Why Listen??

I have this memory I will never forget while working at Perform@ International. Our CEO, Pre, was visiting us and we were having a discussion with him. We were about five or six people sitting and talking.

In that group, especially when you are flooded with senior people it is so easy to go unheard. During the course of the conversation, we were all giving our opinions. And I remember this distinct moment when I gave mine and was soon over-powered by everyone else.

But Pre... who was listening... goes like... "eh... sorry... what did you say Sam"??

And I got a chance to repeat myself with everybody's attention! =)

Now why I share this incident is because I have seen Pre do this again and again. He has this high sensitivity to people and also to conversations in a group. If somebody shared something and was ignored, he would quickly turn the group's attention to the person who was jus ignored and make everyone listen to him/her.

This is a kind of behavior I guess Pre trained himself to practice.

And if you ask me... I'd say it is critical for all Leaders to be good listeners.

Growing organizations have trained their ears to listen to what people are saying and are tuned in to the sound of the tweets =) ... it sure means a lot to them - jus to Listen!

Ever been listened to?? .... DO try listening!

Discover your Gifting

In School, did somebody ever give you an 'A' grade because you were an excellent musician or had amazing PR skills??

You were the best designer in school - yet nobody cared. Sorry bro, you needed to be good in math is what they said.

Take heart if you were looked down by people who thought intelligence was only about scoring top grades in School.

At school, the ones who had good Linguistic & Logical intelligences always scored high marks - simply because those were the intelligences that were being evaluated. Shh... and we all thought that they were the super-smart ones!

Thanks to Howard Gardner and his theory of Multiple Intelligences! Each person, he proposed, shows their natural gifting in various domains like - Interpersonal skills, Musical skills, Kinesthetic abilities, Visual-Spatial skills, Intrapersonal skills, Logical skills & Linguistic skills.

What is your gifting? Do consider finding your gifts.

Coz when you do, itz gonna change your life!

Business DNA Workshop @ BankMuscat HQ

I had a gr8 time yesterday @ BankMuscat HQ! gr8 facility.

I saw the most beautiful eyes in the world... so eager... so innocently earnest to learn!

I did some projects in BankMuscat in 2009 with their LnD team.  But yesterday, they became my first International client. Thank you God! I am blessed!