Raise Your Game

Conflict is part of working on a team and, while it’s often uncomfortable, it can also be healthy. There will, even should be, conflict in a group with a task that has even a minimum of complexity. Understanding why teams fight, how and when to get involved, and how to prevent fights in the future is a critical skill for all team leaders. Muhammad Sabri Rawi is Director of Research & Curriculum at ICLIF and he’ll be sharing tips on how to resolve team dynamics.

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Procrastination is the natural enemy of focus. When we procrastinate, we do everything other than the things that we know we should be doing. This episode focusses in the practical tools and techniques that will make a difference beating this problem.

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Habitually Great rescues readers from their search for the right motivational and personal development book. At the heart of this book lies one simple truth: insights disappear, habits don’t. Too often, we may fail to create permanent change because we humans are hard-wired to revert back to our old habits. In actuality, it’s our habits that are hard-wired, and are in charge of us; and in many fundamental ways they are determining the course of our lives. Habitually Great places in readers hands an important breakthrough: a habit methodology that has proven over several years and with thousands of people, to create cognitive patterns of success in both people and organizations. It gives readers the tools to take this leap from intention to action, from ideas to accomplishment. 

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Developing global leaders necessitates a shift from focusing on management skills to helping leaders be effective in different cultures by increasing their self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and resilience. It’s not enough just to work overseas. To process and learn from their experiences, individuals should utilize introspective practices like journaling, meditation or prayer, and develop support networks. We spoke to Vinesh Naidu from Leaderonomics about Leadership for the New Era.

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History has shown that corporate social responsibility has consistently increased in societal importance, yet leaders of many organisations find themselves struggling to appease social responsibility critics while also fulfilling the financial obligations of their organisations. Epic Homes focuses on building relationships between the urban and rural. A practical way to empower teams in the workplace.

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A crucial part of focusing on the vital 20% of what you do is to get rid of some of the 80% of activities that don't pay off very well. In this episode, we discussed how to stop doing the things that don't give us the greatest value so we can focus time and attention on the ones that do.

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Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS) is an organisation that  provides professional speaking training for its members such as facilitators, coaches, or speakers who want to pursue professional speaking. Mr Jegatheeswaran Manoharan and Raymond Phoon, former presidents of MAPS was here to share the "8 Pillars of Competencies" and how MAPS's Philosophy could help individuals to be a better trainer, facilitator, coach, or speaker.

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Exceptional organisations have cultures in which the leaders provide cover from above and the people on the ground looking out for each other. After all, work-life balance has nothing to do with the hours we work or the stress we suffer; it has to do with where we feel safe.

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In 2009, McKinsey launched the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) in Malaysia – an accelerated leadership program designed to bring the very best of McKinsey’s global experience in building the capabilities of leaders across the public, private and community sectors in more than 50 countries. Some of Malaysia’s most successful leaders including Azran Osman of AirAsia X, Mark Chang, the CEO of Jobstreet and Johan Merican have shared their insights and experience with the YLA participants in the past. We speak to Li-Kai Chen, Partner at McKinsey&Company about their continuous effort in developing future leaders.

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Perhaps it's a sign that we're constantly seeking the unattainable goal of perfection in our lives. Perhaps it's an omen that we'll never reach the lofty satisfaction of having achieved all we have set out to accomplish. More likely, it is proof that we have the time and resources to pursue the consideration rather than the attainment of these objectives. If happiness, improved health and greater wealth are your life goals, then this system can help you get there. It is a simple, yet effective concept that can help you transform your life. Stanley Cham provides an array of resources to assist you to get to where you want to be.

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