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 Welcome00:12 The Future of Work: Hybrid and AI Trends00:51 Key Leadership Lessons for 202401:37 The Role of AI in the Workplace01:49 The Importance of Adaptability in Leadership02:11 The Impact of Technological Innovations on Business03:13 The Need for Standards in Emerging Technologies03:26 The Challenges of Transition Periods in Business03:39 The Importance of Resilience and Agility in Leadership13:25 The Role of AI in Predicting Business Trends14:07 The Impact of AI on HR and Employee Management18:02 The Future of Jobs in the Age of AI19:34 The Evolution of Jobs and the Impact of Technology20:22 The Rise of Email and Increased Communication Frequency21:00 The Role of AI in Interpreting and Summarizing Information21:17 The Human Element in Sales and Trust Building21:31 The Three Things Humans Excel At22:48 The Role of AI in Business and the Importance of Early Adoption26:23 The Shift to Hybrid Workforces and the Importance of Purpose27:03 The Challenges and Solutions for Managing Hybrid Workforces32:23 The Impact of Culture and Rituals in Hybrid Workforces35:18 The Role of HR in Understanding and Engaging EmployeesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 KongSee 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 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.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. In this episode we address digital presence, LinkedIn, and how it plays into your professional brandSee 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 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: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.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 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.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 integration, but how does that differ from work-life balance?We explore this with Connie Lee, People & Culture Lead of Leaderonomics. We also get into why employers should consider work-life integration within their organisations (even if they are traditionalist) and how it generates value for the organisation.Photo Credits: LeaderonomicsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 GroupSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No one really knows what’s going to happen next week, tomorrow or the next hour or even the next minute. But how do we navigate through uncertainties and still thrive in this day in age where everything in business is moving so rapidly with so many unknowns at work? We speak to Nathan Furr, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, who is also the co-author of The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown. He wrote this book together with his wife Susannah Harmon Furr with tools to help you see opportunities in uncertainties. Photo Credits: Freepik | tirachardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.