Self-leadership

  • What’s Missing In Leaders Today?…Staying Authentic

    By John Ng

    “Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart and feet – thinking, saying, feeling and doing the same thing – consistently. This builds trust and followers love leaders they can trust.”

  • Understanding the Millennials (Part One)

    By John Ng

      Understanding the Millennials (Part One)  “You must believe in the future of the Millennials!” Ngiam Tong Dow   When asked, “How do you manage the greatest challenge of our time, the Millennials?” Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, one-time Permanent Secretary to the former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, replied without hesitation, “You must believe that they are the […]

  • How Toxic Are Your Employees?

    By John Ng

      After my last Dr. John’s Leads on toxic bosses and assessment instruments, some bosses told me that I should author another piece about toxic employees.  We all have some forms of toxic behaviour, and it is important that we have good self-awareness to address these toxins in our lives.   Toxic bosses and employees […]

  • Getting Back Up From Billion-Dollar Failures – Interview with Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye

    By Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye

    We sat down with three prominent Asian leaders who shared personal and organizational challenges. Read this inspiring story of how one of them, a top property developer, found God in the midst of a financial crisis which changed his approach to work and life. Dr John Ng, Moderator:  Leadership has its struggles. Every leader faces […]

  • Develop Fruity Thinking

    By Paul McGee

    The way we think, i.e. talk to ourselves in our head, significantly impacts upon what we do in our actions, and it is our actions that determine the results we achieve in life.

  • How To Survive And Thrive After A Setback

    By Paul McGee

    It’s said the difference between people who succeed and people who fail is how they handle setbacks. We will all suffer setbacks, but whilst one person learns from the experience, the other can be crushed by it.

  • Leading From Being

    By Peter Chao

    The most intimate context that influences a leader is his self-perception. This is the “Being” lens that will inform his decisions and direction.

  • Be Willing To Be Wrong

    By Paul McGee

    Focus, determination and confidence are all traits to be admired as strengths. Yet I also believe they could be the reasons for a person’s downfall.

  • Energy Management: Managing Our Energy, Not Our Time

    By Dr John Ng

    It is energy management, not time management that we need.

  • The Leader’s Devotional Life

    By Michael Tan

    Some practical help for busy leaders to maintain a healthy devotional life on the go.

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    The Drawbacks Of An Over-functioning Leader

    By Geri Scazzero

    The journey into a profound spirituality for me began when I finally said, “I quit.” Refusing to continue pretending everything was “fine,” I told my husband, Pete, I was quitting the church – and he was the pastor! The powerful journey we took together – to “quit” the things that really do not belong to […]

  • How Driven Are You?

    By Michael Tan

    It is great to be driven! Life is not a matter of que sera sera. To be driven is to be ambitious. We are told to take life by the horn and not merely cruise along and hope for the best. We are encouraged by the media to live our dreams and to reach our […]

  • How Do I Lead Myself?

    By Rev Edmund Chan

    Leadership Is Hard Leadership is one of the hardest things to do. It is a multi-dimensional function. You see, when most people think of leadership, they often think of downward leadership (leading subordinates for whom they are responsible). This is sometimes difficult for a complexity of reasons. Yet that is not the whole terrain of […]

  • What is Self-Leadership?

    By Dr John Ng

    “Exceptional leaders distinguish themselves because of superior self-leadership.” – Daniel Goleman GREAT leadership is a cultivated art. It begins with self- leadership. Because at the center of leadership is the person who, more than anything else makes the difference. Leadership success or failure begins with how the leader approaches self-leadership. Bill Hybels, a noted  leader of one […]

  • Have You got the Confidence to go M.A.D.?

    By Paul McGee

    Making A Difference (M.A.D) means looking outside yourself and stepping out of your comfort zone to benefit others. In doing so, we are also helping ourselves! Find out why.

  • A Leader With Many “Hats” – Interview with Dr John Ng

    By Dr John Ng

    Can you share with us the different leadership roles you are currently undertaking?  I am leading my company, Meta, in terms of running the business aspect of it and also providing consulting and training. Meta offers three types of services for companies: leadership development, organizational cultural change, and customer centric cultural change. There’re two areas […]

Daily Quotes

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

John Kotter
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