Raise Your Game

On average, we spend at least eight hours of the working day with our colleagues, sometimes as much as 12 hours. And yet, we know more about the friends we may meet for a few hours once a week than the people whom we spend the greater half of our time. Perhaps it is time to stop, take a good look at the people at work, and engage in conversations that will allow us to get to know them better and build the rapport that will make people feel we care about them and ultimately, enhance our working relationships to create a healthy and happy work culture. It’s the last Monday of the month and we have Sheila Singam on Raise Your Game’s Tools for Transformation series to speak about the need to have meaningful conversations at work and how to go about it.

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Peter Lam talks about his book, ProfitMAX Your Business, which covers everything from mindsets to marketing to leadership.

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Everyone has a personal brand whether they know it or not. However, for leaders, it becomes exceptionally more important to have a personal brand that people will “buy” into. After all, a leader is only a leader if there is someone following him or her. In this Raise Your Game session, Samuel Yau shares his thoughts on why it is important for leaders to intentionally build their personal brand as well as some tips on how to do so.

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Ever wondered what will that one thing you’d do if today is your last day alive? Similarly to the saying “You only live once”, Sebastian Terry believes in setting out to accomplish what most people say they will. In fact he has decided to complete his bucket list of 100 things! How does he go about achieving them and what does it take to accomplish the impossible? TV Host, Author and Motivational Speaker Sebastian Terry shares all about how over the past 9 years, 100 Things has organically morphed from a personal journey into a globally recognised movement that's made a positive impact to many.

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Often, communication, leadership skills, and motivation are huge topics of discussion in the workplace, but we tend to neglect the concept of trust and why it’s so important for a productive team. Samuel Kurian, the chief executive of Changernomics and senior consultant for Reina Trust Building Institute, speaks all about trust in the workplace and why it’s so important.

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Success and opportunity come at different times and for some, it only starts when they’ve been in the working world for a while. For those who started their career in their later years compared to younger executives, what’s important is to always have a growth mindset. In this Raise Your Game episode, Nizam shares how the ‘growth mindset’ sets you apart, regardless of your competitive working environment.

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What does success mean to one person at work? Why do people go to work? Most typical answer would be to work for money. But as much as money is the reason for someone to go to work, there are also a combination of other motivational factors to be considered. In this Raise Your Game session, Shankar Santhiram from EQTD Consulting shares his thoughts on getting connected to why one works.

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Design For Change is an organisation dedicated to improving upon the mission that education is designed to accomplish. Kiran Sethi and Chrishen Gomez talk about how important it is for children to have an “I CAN” mindset, and how they strive to empower the next generation worldwide.

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Is having friends in the workplace beneficial to you and your organisation, or is there a dark side to it? Maybe you are torn about making a decision whether to prioritise the friendship or organisational goals in a conflict. In this Raise Your Game session, Alvin shares his insights into navigating this fine balance of multiple relationships in the workplace.

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Often, leadership is thought of as how to be a winner in work and life. However, if you truly understand how the human heart works, you will discover that we are all not naturally wired to be selfless, in fact the default leadership DNA mode is one of selfishness. Unless you learn how to "lose yourself" in the process of serving a higher cause, in the overcoming of your need for self-esteem, your quest to be a leader will still be ego-tainted and relationally-deprived. When a leader is "full of himself", he then becomes "empty of influence". Joseph Tan from Good Monday Consulting shares 3 parts to how leadership is a losing game and in this Raise Your Game segment, he shares about Losing the Ego Game.

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