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Controlling and understanding your body language isn't as easy as it sounds. Like emotional intelligence, it's about becoming aware, harnessing it, and managing it. In plain terms, when you understand your body language, you can use it to your advantage. And when done right, body language is a shortcut to communicating what's important. Ready to supercharge your emotional intelligence using body language? Tune in to this episode to find out how!

In this episode, we have the owner of Christian Chua Training Academy, Christian Chua, with us to share more on the topic! With over 20 years of professional speaking experience, he is an international master class motivator and he incorporates good, clean humour in all his presentations!

It's believed that a part of our communication comes from nonverbal cues, marking the importance of body language. Cues include gestures, stances, fidgeting, and whatever you do with your physicality in the moment of interaction. These cues can negate what you're verbally saying. In other words, it means that your body is doing the talking. And at the end of the road, we all want our body language to match our oral language, and ultimately enhance it. So, wait no more! Tune in to this episode now!

In this episode, we have the owner of Christian Chua Training Academy, Christian Chua, with us to share more on the topic! With over 20 years of professional speaking experience, he is an international master class motivator and he incorporates good, clean humour in all his presentations!

Among all the positive traits effective leaders bring to the workplace, research has revealed that our emotional intelligence (EI) is more reliable in predicting overall success than our intelligence quotient (IQ). It is a critical ability when it comes to interpersonal communication and it is a hot topic not only in psychology but in the business world as well.

If you’ve heard a lot about emotional intelligence but you’re not sure what the hype is, or if you know what it is but doesn’t see how it really applies in the workplace, you’ve come to the right place. Tune in to this episode to find out why emotional intelligence is such a valued workplace skill now!

In this episode, we have the owner of Caroline Dawson International, Caroline Josephine Dawson, with us to share more on the topic! She is an MBTI®, DISC Accredited Administrator, Enneagram, and Lumina Spark/Emotion practitioner and has administered the tools to top-level managers and supervisors on managing their leadership styles and team members!

We are back again with the topic of human intelligence! In the earlier episode, we discovered the different quotients — IQ, EQ, SQ, AQ, and CQ. Wish to explore the difference between and the impacts of having these quotients in the workplace? Want to know how you can leverage it for both your education and career? Join us in the second episode to pick up interesting tips shared by our speaker!

In this episode, we have the owner of Global Max Academy, Maxine Teo, with us to share more on the topic. She is one of the most prolific speakers in Asia and what sets Maxine apart from most trainers in the industry is her ability to connect with her audiences instantly with her authenticity and personal energetic style!

Think it’s all about IQ? Think again. Intelligence matters. But recently, business leaders have begun to place more emphasis on “soft skills” – those intangible qualities that make the difference between being a dear or dreary coworker. More recently, a new vocabulary has emerged for individual competencies with a range of “quotients”— IQ, EQ, CQ, AQ, and SQ. What do you consider to be your strongest “quotient” and how can you leverage it in your education and career? Tune in to get a quick primer on these terms so you can put your best foot forward and help others harness their strengths!

In this episode, we have the owner of Global Max Academy, Maxine Teo, with us to share more on the topic. She is one of the most prolific speakers in Asia and what sets Maxine apart from most trainers in the industry is her ability to connect with her audiences instantly with her authenticity and personal energetic style!

We talk about work-life balance ALL THE TIME! But are we really practising it? Are we being honest with ourselves? Where do we draw the line between work & life? Why can't we seem to be as productive at home as when we're in the office? Tune in to find out how you can help yourself with these struggles!

Living in a world where technology advances what feels like overnight, and with the COVID Pandemic in the picture, it is no surprise we wonder about our job security. Layoffs & technology replacing human jobs happen more often recently. Will our job be next? How can we keep our career & business afloat during this uncertain time? Tune in to find out! 

In this episode, we discuss a pretty taboo topic not a lot of people would want to openly speak about with their bosses or colleagues! Have you ever had a time in your life you just kept thinking about what life would be like if you had gone a totally different career path? What are some steps you should take before you proceed to leave your current job for a new career? Tune in to find out more!

Wondering if your resume's good enough can be quite a mind-wrecking thing to think about. This is especially when you don't know which information should go first or what makes a great resume... great! In this episode, Dr Fong shares how you can maximize writing your resume with some DOs & DON'TS!

p.s We've also added some tips on how you can answer some questions asked by the recruiter!

Growing up, the word "procrastination" has always had a negative social stigma surrounding it. We tend to associate "procrastinating" with "being lazy". In this episode, we discuss why we procrastinate and how we can beat procrastination with the Owner of Caroline Dawson International, Caroline Josephine Dawson.