This episode of Raise You Game focuses on leadership challenges in the era of significant digital transformation marked by AI and hybrid work culture. The discussion with Leaderonomic's Roshan Thiran explores the need for leaders to develop paradoxical leadership skills to deal with contrasting needs of building trust and fostering productivity in hybrid workforces. Among other things, the conversation also gets into the importance of finding a balance between data-driven functionalities...

On this episode of Raise Your Game, we explore an initiative that's hoping to shape the future of Malaysia's capital markets - investED. The Malaysian capital market is currently facing significant talent challenges. These challenges not only impact the growth and competitiveness of the market but also raise questions about how we're nurturing the next generation of financial experts. To address these concerns, the Securities Commission Malaysia has introduced the investED - NextGen Capital...

We are less than a month away from entering the new year which means it’s that time of the year where we should start taking stock of our year - from reviewing our successes and our failures to examining what worked and what didn’t work. Then take all this, reflect, and start 2024 on a great foot. With that in mind, on this episode of Raise Your Game, in what has become an annual tradition on the show, Leverage Lab’s Jeevan Sahadevan joins us to pose 23 questions to help you review your...

On this episode of Raise Your Game, we're tackling a topic of critical importance in the business world: the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles. Tack TMI helped their parent company Gi Group develop a programme to support their women in leadership initiative. In the case study that was published recently, it was noted that only one woman in four is a C-suite leader. With respect to this programme in particular, the Gi Group's workforce was predominantly female, yet less than...

Positive influence the essential soft skill of our time. On this edition of Raise Your Game, we explore the rationale behind this statement with Huijin Kong, co-author of Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership. You will also learn about the fundamentals of positive influence, with a key focus on the 7 principles of effective ‘positive influencing’ that Huijin and her co-author argue transcends all positive influence situations.Photo Credit: LinkedIn | Huijin Kong See...

Budget 2024 saw a variety of initiatives and tax implications for SMEs. On this edition of Raise Your Game, you will learn about the key impacts of Budget 2024 to SMEs, with a focus on e-invoicing for SMEs, the rise in the SST rate, the introduction of the capital gains tax for unlisted shares, and much more with Zen Chow, Tax Practice Leader at YYC Group.Register for YYC Tax Summit 2023 at https://www.taxpod.my/bfm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Given the emphasis and attention being paid to ESG efforts and adoption, on this episode of Raise Your Game, we explore the basics of ESG and the long term benefit to SMEs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With less than 3 months left before we enter 2024, we’ve now entered crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. Today on Raise Your Game, we continue our focus on sales with the third and final episode of a 3-part series with Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs. Last week we got into how to build value around your products and services and generate desire in prospects to buy, today we explore the psychology that goes into closing a sale. You will...

With less than 3 months left before we enter 2024, we’ve now entered crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. Today on Raise Your Game, we continue our focus on sales with the second episode of a 3-part series with Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs. Last week we got into two critical skills that could make or break your sales efforts as the world navigates through economic uncertainty: Building Rapport and Prospect Diagnostics. Today you will...

As we enter the last quarter of 2023, we are now entering crunch time for sales teams to meet their targets and KPIs for the year. With this in mind, we’re going to spend the next 3 weeks here on Raise Your Game focused on sales. In the first episode of this 3-part series, we’re zeroing in on two critical skills that could make or break your sales efforts as the world navigates through economic uncertainty: Building Rapport and Prospect Diagnostics. These are pivotal points that shape how...

In May, it was reported that Malaysia was two-seats from having women make up at least 30% of board members among the top 100 public-listed companies. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri told the Dewan Rakyat that women accounted for 29.7% of directors in these companies, which was a significant improvement from 2016, when only 14% of companies had a minimum of 30% of women on their boards. Now while it seems like Malaysia is making progress on this...

