AURAL APTITUDE - Overcome Communication Barriers through Effective Listening

Effective listening is one of the most powerful and fundamental communication tool that is often overlook in professional development. When someone is willing to stop talking or thinking and begin truly to listen to others, many communication problems are eliminated.

THE UNSPOKEN MESSAGE - Unravel a Pivotal Aspect of Leadership – Body Language – to Enhance Our Capacity to Lead

Communication is an important aspect of leadership. The impact of effective communication can largely be determined by your body language, yet it is often overlooked in your professional development as a leader. When you project the right attitude, gestures, stance, and appearance, it will increase your effectiveness as a leader.

CONNECT TO COMMUNICATE - Breaking Down Communication Barriers

When you connect with people, you have the ability to identify with and relate to them in a way that increases your influence.  As a result, your relationship with people improves.  Your ability to lead and work in a team increases.

EMOTIVE EXPRESSION - Refining the Art of Working Smart

Being emotional are often thought of as being weak, out of control or childish. We were told emotions could cloud our judgments and logical minds.  Many believed that emotions are automatic responses of which we have no control over.  Few realized that emotions have powerful influences on our behavior.  We can make emotions work for us by using them to help guide our behavior and thinking in ways that enhance our life.

SIMPLY ELEGANT - Your Personalized Guide to Elegance

It is still unfair but true, that your appearance communicates loudly about your personality. Your appearance greatly influence how you are likely to be perceived by others within seconds of your first meeting. Your image must be thought out with much care!

SIMPLY SHARP - Image for Man

We've all met people that we instantly "like" and want to get to know more or do business with. Most of the time, these people follow a few basic rules that make their first impression a strong one.

INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE - Strategies For Achieving Your Financial Retirement Goals

Retirement has become a hot topic lately as Singapore grapples with an aging population. The recent survey conducted by HSBC Asian Insurance Monitor showed 69 percent of Singaporeans feel they are saving less than what they need to, or do not have savings at all. Many of us do not plan for retirement until it is too late. With an increase in life expectancy and cost of living, retirement is becoming more expensive and you might run a risk of living longer than your assets can last.

CONNECT THE DOTS - Harnessing the Power of Diversity

People skills are important for career success. The ability to deal with different types of people is a highly valued quality. As you move up the corporate ladder, people skills become more important because your results are measured by team performance.

CONVERSATION MATTERS - Transforming Difficult Conversation into Dynamic Engagement

Difficult conversations are very much part of working life. It could be giving feedback on your colleague’s poor performance, raising sensitive issues, delivering bad news, talking about a failed project or to a subordinate whom many complained about. Many prefer to avoid or delay the conversations and hope the issues will resolve themselves.