RAMESH

 

"People like you are not meant to go to the Top Schools... You should aim for average schools. You are only mediocre" 

 

 

 

 

When we all sit down for a moment and reflect on our life journey isnt' it interesting how many random memories come up...

Some really great ones.

Playing in the garden with your friends in the warm afternoon sun,  giggles and screams fill the carefree air. There is a luminescence about such things. The spirit of possiblities. 

 

Some memories on the other hand, bring up Pain.

Being told that you won't amount to much. Being told that you entire identity is based on what you are able to achieve in school and in life. 

 

I have come to a realisation that these imprints from a long time ago and affect us greatly as adults.

Today I am proud to say that  I am bright person. Just not bright in a way my teacher needed me to be. 

 

 

 

 

"Do you think you deserve better?" 

 

I was 17

 

I have just been handed my exam results by my teacher Ms Hamimah Abu. Catastrophic would be an understatement. And yet Ms Hamimah did not say that I had done poorly or that she was dissapointed with me or start a motivational speech about applying myself more. All she did was ask me what I thought about my performance. She left it to me to decide whether I could do better or this was my very best academically.

 

"Do you think you deserve better?" That question I believe is applicable to everyone reading this right now. 

 

Brilliance bursts out of every person. Each and Everyone of us are unique in our talents, capabilities and strengths. It is this diversity that makes our World a wonderful place. It took me a long time to understand this invincible life truth. Change begins with me when I take ownership. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twists and Turns

 

My life took a very interesting turn when parents got crushed in the Asian Financial Crisis the late 1990's. Left with no choice but to cut my university education short I returned to Singapore from America to get a job to help the family. With no qualifications and a frosty job climate I started with telemarketing. Isn't that where all heroic stories begin? I had a massive reboot in how I was conditioned to think. 

 

Go to school, get a degree, get a job! Year after year it was pounded into my brain. Until the eletricity supply in my house was disrupted due to. er hm.. not paying the bills. Reality. Since no one wanted to give me a full time job I decided to get many part time jobs. I sold drinks at events (sounded easy enough until they told me I had to carry the huge blocks of ice from the truck to the stall. Cold doesn't even begin to describe it.) I worked as a science enrichment class teacher for a high end kindergarten where I dazzled my audience of 3 year olds the  wonders of evaporation and wind power. I coached a junior college's debates teams, did some ad hoc public speaking classes for at risk youth organised by the Salvation Army and even tried out to be a voice actor for the Japanese Anime series "One Piece" The feedback I got, "You sound too Indian" 

 

Question: How does one sound "Too Indian" Light is both a particle and a wave. I don't get it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My adventures were born out of neccessity not courage.

When there is no way. You make one.

 

Today I have devoted myself to creating value by helping Individuals like yourself grow on a personal and professional level. Over the past decade I have been very blessed to have worked with thousands of people and countless Organisations to gain the right mental and emotional tools to create their own Mega changes.

 

I believe we are here on this planet for a limited time and it would be wise to make the best of it. To Dream Bigger, Dare More and Live Better. No matter where you may be in you life right now, whether it is a place or challenges, confusion, frustration or of goodness, I would like to add value to you in your Journey. 

 

 

 

 

 

My Professional Experiences

 

1. Critical Thinking
Ramesh has been regularly conducting innovative workshops which go beyond the “death by powerpoint” approach to  creating energetic programs that get participants to relook at their thinking strategies.

One of his signature critical thinking programs which explores the 7 stages of a good thought process which has garnered fantastic reviews is  “Crime Scene Investigations” – a Problem Solving and Critical Thinking programme for National University of Singapore. He uses a wide range of tools, modalities and hands on experiences to get participants to develop higher order thinking for more effective problem solving and sound decision making. He draws on his training  as college debator to get people in the Organisation to start thinking again. We think better, We do better!

 

 

 

2. Personal Mastery for Peak Performance
In this suite of invigorating programs, Ramesh gets participants to sit up and engage with their personal vision, put the fire back into their belly and evoke their inner drive to dream bigger and achieve more. Ramesh draws on his training as a certified Master trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLPTM), Jungian Psychology, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Step 1 and 2 ,Tetramap and Holistic Healing practices.

 

 

 

3. Presentation Dynamics
Ramesh designed this range of programs to help participants pick up the skills of World Class Presenters. His credentials in Public Speaking from being a underdog college debator to representing Singapore in 1997 and winning the Best Speaker Trophy in the “Bridging Minds” debates which was televised live to over 5 million views. As the Presentation Captain he helped his college in the prestigious and demanding Singapore Press Holdings Geography Challenge to lift the Championship Trophy after beating 4 other top institutions in the country. Ramesh was the National “Open” Category Champion at the Singapore 21 Speech Contest. In August 2002, Ramesh became the first ever Singaporean to compete in the Toastmasters International Inter-District Speech Contest in San Antonio, Texas. After battling it out with the best speakers from South Africa, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Ireland he returned home as the second-ranking speaker outside the United States of America. Since then he has represented the District in 2006 in Washington DC and in 2011 in Las Vegas.

 

 

 

4. Transformational Leadership 
In 2006 Ramesh partnered with the Singapore Technologies Engineering Group to analyse their Leadership Competency framework and develop a series of applicable training for over 14,000 leaders at Junior, Mid and Senior Levels. Since then the inception of the program Ramesh has worked over 5000 leaders personally to help them improve their leadership skills. Ramesh has also pursued multiple academic courses in Leadership training. He has won the hearts and minds of many leaders through his heartfelt sharing of the challenges faced by Leadership and useful strategies that they can apply to help engage their teams and drive organisational growth. For his Leadership classes Ramesh is able to either level up or down the content of the classes to best suit the target group of leaders.

His recent achievement came in 2010 where he was awarded the Prestigious May Day Model Partnership award from Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Manpower for his work with the Orchard Turn Development.
Ramesh has worked with the following organizations: Ernst & Young, Singapore Technologies, Caterpillar Asia, Canon Singapore, Pan United Marine, Servier, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Ministry of Manpower, Republic of Singapore Navy Training Command, Singapore Armed Forces, Land Transport Authority, National University of Singapore, Mediacorp, Toyota, Prudential and many others.