Raise Your Game

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 offered by AI technology and human-centric roles required for building trust and empathy, and the need for AI adoption to optimize the effectiveness of business operations and deliver new business opportunities. The conversation also outlines effective ways of managing hybrid workforces, the importance of building a purpose-driven work culture, and the necessity for HR to understand insights for just-in-time employee engagement. 00:06 Introduction and Welcome 00:12 The Future of Work: Hybrid and AI Trends 00:51 Key Leadership Lessons for 2024 01:37 The Role of AI in the Workplace 01:49 The Importance of Adaptability in Leadership 02:11 The Impact of Technological Innovations on Business 03:13 The Need for Standards in Emerging Technologies 03:26 The Challenges of Transition Periods in Business 03:39 The Importance of Resilience and Agility in Leadership 13:25 The Role of AI in Predicting Business Trends 14:07 The Impact of AI on HR and Employee Management 18:02 The Future of Jobs in the Age of AI 19:34 The Evolution of Jobs and the Impact of Technology 20:22 The Rise of Email and Increased Communication Frequency 21:00 The Role of AI in Interpreting and Summarizing Information 21:17 The Human Element in Sales and Trust Building 21:31 The Three Things Humans Excel At 22:48 The Role of AI in Business and the Importance of Early Adoption 26:23 The Shift to Hybrid Workforces and the Importance of Purpose 27:03 The Challenges and Solutions for Managing Hybrid Workforces 32:23 The Impact of Culture and Rituals in Hybrid Workforces 35:18 The Role of HR in Understanding and Engaging Employees

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 Market Talent initiative - aiming to fortify the industry with skilled and diverse talents. Joining us for this conversation is Tengku Zarina, the CEO of the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), the training and development arm of the Securities Commission. We’ll delve into the depths of the investED programme, its objectives, its approach to talent development, and how it hopes to reshape the industry. From discussing the current talent challenges in the Malaysian capital market and the steps the Securities Commission is taking, to the role of a diverse talent pool in ensuring market resilience, we get into all of it. Learn more at https://www.invested.my

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 2023.

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 20% of its strategic committee was female. We'll explore the variety of reasons behind this imbalance, identify the barriers that women often face on their journey up the career ladder, discuss strategies to overcome these challenges, and explore the tangible business outcomes of a more gender-diverse leadership team. Joining us for this is Jim O'Brien, the CEO of Learning & Development firm Tack TMI. Image Credit: Shutterstock

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

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.

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.

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 learn the 4 key factors factors that influence closing sales, how to overcome objections, and how to best follow up with prospects till you seal the deal

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 learn how to build value around your products and services and generate desire in prospects to buy, including a Sales Formula from Jeevan, that he says will help you close sales in a big way.

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 you interact with your prospects and, ultimately, close deals. In fact, without these skills, your sales team may struggle to function as the well-oiled machine that your business needs. To help us dissect and navigate these skills in this episode is Jeevan Sahadevan, the Founder of Leverage Labs. We delve into the psychology of building rapport, how it can set the stage for a successful sales process, and then shift gears to discuss the art of asking powerful questions that reveal what truly motivates your prospects to buy.

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 front, there are still plenty of biases and challenges women business leaders deal with that differ from their male counterparts in the predominantly male workforce and leadership structure. Today on Raise Your Game, we explore the unique challenges faced by women leaders and ways to possibly manage them, including women-centric communities, mentorship programs, and common mistakes that are easily avoidable when trying to bring more women back into the workforce and senior leadership.

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. Movement. We're going to try and get a better understanding of the younger generation and perhaps what employers and business leaders need to know when it comes to incentivizing and motivating them.

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

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.

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 things like reading the room right can be crucial in ensuring you come out visible and memorable. In this episode, we tackle everything concerning outward behaviour and business etiquette, from how you should conduct yourself in meetings to exuding confidence in social situations to the art of small talk in creating memorability and rapport. Helping us with this is Ranukka Singham, founder of Image Revamp - a personal branding and image consultancy. Photo Credits: Shutterstock

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 that we work for or run. With that in mind, on this episode of Raise Your Game, Ranukka Singham, founder of Image Revamp - a personal branding and image consultancy - joins us to discuss the dos and don'ts when it comes to the Appearance and Personal Branding. We get into the basics of how to dress to impress, the keys of personal grooming, the fundamentals of dress codes and the importance of having the right fit.

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 colleagues.

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.

“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 about lessons learnt from his past mistakes and failures, managing relationships with investors, board members, and co-founders, and when to stop or leave your business versus when to keep going. We also get into why entrepreneurship is a war, not a battle.

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!