Raise Your Game

In a fast paced world, hyper change is the normal order of business. So how do we lead high performing teams that thrive in this world of exponential change? In our month long series, we explore the concept of CALM Intel with Dr. Yvonne Sum of 5Echo to learn how best to adapt and excel in environments of ambiguity and uncertainty.

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With research showing almost 30% of Americans "burning out" on the job, many are beginning to call it a very real phenomenon. Burnout is described as a prolonged response to job-related stress, which can affect individuals from a wide range of professions and has dangerous consequences. Dr. Mariana Bockarova explains how the power and affiliation motives might be causing you stress and how you can minimize its effects, at the workplace.

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What does it take for us to deliver on our promises? Mark Lovatt explores the topic and what it means to have integrity-based leadership.

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During moments of economic challenges, the obvious response is that of tightening the belt and cutting cost. However, what is the cost of cutting cost? Before organizational leaders become "trigger-happy" and start cutting anything and everything (and everyone), it is important to take a step back and consider clarifying our "cause" for existence. When times are tough, it is not what we sell that will tide us through the storm but what we stand for. In this session, Joseph Tan from Leaderonomics discusses the factors to consider before you start cutting cost at the expense of your company's cause.

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Every month, Sheila Singam brings on a client to speak about how NLP techniques can be utilised as tools to transform and solve challenges in business and in their personal life.

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Any adult who has tried to pick up a new language or instrument knows that this can seem an impossible task. But research suggests that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us, that can be nurtured through a series of non-traditional and attainable practices. We learn the secrets to mastery with Robert Pool, co-author of Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise.

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Positive thinking can have powerful implications. Professor Mushtak Al-Atabi, who currently teaches mechanical engineering at Taylor’s University, returns to share the results of an accidental experiment he conducted which suggests that by changing just one word in your language, you will be able to change your life.

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Courage is the bedrock of great leadership, but not much is taught about how its practiced at the workplace. Mark Dickson, executive director of 5Echo, a leadership development company, joins us to talk about cultivating courage in every strata of an organisation. 

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Jerome Axle Brown explores the topic of design thinking, and what it means to fall in love with your problems, instead of being overly focused on finding solutions. 

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The true worth of a great idea lies in the execution. Adelena Lestari Chong, co-founder of Paddee Connexions joins us again to talk us through how to get from setting a goal to executing it.

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