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Goh Swee Seang - The Servant Leader
Goh’s ascended as Deputy Director-General due to his vast experience across many fields and knowledgeableness. Studiousness and curiosity were his greatest strengths, making him an ideal Deputy Director-General who could oversee the entire research and competitiveness component of MPC. As Deputy Director-General, Goh was always clear with the organisation’s objective and endeavoured to meet them. Having clear objectives that employees could strive towards was especially important. “If you are clear with your objectives, you can explain them to anyone from staff to stakeholders,” Goh explained. “It is also noteworthy to explain the reasons behind the objectives you set. This demonstrates transparency and creates trust.”
- Best Practices Type Success Stories
- Industry Public Sector
- Company Name Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
- Geographical Selangor
Developing MPC’s Presence in Penang and Johor
During his tenure managing two MPC regional offices, Dato’ Ahmad Fadzil’s focus was on improving the infrastructure and facilities of these two offices. At that time, both the Penang and Johor state offices had hostels which hosted MPC’s seminar trainees and guests. Wanting to provide maximum comfort for these attendees and guests, Dato’ Ahmad Fadzil implemented improvements.
- Best Practices Type Infographics
- Industry Public Sector
- Company Name Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
- Geographical Selangor
Dato' Ahmad Fadzil - The Approachable Leader
Known for his friendliness and approachable demeanour, the former Deputy Director-General Dato’ Ahmad Fadzil served as one half of MPC’s leading figures for 8 years. Tasked to lead MPC’s overall development and productivity at firm level, Dato’ Ahmad Fadzil monitored multiple programmes including training, Team Excellence and Lean ran by his subordinates. During his tenure, he set targets to ensure these programmes which were attended by industry players would make it to global levels.
- Best Practices Type Success Stories
- Industry Public Sector
- Company Name Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
- Geographical Selangor
The Edge Malaysia, November 18, 2019 - DHL Remains Best of The Best Despite Transition
A major change in leadershi earlier this year did not prevent DHL Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd from winning the Best of the Best award for the second year running at the Kincentric Best Employers - Malaysia 2019.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Services
- Company Name DHL Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur
The Edge Malaysia, November 11, 2019 - A Combination of Brains and Luck
"I love shopping,' laughs Datuk Seri Robert Tan when we meet for an interview recently. His understanding of a shopper's needs has served the group CEO of IGB Bhd well over the years, especially in his early years with IGB. After all, Tan is known as the man who built Mid Valley City and grew IGB into one of Malaysia's largest companies with a market capitalisation of almost RM9 billion (including that of IGB Real Estate Investment Trust).
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Construction
- Company Name IGB Bhd
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur
The Edge Malaysia, November 11, 2019 - Adapting to Change with Humility
The Oak Room at Nexus Bangsar South is the venue for the interview with this year's The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property Entrepreneur Award winner, C S Kong, managing director of UOA Development Bhd. The first thing one notices when meeting Kong is his sharp wit and further acquaintance, his strong principles and business acumen come to the fore. His ability to make others feel at ease while being able to get across his views are skills honed over 35 years in the property industry, both in construction and property development, and many more years in other endeavours.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Construction
- Company Name UOA Development Bhd
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur
The Edge Malaysia, November 11, 2019 - An AI for inspection
Alvin Koh started Blinkware Technology Sdn Bhd in 2013 because he wanted to use technology to improve his father's quality of life. The formerly invincible old man had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and had to quit his high-profile job at a bank because he could not control his shaking.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Services
- Company Name Blinkware Technology Sdn Bhd
- Geographical Selangor
The Edge Malaysia - The Chinese Impact on Asian Export (25 March 2019)
Asian export growth has been slowing as the global economy cools, dragged down in part by China's slowdown. And China's trade tensions with the US are not helping either. Moody's Investors Service looked at 23 Asia-Pacific countries to see which are the most vulnerable to a sustained slowdown in Chinese demand and which could benefit if trade and investments move away from China.
- Best Practices Type Infographics
- Industry Others
February 4, 2019, The Edge Malaysia - The road less travelled
"I think leadership is something that needs to be nurtured.We need to mentor leaders," Yeoh says thoughtfully. "What I think is leaders should have some core values, and one of the things I've been advocating for is that leadership should embrace the three Es and three Hs. The Es are ethics, excellence and execution, which is turning vision into reality. The Hs are hard work, humility and a sense of humour. "We beg your pardon? Yeoh smiles. "It's true. Leaders must be able to laugh at themselves, at their mistakes and learn from them. This ensures that they don't get so worked up when things don't go their way."
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Others
- Company Name Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI)
- Geographical Selangor
Spectacular Achievements
IJN is completely responsible for its balance sheet. It must be financially self-sustaining although profit is not its prime objective, as in the private sector. The profits are reinvested into technology, equipment and human resources. It is a model for how to get quality healthcare at lower cost. Its business philosophy is to be patient-centric, which boils down to making money through prudent ways to deliver the best dividends to stakeholders while being clinical-driven as embodied in its mandate.
- Best Practices Type Infographics
- Industry Services
- Company Name National Heart Institute (IJN)
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur
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January 7, 2019, The Edge Malaysia - Leap of faith
The global Islamic economy not only comprises Islamic finance but also halal food, travel, media, recreation, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics as well as modest fashion. With Muslims representing more than 22% ofthe world's population and expanding at a much faster pace than other religions, there will continue to be a growing addressable market for digital Islamic services, says Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd in its report, The Digital Islamic Senäces Landscape: Uncovering the Digital Islamic Services Opportunityfor the Middle East and the World. The Thomson Reuters report points out that there is significant scope for growth and maturity in the Islamic economy as only US$745 million in private equity investments were channel-led to this segment over the past three years — a far cry from the US$595 billion in conventional private equity and venture capital investments across the globe in 2017.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Others
- Company Name Ficus Venture Capital Sdn Bhd
- Geographical Selangor
Harnessing a Quality Ecosystem towards an Ideal Centre of Global Excellence
“A comfortable and efficient patient experience to all customers is a top priority at IJN. We are committed to provide excellent and holistic approach for cardiovascular and thoracic services of all aspects, including screening, diagnosis, management and treatment for patients from all levels. The hands-on expertise is always up-to-date in line with the latest technological developments as IJN strives to provide first-class heart treatment to our clients. In fact, our expertise is also internationally recognised as our researches are published in international journals, as well as being presented at international seminar.” YBhg. Dato’ Sri Dr Mohd Azhari Yakub, CEO, IJN Malaysia.
- Best Practices Type Case Studies
- Industry Services
- Company Name NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE (IJN)
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur
November 5, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Weathering The Challenges
As for June this year, the group has about 9,600 acres of undeveloped land in Malaysia with an estimated gross development value of RM155.94 billion, which, Khor says, will keep it busy for many years. However, it will add to its land bank if "there is a deal we cannot refuse". Overall, the group has held steady despite the soft local market, the surprise additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) in Singapore and Brexit.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Construction
- Company Name SP Setia Bhd Group
- Geographical Selangor
November 5, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Staying Relevant by Meeting Market Needs
How is Kong able to stay so grounded and bide his time when the typical inclination is to rush everything in the hope of hastening earnings? He reveals that his steady approach was born out of his sobering observation of how other businessmen went bankrupt because they tried to grow their businesses too quickly. In the current soft market, it is to be expected that some of the company's projects have slower-than-expected sales. But, overall group performance has remained good, due to the company's diverse portfolio of products.
- Best Practices Type Newsclips
- Industry Construction
- Company Name UOA Development Bhd
- Geographical Kuala Lumpur