RETAINING TALENT Organizations struggle with the concept of talent retention. 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...
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...
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....
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 Power Of Career Conversation (Featured On The Straits Times – 22 Feb 2018)
The majority of organizations that I came across, face the uphill task of retaining their employees. Leaders and managers, often believe their talents will always be there for them. They assume that their employees need to hold on to their jobs, hence they neglect to...
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...
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...
What is Your Leadership Crisis Quotient? (Featured On The Straits Times – 12 Oct 2017)
WHAT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP CRISIS QUOTIENT? Leadership is not a set of skills that we can learn instantly to become a great leader. Leaders face multiple challenges with leading people because the answer does not lie in a leadership program but a behavioral one. Real...
Reflect On Mistakes To Find Success (Featured On The Straits Times – 17 August 2017)
REFLECT ON MISTAKES TO FIND SUCCESS Coach your team to learn from failure and bounce back faster with greater resolve. After many years of researching on human behavior and working with teams and leaders, I came to discovered that people learn best not necessarily...