Keynote speaker in Malaysia
Suresh Dhawan is a leadership keynote speaker in Malaysia for conferences, leadership summits and kick-offs. Each keynote can be run as a talk, or extended into a workshop so the change sticks. Suresh has trained 300,000+ people across 61 nationalities, in English or Malay.
Keynote topics
Building a Positive Work Culture: The Key to Employee Motivation, Productivity, and Success
Keynote Talk
Everyone wants a positive culture. Few teams agree on what people should actually do differently on Monday.
Suresh turns culture from a poster into everyday behaviour, showing employees how collaboration, respect and wellbeing show up in motivation, teamwork and results.
- A short list of everyday behaviours that build collaboration and respect
- Simple ways to protect wellbeing at work
- How a positive culture lifts motivation and organisational performance
Suitable for employees from all departments and levels.
Please Have It My Way: Negotiating for Results and Relationships
Keynote Talk · Workshop
You won the price. Then the supplier stopped picking up the phone.
Suresh shows why deals that look like wins can cost you the relationship, and how to negotiate so both sides want to work together again.
- Read different personalities and adjust your approach
- Prepare, open well and turn disagreement into progress
- Hold your position without being pushed around
- Close deals that make the next negotiation easier
Suitable for leaders, sales, procurement and client-facing teams.
Take Five: Staying Steady When Pressure Rises
Keynote Talk · Workshop
The deadline did not break your team. How people treated each other under it did.
Suresh shows what pressure does to thinking, decisions and relationships, and gives practical, enjoyable techniques people can use the same day.
- Spot the early signs of pressure in yourself and your colleagues
- Reset techniques for the moment things get tense
- Habits that build lasting resilience
- How to support a stressed colleague
Suitable for teams at every level, including frontline staff.
Workplace relationships that work
Keynote Talk · Workshop
Your team agrees in the meeting and complains in the corridor.
Through the POPP™ lens, Suresh shows how trust, tension and communication style shape everyday performance, and how to have the conversations teams avoid.
- Why capable, well-meaning people still clash
- How to start the conversations everyone is avoiding
- Everyday habits that build trust across levels
Suitable for teams and managers at any level.
Leadership culture
Keynote Talk · Leadership session
Your team copies what you do, not what you say.
Leaders set the tone long before they set the strategy. Suresh shows how a leader's everyday behaviour spreads through a team and becomes its culture.
- How your behaviour spreads through the team
- Turning stated values into daily habits
- Small changes leaders can make this week
Suitable for managers, senior leaders and leadership teams.
Behavioural dynamics with DOPE
Keynote Talk · Team profiling session
You know your team's targets. Do you know how each person actually works?
Suresh uses his own DOPE profiling tool to help people see their behavioural patterns and their colleagues', so they can adapt how they communicate and work together.
- See the behavioural patterns in yourself and others
- Adapt how you communicate to each person
- Turn differences into a working advantage
Suitable for teams that want to understand each other better.
How it works
Enquire
Tell us about your event, audience and goals.
Talk it through
A short call to shape the message around your people.
Customised keynote
Suresh tailors the content, stories and examples to your audience.
Deliver and follow up
A high-energy session, with practical follow-up so the change sticks.
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