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Achieve Success and Sustainable Success (A'SAS)

The core competencies required to achieve Success and achieve Sustainable Success (A'SAS) are:
  • Thinking skills
  • Communication skills
  • Work/Functional skills
  • Business skills
  • Industry skills
  • Emotional, Adversity and Spiritial Intelligences (EASI)
Questions and answers related to ASAS skills are compiled in ASAS-QnA.blogspot.com.

Thinking skills

“Clarify challenges, find solutions, make decision and execute effectively”

Thinking About Thinkings
  • Logical thinking, Lateral thinking, Creative thinking, Intuitive thinking, Positive thinking, Negative thinking, Focused thinking, Dominant thinking, Strategic thinking, Systematic thinking, Reflective thinking , Critical thinking, Analytical thinking,
  • Left brain, Right brain
  • Balanced Path = Effective thinking
Creativity and Innovation
  • Myths About Creativity
  • Barriers to Creative Thinking
  • Tools and Techniques to Generate Ideas
  • Applying Creativity and Innovation to Daily Challenges
  • Selling the Innovation Ideas and Implementing Them
Problem Solving
  • Issues vs Challenges vs Problems vs Crisis vs Armageddon
  • Begin With End in Mind
  • A Problem Well Stated Is A Problem Half Solved!
  • Stabilise issues and capitalise opportunities
  • Explore options, Decide, Take action, Concentrate and focus your efforts/resources, Think positive, Believe in success, Doa, Tawakkal
  • Detailed Framework: Before, During, After
  • Problem Solving Tools
Decision Making and Execution
  • Situational analysis
  • Cause-and-effect analysis
  • Decision-Making tools

Communication skills

“Listen, understand, relate, inform and influence others effectively”

Personal Branding
  • First Impression Is Paramount!
  • Communication: Non-verbal, Para-verbal, Verbal
  • Grooming
  • Emotion
  • Body language
  • Voice
  • Finesse, courtesy and etiquette
Effective Communicator
  • First seek to understand, then to be understood
  • Using Your Eyes, Ears, Heart and Mind in Communication
  • Active and reflective listening
  • Questioning techniques
  • Clear language and positive words
  • Assertive vs Aggressive vs Aloof
  • Barriers to effective communication
  • Receiving feedback (or criticism)
  • Giving feedback
  • Teaching
  • Delegating
  • Influencing and inspiring others
  • Selling (ideas, products etc)
  • Presentation
  • Public Speaking
  • Negotiation
  • Conflict Management
  • Find common grounds
Win-Win-Win Networking and Teamwork
  • Networking ethics and srategies
  • Rapport
  • What to say to anyone and how to say it right
  • Diversity
  • Teamwork
  • Global Long-Term Business Networking
Business/Industry English
  • English is Easy and Fun!
  • Effective Business and Communication English
  • No such thing as not being able to write. It takes some efforts and logical thinking
  • Company-Specific Formats: SMS, Emails, Memo, Letters, Standard Documents, Technical Reports, Business Reports, Proposals, Presentation

Work/Functional skills

“Proactive and Productive Professionals”

Professionals Paradigm
  • From Students Life to Career Universe
  • What is a Job (or Work)? = Ibadah, Rahmat, Amanah, Calling, Actualisation, Respect, Contribution, Value Creation
  • Begin With the End in Mind
  • Do what needs to be done, not just what you are told
  • Excellence and Advancement
  • Managing your Boss
  • Personal Financial and Wealth Management
  • Love What You Do, Until You Get To Do What You Love!
Self and Time Management
  • Time management is about Self management
  • Mindset: proactive vs reactive, attitude, motivation
  • Goal setting: long-term objectives, time maximisation
  • Priorities setting: personal and company values, Pareto Principle, cost-benefit etc
  • Put First Things First
  • Time Maximisation
Project Management
  • Every activity is a project!
  • Begin With End In Mind ~ POPICAT
  • Measure Twice, Cut Once
  • Plan, Do, Check, Act
  • Project Management techniques
Productivity Tools
  • Personal
  • Organisational

Effective Manager, Enlightened Leader

  • Built-to-Last Organisation
  • Exceptional Individual, Empowered Team, Effective Manager, Enlightened Leader
  • Combining the strengths of vision and execution
  • Effective Manager
  • Leadership qualities

Business skills

“Maximise Revenue, Optimise Costs”

Business Organisation, Culture and Values
  • Corporate Structure
  • Organisational Functions: Planning, Corporate, Regulation, Risk Management, Finance, Human Resources, Knowledge Management, Production, Logistics, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service etc
  • Corporate Citizenship
  • Global Business
Finance and Financials for Non-Accountant
  • Profit and Loss Account
  • Balance Sheet
Business and Management Strategies
  • Business and Industry Challenges: Politics, Economy, Social, Technology, Legal, Environment (PESTLE)
  • Strategic Planning
  • Selling, Cross-Selling and Up-Selling
  • Mutually Enriching Customer Services
Entrepreneurship
  • Fundamental Questions: What are you selling? Why do target customers need it? Why you instead of others?
  • If that is proven, then can look at Business Plan
  • Funding and the various other business questions

Industry skills

“Adapt to Specific Industries and Create Higher Value in Each Organisation”

Lifelong Learning Throughout Your Career
  • The only constant is change
  • Strategies
  • Sources: On the job, Reading, Google, YouTube, Learning from Others
  • Think Face, Black Heart
Leadership and Ethics in Specific Industry/Organisation
  • Industry management
  • Values and the organisation
  • Ethics at work place
  • Confidentiality
  • Environment and culture
  • Requirements for an approved professional
  • Role and responsibility of a professional
  • Ethics code and guideline

Emotional Intelligence

“Mastering yourself and managing relationship with other people”

Maximise Motivation, Ability, Confidence and Self-Esteem (MaxMACS)
  • Motivation
  • Ability
  • Confidence
  • Self-Esteem
Managing Interpersonal Relationships
  • Respond instead of React
  • Don’ Sweat the Small Stuff
  • First Seek to Understand, Then to be Understood
  • Apathy vs Sympathy vs Empathy
  • Establish and Maintain Trust
  • Moral and Professionalism

Adversity Intelligence

“Tough times never last, tough people do. Turn obstacles into opportunities”

Work on Solutions not Problems
  • Nobody Owe You Any Favours! Help Yourself and Help Others!
  • What is the worst that can happen?
  • Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern
  • Winners vs Whiners, Leaders vs Losers
  • Lemon to lemonade
  • Problems create opportunities
  • What does not kill you, will make you stronger ~ learn lessons
Strive in Dynamic High Pressure Environment
  • Rewarding Job and Balanced Life
  • Energy Level
  • Emotion: boredom, anger, frustration, tunnel vision vs fun, enjoy, big picture
  • Physical: posture, breathing, power nap, exercise
  • Stress Management
  • Good stress vs Bad stress
  • Anger Management

Spiritual Intelligence

“Take 100 % responsibility for your life and your self. And have faith in God”

Law of Attraction
  • Whether you think you can or you cannot, you are right!
  • Visualisation
Excellent Dunia And Akhirat (for Muslims)
  • Aqidah
  • Akhlak
  • Agama