? Business Week recently published a list of 50 most innovative companies in the world. Eventhough the data behind t...

Discovering Your Life's Purpose Series - #3 "The Myths of Ambition"

17 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In "Discovering Your Life's Purpose" series, the past two sessions covered the 'Awareness of Life Roles' and the 'Awareness of Talents'. Part three fo...

Top 5 Ways to Drive Sales Behaviour that Aligns with Corporate Strategy

13 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Work Anytime, Live Anywhere!

12 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

Don't Double Bread The Fish

11 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Dominick Domasky is a loving father of two beautiful children and a devoted husband from a small town named Greensburg, right outside of Pittsburgh Pe...

Discovering Your Life's Purpose Series - #2 "Calling vs Career"

10 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 com...

The Science of Building Leader Series - We are Lousy Self Evaluators

09 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

What does leading yourself have to do with becoming a leader? Everything, actually. Traditional leadership development programs have missed the mark f...

How to Develop the Million Dollar Habit of Reading Non-Fiction Books!

06 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Tame Your Emotions

04 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Emotion is a subjective, conscious experience that is characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental sta...

Discovering Your Life’s Purpose Series - #1 “The Five Areas of Being"

03 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 ai...

The Science of Building Leader Series - Tweak Your Environment

02 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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

Leaders Ought to Know

30 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 decis...

Be the Right Leader

29 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The 5 foundational truths in leading others authentically and powerfully. One of which is it’s never a people problem but always a system proble...