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Sixteen business leaders share how to achieve success at work and life. Drawn from diverse industries and fields of expertise, each interviewee shares his or her personal journey, including the challenges and setbacks faced, and how to overcome them. Includes interviews with Jonathan Asherson (Rolls Royce, Regional Director ASEAN and Pacific), Phyllis Cheung (McDonald's China Managing Director), Matthew Lang (Sony Mobile, Southeast Asia CEO), Rod Leaver (Lend Lease, Asia Pacific CEO), Tan Chuan Jin (Cabinet Minister, Singapore), Alan Chan (Singapore Press Holdings, CEO) and Arnoud De Meyer (Singapore Management University, President) Alicia Yi, (Kornferry, Managing Partner), Bernard Tan (ST Kinetics, President), Sylvia Lim (Politician, Chairman of the Workers Party- Singapore), William Wan (Singapore Kindness Movement)

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	10 mai 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789814677349
Langue	English

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS
What makes a leader? Is it a compilation of certain behaviours? Is it style? Is it a certain way of communicating? What do leaders do that makes people perceive them as leaders?
If you are a leader of a company or aspire to be one - this book is a must have . Ronald Tay has written an important book with inspiring leadership stories that provides a unique overview of what it takes to be a leader. This is easy to read, insightful and informative for any leader, drawing on unprecedented personal access and a keen sense of the dynamics of leaders institutions and their personal lives. It also shows how to create the conditions for inspiring future generations of leaders to seek passion and purpose.
PROF SATTAR BAWANY
CEO C-Suite Master Executive Coach
Centre for Executive Education (CEE)
What I like most about Leadership Conversations is that these are dialogues with experienced leaders rather than academics, which Ronald Tay has skilfully consolidated into a valuable learning tool.
Their comments and advice stem from being in the real leadership hot seat and not from abstract theories. While the perspectives are varied, some key common leadership themes emerge. I especially like the way in which ideas have been captured at intervals, to reinforce the messages. A novel approach to leadership learning, based on genuine in-depth experiences.
IAIN MARTIN
Chairman, I.J. Martin Co Ltd
Author of Looking Down on Leaders: a bird s eye view of business and bosses
Three things make this book unique. First, it offers a perspective that truly reflects leadership in Asia, and all of the business and cultural nuances that this entails. Second, within the context of Asia, it has excellent diversity in terms of the people and organisatons featured to provide a broad perspective. Finally, it doesn t just focus on what successful people currently do but how they got to where they are. Overall, a very compelling and practical guide to becoming a successful leader in Asia.
PATRICK FEI
Managing Director, BTS Asia Pacific
There is no one recipe for inspirational leadership, Ronald s second book is a fantastic insight into how real leaders make it happen and the journey and lessons they go through. This is a must read if you like to learn through stories and you are positioning yourself as a future leader or you need some extra incentive to get your leadership role back on track.
MOIRA ROBERTS
Head of Human Resources, UBS Singapore
This book is an excellent collection of impactful and practical ideas for leading oneself, others and an organisaton. The insights shared here are deeply relevant for leaders across levels and professional fields. I would recommend it to any existing or aspiring leader.
RAJIV VIJ
Leadership Coach author of Discovering Your Sweet Spot
This book is quite simply a game-changing Tour de Force in our understanding of Universal Leadership - a remarkable achievement and essential reading for anyone with an interest in or a role as a leader.
Ronald Tay s excellent insights through his conversations with real leaders show how universal is the principle that leaders are defined by their actions, not by their geography, culture, upbringing or education. Gone are the clich s and laboured attempts to label leadership styles as geographically dependent. As Matthew Lang says in the book, and I agree: the fundamentals of leading a team here are no different to leading a team in Africa, Europe, America or anywhere else in the world.
Ronald s sensitive questioning and listening style reveal how important the leader s actions are in helping people become superheroes by creating role clarity and showing value for everyone.
JIM HICK
Singapore Country Manager, Impact International
In Leadership Conversations , Ronald Tay has compiled an outstanding collection of interviews with 16 smart, interesting, and experienced leaders. Every page is filled with the kind of rare wisdom that can only come from years of leading at the front lines of organisations. A must-read for anyone aspiring to, or already in, a position of leadership!
BRENDA BENCE
Senior Executive Coach and award-winning author of eight books, including Would YOU Want to Work for YOU?

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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Tay, Ronald, author.
Leadership conversations : 16 leading professionals share the secrets of their success / Ronald Tay. - Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2015.
pages cm
eISBN: 978 981 4677 34 9
1. Leadership. 2. Success. I. Title.
HD57.7
658.4092 - dc23 OCN907204767

Printed in Singapore by Markono Print Media Ltd.
CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

Leading with patience and drive
JONATHAN ASHERSON
Regional Director, ASEAN and Pacific, Rolls-Royce

Being the game-changer
ALAN CHAN
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH)

Be authentic and stand for something
PHYLLIS CHEUNG
Managing Director, McDonald s China

Leaders do well by doing good
KOH POH TIONG
Chairman and Senior Advisor of Ezra Holdings Board Member of Fraser and Neave Limited

Clarity in purpose and communication
KWEK KOK KWONG
Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Learning Hub

Bringing out the best in your team
MATTHEW LANG
Corporate Vice President and Head of Southeast Asia Oceania CU, Sony Mobile Communications

Little gestures create big impact
CAROL FONG
Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Securities

Daring to disrupt
ROD LEAVER
Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Lend Lease

Responsibility to the people
SYLVIA LIM
Chairman, Workers Party

Leading the profession
MAX LOH
Managing Partner for ASEAN and Singapore, EY

Leading collaboratively
ARNOUD DE MEYER
President, Singapore Management University

Servant leadership
JACK SIM
Founder, World Toilet Organisation

Inculcate a strategic vision to drive change
BERNARD TAN KOK KIANG
President, Commercial Business Group, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd

Build trust as a leader
TAN CHUAN JIN
Minister of Manpower and Minister for Social and Family Development, Singapore

Lead with humility, then wisdom
DR WILLIAM WAN
General Secretary, Singapore Kindness Movement

Embrace diversity
ALICIA YI
Managing Director, Korn Ferry

CONCLUSION: LEADERSHIP IN PERSPECTIVE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FOREWORD
Few would argue that the environment we operate in today is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (or VUCA, a term first coined by the US Army War College to describe the unpredictable security environment of the late 1990s). Coupled with the technology revolution that has changed our way of life and impacted how organisations are run, the leader today faces a whole new set of challenges. The leader is constantly faced with a deluge of data, connected with both internal and external stakeholders 24/7, faces unrelenting public scrutiny, and yet is required to exhibit the right behaviours and make the right decisions each time, all the time. Leading an organisation today, regardless of whether it is a private corporation, the public sector, a non-profit organisation, or an academic institution, has become so much more challenging.
That said, from the interviews in the book, it is heartening to see that there are powerful leadership principles and behaviours that are timeless, that leaders cannot succeed without their teams, that leaders still need to spend time to engage and motivate their people, perhaps even more so in this digital era. It is also interesting to note that many of these leaders were shaped by crucible experiences in their youth, and very often, had to deal with adversity at a very young age. In the early stages of their career, many were given opportunities to take on stretched roles/overseas assignments, which gave them a head start in their careers and subsequently helped shape their leadership philosophy. Another common trend is that these leaders have lived and worked across various countries and cultures, which greatly contributed to their ability to balance progressive Western leadership practices with the traditional wisdom of Asian leadership principles.
In the same vein, our research at the Human Capital Leadership Institute highlights a number of common strategies that successful leaders employed to get to where they are. First, successful