Learn How To Use Influence Positively (Featured On The Straits Times – 5 October 2018)
Learn How To Use Influence Positively More than 60 years of research and study have been done on human behaviour and influence, and it points to one thing – human behaviour can be highly predictable if we know the various triggers? We need to challenge our beliefs about influence. Here are three conventional beliefs about […]
The True Spirit of Leadership (Featured On The Straits Times, 1 June 2018)
The Essence of Leadership If you search online for the term ‘leadership,’ you’ll encounter over 765 million results. Among these definitions, one particularly stands out: ‘the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.’ This definition is profound because it shifts the focus from titles or positions […]
The Science of Happiness (Featured On The Straits Times – 15 June 2018)
THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS To many people, happiness continues to be a myth. Many remain in search of that happiness through tangible outcomes, be it a promotion, money, or buying more stuff that eventually ends up in the storeroom. I called it the “accidental happiness” – short-lived happiness that requires us to keep looking repeatedly […]
Retaining Talent (Featured On The Straits Times – 15 March 2018)
RETAINING TALENT THROUGH EMPLOYEE RETENTION Organizations struggle with the concept of talent retention in a competitive job market. Often, activities held to engage their staff are just done so that they can be ticked off a checklist. Such activities lack purpose so they do not work. Therefore, an organization must change its perspective and strategy […]
Make Career Success Your Personal Mission (Featured On The Straits Times – 19 July 2018)
Take control of the direction you want to go in and the milestones you want to achieve, for career development and success should be a personal responsibility. Gone are the days where you expect your employer to lay out a career path for you. Today, employees and their employers are encouraged to work together to […]
Are You Demotivating Your Staff (Featured On The Straits Times – 2 Feb 2018)
The million-dollar question on most leader’s minds is – how can they motivate their people? When I am asked that question, I say that that a more useful question to ask is not how we can motivate our people – but what we say or do as leaders that demotivates others. There is no point […]
The Winner’s Mindset (Featured On The Straits Times – 23 March 2018)
I was at a leadership seminar with senior leaders recently. As we touched on the topic of success, a participant said that to succeed, a person needs to have a winner’s mindset. When I asked what makes a winner, I received great answers and insights. What exactly is the winner’s mindset? Do people naturally have […]
Career Development Conversations: The Key to Success and Growth
Have you ever felt stuck in your career and need help figuring out what to do next? Or, as a manager, have you wondered how to get your team to achieve more? The answer might be simpler than you think: career development conversations. These aren’t just performance reviews. Career development conversations are about growth, career […]
Y-SIZE Your Influence (Featured On The Straits Times – 18 July 2017)
Y-SIZE YOUR INFLUENCE Motivating and Igniting Gen-Y Success At Work. I have often shared with others that I feel like a Gen-Y in a Gen-X body? Perhaps in my early years in my career, I have been doing things the Gen-Y way. Not surprisingly, I have a lot of fun working with Gen-Y because I […]
Believe In Their Success and They Will Believe In Yours (Featured On The Straits Times – 29 Aug 2017)
A common question I receive from leaders and managers whom I am privileged to train: in what context do you want to increase your influence? Is it about influence at work or influence on a personal level with your people? If it is about influence at the workplace per se, it is easy because leadership […]