1. First, Set Your Mind, Not Your Goal We cannot set a #goal without setting our #minds. If you set a goal without the mind, you will likely get to your destination with more effort than you think is required, including giving up. We heard the term setting...
Waking Up In A Storm
What if you woke up today and the Sun did not appear? That was what happened to me in 2019. An infection took me by surprise overnight, and I was handicapped overnight. I cried to sleep every night because my whole body was in pain, and medical science had no...
Be Kind To Those Who Show Up
I am a fan of SCOOP. And this is not a sponsored post. Lol… I wish it were… 🙂 While shopping to replenish my healthy breakfast staple, I saw these signs on the counter. THE WHOLE WORLD IS SHORT-STAFF, BE KIND TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP. We used to take the people...
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...
Transforming Office Politics Into Opportunities (Featured On The Straits Times)
Office politics is a dynamic of power and relationship. I called it the workspace energy - a honeycomb of tension and opportunities intertwined with one another, and there is no need to fear it. Here are three new honeycomb perspectives on how we can see this energy...
Ignite Your Influence (Featured On The Straits Times – 30 May 2017)
The real test of your influence is when you can do it without authority. This is especially true for leaders where authority is naturally tagged to the title they are holding. However, influence is a skill that is critical not just to a leader’s success, but more so...
Be An Influential Leader (Featured On The Straits Times – 26 May 2017)
BE AN INFLUENTIAL LEADER - Win the hearts and minds of your people. Leading people in the 21st century today requires a shift in mindsets and perspectives. The term Leadershift is becoming the byword when you discuss the concepts of leadership today. Because people...
Happiness At Work (Featured on The Straits Times – 7 April 2017)
HAPPINESS AT WORK - How to be happier at the workplace. Happiness has always been a by-product of positive outcomes. We chase after something to make us happy (i.e. instant gratification), and it has never been the other way around because it’s easier said than done....
Talk It Through (Featured On The Straits Times – 3 Nov 2016)
TALK IT THROUGH - How to broach a difficult conversation at work? Have there been times at work and in your life when you felt strongly about something but did not speak up? There are various psychological reasons why people choose not to speak up even when they know...