A Deloitte report says that Gen Z will soon surpass Millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than one-third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Zers. So as Gen Zers enter the workforce, their impact could be pronounced, given their differences from Millennials, this generation seems to have a different perspective on careers and how to define success in life and in the workforce. To shed some light on this, we speak with Aaron Dason, Lead at M.A.D....

This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. In this episode we address digital presence, LinkedIn, and how it plays into your professional brand See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. Last week we got into behaviour, in this episode we address communication and how it plays into your personal brand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We’re tackling these individually across 4 weeks here on Raise your Game. Last week we got into Appearance, in this episode we address behaviour and how it plays into your personal brand. Having confidence, charisma and poise might be easy for some, but not for many. Things from how you present yourself, how you carry a conversation, to even simple...

This month on the show, we’re going to be exploring 4 key factors of personal branding - Appearance, Behaviour, Communication, and Digital. We will tackle each factor individually across 4 weeks starting with A - Appearance Love it or hate it, our Appearance plays a role when it comes to our personal brands and how people perceive us. And while this can be incredibly subjective, it’s an especially important part of working as we often act as in person representatives of the organisations...

Authentic leadership is a leadership style that emphasises transparency, genuineness and honesty, where leaders build genuine relationships with their employees by inspiring trust and fostering a positive work environment. We speak to Rashmi Menon, Country Managing Director of Leaderonomics Services Malaysia, on the importance of authentic leadership in today's fast changing world, key characteristics and qualities of authentic leaders, and strategies for building trust with team members and...

Would you like to be more inspiring as a leader? Do you want to build a happier and higher-performing team? Would you like to lead with greater empathy and inclusion? This session discusses why emotional intelligence can be powerful for leaders and how to leverage it to become an EPIC Leader—one who is empathetic, purposeful, inspiring, and connected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“The business is bad, but I think you’re a good entrepreneur. I can give you the money, but what you’ll never get back is the time you spent building a business that was wrong for you”, that was what an investor told Adlin Yusman when he was looking to raise $2 million for one of his previous startups. In this episode of Raise Your Game, Adlin Yusman, experienced tech founder and the Managing Director of the Malaysian office of high-impact entrepreneurship network Endeavor, speaks to us...

As we enter the second half of 2023 and move past a sluggish first half, the number one thing on the minds of every business owner and manager is high performance. Jeevan Sahadevan, the founder of Leverage Lab, takes us down that road by giving us the keys to developing a championship team in our businesses. Work on each key and get your team out performing your competitors faster than you ever thought possible! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 2022 survey by Kisi, a tech company, revealed that Kuala Lumpur ranked 3rd in the list of most overworked cities in the world. We are even ahead of Singapore who ranks 4th for comparison. Technology is a key contributor to this problem, as Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon once said, “technology means that we’re all available 24/7. And, because everyone demands instant gratification and instant connectivity, there are no boundaries, no breaks”. One way to help manage this is work-life...

According to a Fast Company article, assessing talent has not changed in the last 20 years. Talent assessment requires an evolution, not a revolution—boards cannot be expected to hire a CEO without interviews. However, there must be a paradigm shift, based on new factors, for how decisions are made. Hetal Doshi, CEO & Organisational Psychologist at O Psych explores the importance of talent assessment and what tools can best benefit your recruitment processes. See...

When we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion in a company, it’s about wanting to feel like you belong. It’s about the feeling of being respected regardless of your race, age and gender. But what can companies do to become more diverse and inclusive while embracing equity? Beth Ridley, CEO of Ridley Consulting Group discusses. Photo Credits: Ridley Consulting Group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We cannot deny that employee-employer dynamics are changing. And it is suggested that leveraging an ownership culture will allow employees to be more engaged and less likely to quit. And this is suggested by Pete Stavros, the founder and chairperson of Ownership Works, a nonprofit in America. So what does ownership mean? And why is it important for your organisation to understand and eventually build this ownership culture? We speak to Nigesh Armon, COO & CTO of Leaderonomics Digital...