Building people Volume 4, Sunday emails from a chairman Volume 4, Sunday emails from a chairman /
Eavesdrop on a top business leader to learn the secrets of great leadership Building People provides a glimpse into the mind of one of Asia’s keenest and most effective business leaders. Before becoming Chairman of Changi Airport Group and Surbana Jurong, author Mun Leong Liew was named Best CEO in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Solaris South Tower, Singapore :
Changi Airport Group
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630239306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Pragmatism in Business and Leadership
- Work-life Balance - Is It a Zero Sum Game?
- Work is a common means for living
- The "life" side of the equation
- New Year Message - Building the New Changi Airport
- New Year Message - Transformation of Surbana
- Pragmatism - A Key to Successful Leadership in Singapore and China
- What is pragmatic leadership?
- Pragmatism in Singapore
- China's pragmatic leadership
- Pragmatism in Business
- Pragmatism in Business 2
- Application precedes theory
- Crisis is the new norm
- Aggressive discipline
- Going overseas
- Don't be emotional in business
- Contractors are Our Partners!
- Project management's three fundamentals
- Construction safety
- Strict anti-corruption policy
- Prompt payments
- Treat contractors as partners
- Contractors are not thieves and we are not policemen
- New Year Message - Waste Not, Want Not
- Singaporeans' phenomenal food wastage
- Overeating is unhealthy and sinful
- Our eating habits and culture have changed dramatically
- Food in China, now and then
- The Japanese culture of not wasting
- It is all about personal discipline and habits
- Doing something to reduce food wastage
- Chapter 2 Engineering and Infrastructure Business
- Conscience of Safety
- Collapse of Hotel New World
- Fire and explosion on the Stolt Spur
- Near collapse of a HDB apartment in Jurong East
- When the Stars are Aligned (天时地利人和)
- Commencement Speech - "My Story Can be Yours Too
- Engineers - Our Unsung Heroes
- Time to Make the Engineering Profession Shine Again!
- Speech at PFI Best Asia Infrastructure Citation Awards
- If You are Not Committed, Don't Do It!
- Commitment from employees
- Commitment with business partnerships
- Commitment to our mission.
- Commitment to the engineering profession
- Drama at the Last Farewell to a Close Friend and Colleague, Mr Somkiat
- Eulogy for Somkiat Lertpanyavit, a Most Distinguished Professional Engineer
- Chapter 3 World Outlook
- A Journey of "Encountering Evil
- Survival - The Mother of Innovation!
- Turning Sand into Gold!
- Dubai, the desert land
- Emirates
- Dubai Airports Company
- Mall of the World (MOTW)
- Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa
- Even bolder than the Chinese
- Turning sand into gold
- Singapore's miracle
- Will Prime Minister Abe Launch His Bazookas Soon?
- World Outlook - A Marine and His Beloved Dog
- Will the Year of the Fire Monkey Have More Tricks for Us All?
- Oil prices fizzling out
- China's economy slowing down
- China bashing
- There are fairer, alternative views on China
- My personal view
- China in transition
- We have to be in transition too
- Chapter 4 Talent Development and Core Values
- Changi Airport - The Learning University!
- Corporatisation vs Commercialisation - Are They Really the Same Thing?
- Mindset change
- MSA-the "business crutch
- We don't really run our company as a business
- We are not strategic enough as a business
- We continue to be bureaucratic like before
- What should we do now?
- New goals
- Have been there and done it before
- One last word of caution
- Call for personal adjustment
- Building CVs
- Choose Our Troops!
- Be interested in people
- Getting the right talent from the recruitment job interview
- Stealing people
- I'd rather have no one than the wrong one
- Eyeballing" candidates is important
- Checking past references may be more telling
- They may want the job as much as you want them!
- Porridge at the China Club
- The more you do, the better you become
- Choose our troops
- The Top Chinese Talent that I "Missed.
- Churchill and the Cleaning Lady
- Corruption Management in Business - Some Practical Points
- Anti-corruption policy-One of Singapore's critical success factors in nation-building
- Corruption thrives in developing countries?
- Principles and convictions of doing clean business
- Never accept that corruption is a natural way of life
- It Takes Leadership and Courage to Fight Corruption
- It is the leader's personal responsibility
- Start with hiring the right people
- Are there temptations?
- Make integrity our corporate culture
- Corporate communications-Practise nagging, it's never enough!
- Checking by auditing and compliance
- Whistle-blowing
- Leaders need courage to fight corruption
- TICS - The Way Forward!
- Chapter 5 In Remembrance of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
- How Changi Airport Has Transformed Singapore (and Me!)
- We started at Paya Lebar and how I got here
- Building the second runway at Paya Lebar
- How and why did PM Lee Kuan Yew decide to move to Changi?
- Naysayers and doubts about the builders of Changi Airport
- The "three wise men" and SCAD
- We did it in six years and shifted to Changi overnight
- The once-in-a-lifetime chance
- The Big, Bold and Innovative Air Hub of Changi Airport by Lee Kuan Yew
- Lee Kuan Yew Truly the Father of Changi Airport
- The Three Wise Men
- An Abiding Interest
- Some Qingming Thoughts
- The Launch of it Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew
- Chapter 6 Personal Reflections
- Have You Climbed Mount Fuji?
- Downward journey - Subashiri trail
- A State of High Anxiety
- Building Our Own Health Bank for Old Age
- Building Lasting Partnerships
- Of Music, Cranes and Friends
- When Bosses Become Mentors
- Some Thoughts on the World of Jack Ma
- On career path and making mistakes
- On big and small companies
- On public vs private sector
- On mentors and mentees.
- On finishing well at 60
- On Jack Ma's regrets
- Young Birdie vs Old Bird
- A memorable hike in Lamington National Park
- Old birds are more skilled at getting lunch
- Birds don't lose their hearing
- What can we learn from nature?
- Different price for different ageing birds?
- Appendix
- What are you going to do after you retire?
- Mr Lee's continuous involvement with Changi Airport
- Mr Lee's interest in people and talent
- The pragmatism of Mr Lee
- Mr Lee's concern for Singapore's commercial successes
- Mr Lee's interest in retirement and the older workforce
- Mr Lee's inexhaustible curiosity
- The loving couple, Mr and Mrs Lee
- Mr Lee in his later years
- Index
- EULA.
