The problem with most recognition awards at the workplace

In the recent facilitation session that I ran for a client, I realized that every year they hold a great event to celebrate the innovation projects of teams and recognize their efforts, and business impact.   In most innovation projects the teams usually involve some leaders who took an idea and turned them into reality. […]

7 Ways To Stay Motivated In Your Life

Philippine HR Congress Howell Malabut interviews Kenneth Kwan - "How do you stay motivated in life?"

“How do you motivate yourself and keep it up?” This was posted to me when Howell Mabalot interviewed me after my speech to over 1500 people in the recent Philippines HR Congress 2019. Honestly, there are times where I don’t feel exactly highly motivated, but my response to it is extremely important. This is not […]

Get noticed: 8 things that your boss wished you did more

After working with thousands of directors and leaders from many different countries, I have noticed that there common areas which they wished their team members are better in. Your boss will surely notice you if you do these! 1.    Speak up more by giving feedback or share ideas Bosses wished their people spoke up […]

How to win more at work and in life?

Success - Go Get It

Success. Everyone wants more of it but sometimes, it seems difficult to achieve. After working with many organisations, teams and coaching leaders, I am sure that many of them want to be a lot more successful in what they are doing. My job is to help unlock their winning potential. My job is to help […]

Forget New Year’s Resolutions

ForgetNewYrResolution

…But here’s the thing: most people tend to give up on doing it. They get excited easily but they drop it when they get too busy.

So, I suggest to you, forget New Year’s Resolutions.

6 ways to succeed more in life

Everyone wants more success in life but it doesn’t mean that they want to do something about it. In most articles, they claim that the first step you need to do is to set SMART goals. After all, if you don’t know what you want, how can you possibly succeed? Well, my answer is a […]

The magic of winning small so that you can win big

winning small

I recently spoke in a regional business meeting in Thailand about how small steps in the right direction leads to larger changes. Many organisations or people tend to set big goals and look out for big steps that will make all the difference. A lot of times most people will fail with big steps or […]

Baptism of fire

APSS CSP Awards 2016

(Picture is my recent award of the Certified Speaking Professional designation. The CSP™ is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform skill and less than than 12% of 5000 over professional speakers worldwide hold the designation.) Many many years ago, when I first started the speaking business, I couldn’t really get any jobs at […]

Why EQ Is Important To Leadership Success

Note from Kenneth: Dr Granville has for the last 19 years, been helping employees in organisations to approach their strengths and weaknesses through coaching and facilitative workshops that deal with team and individual behaviour. As a Master Behavioural Coach, Dr Granville will be speaking alongside me in the upcoming Leadership Masterclass on ‘Leading with Emotional […]

Before you start working hard, read this!

It seems that everyone is jumping into the New Year and some have already started working hard towards their goals.   However, it is my strong belief that if you rush into the new year without first evaluating the previous year, we might actually be committing the same mistakes without even learning from them. I […]