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Clarity makes effective leadership
AN effective leader offers teammates clarity on one’s vision by showing them how that translates into what the leader does every day.
The economics of ergonomics
BIGGER is certainly better for Secretlab, at least when it comes to scaling the business. Less than a decade after the homegrown...
Wee Ee Cheong’s takeover Grand Slam
UNITED Overseas Bank’s (UOB) recent takeover of not 1 but 4 Citi consumer banking portfolios in South-east Asia in one fell swoop...
Prominent business leaders win Singapore Business Awards honours; UOB’s CEO picks up top accolade
MAINBOARD-LISTED United Overseas Bank (UOB) deputy chairman and chief executive officer Wee Ee Cheong was named Businessman of the Year at the...
Leadership in a crisis: the Mewah way
NEVER waste a crisis. That mantra served Mewah International's group chief executive Michelle Cheo well as she seized every opportunity to unpack...
Leveraging the power of data
WHILE students attending classes together receive the same information, it requires a special quality or a certain je ne sais quoi to...
Legal eagle flies high but stays humble
THE first thing that strikes you when you meet Milton Cheng is his humility. The high-profile corporate lawyer is one of the...
Food Empire perks up for instant (coffee) success
FOOD Empire's proprietary 3-in-1 instant coffee brand, MacCoffee, could possibly be the most famous Singapore brand that Singaporeans have never heard of.
Celebrating grit and survival instincts
YEAR upon year for the past three and a half decades, The Singapore Business Awards (SBA) have highlighted and honoured some of...
Nanofilm's founder Shi Xu takes the long view, after the IPO glow
GIVEN half the chance, academic-turned-technologist-turned-businessman Dr Shi Xu would clearly prefer to hold forth on the science of melting metals, thermal energy...