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More About This Title BUILDING PEOPLE - SUNDAY EMAILS FROM A CEO
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"In real estate, the common mantra is location, location, location or timing, timing, timing. But we think it should be people, people, people. It is people who make decisions on both."
"Building people with right core competencies is important. But they must also have the right core values."
"We can take calculated market or operation risks. However, we cannot take any reputation risk at all."
"Linking real estate with the capital market is one of the strategies to create more Capital from Land."
"Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) are part of our corporate culture."
"We have successfully 'exported' real estate overseas."
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He has worked as an engineer and was appointed the Registrar of Singapore's Professional Engineer Board. Mun Leong has also served as CEO of two statutory boards in the fields of industrial research and national standardisation,.and he was elected President of the worldwide International Standards Organisation (ISO).
In the private sector, Mun Leong has led several public-listed companies and is the Group President and CEO of CapitaLand Ltd, South East Asia's largest listed real estate company.
Mun Leong's passion for "building people" and creating the right corporate culture is the cornerstone of his leadership. He frequently writes "hobby emails" to his colleagues and shares his vision, core values and strategy in a simple and sincere way. This book is a compilation of nine years of "hobby emails" to his colleagues.
Mun Leong was awarded the Public Administration Medal by the Singapore Government in 1979 for his illustrious career in the public service. For his performance in the private sector, he was named the Outstanding CEO of the Year in the 2006 Singapore Business Awards and conferred the inaugural CEO of the Year award at the 2007 Singapore Corporate Awards.
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28 Sep 1998 Persevering to stay on top.
12 Oct 1998 Perfection is a mental discipline.
17 Oct 1998 Being a perfectionist.
2 Nov 1998 Plan, plan, plan.
16 Nov 1998 Remember Murphy's Law!
28 Nov 1998 Paranoia in business.
12 Dec 1998 Perseverance is the genius in disguise.
23 Mar 2002 10 years' failure, lifetime success.
1 Apr 2001 Corporate discipline starts with the smallest details.
12 Sep 2001 Preparing for the worst-Be paranoid.
Chapter 2: From MICE to ICE (From Mice to Ice-Fighting competition).
6 Mar 1999 Five frogs on a log.
27 Mar 1999 Taking smart Initiatives.
26 Aug 2002 Creativity pays.
5 Jun 2006 Who stole our cheese.
27 Nov 2006 Catching MICE with ICE-CapitaLand's new corporate culture.
11 Dec 2006 Winning with Ideas.
26 Feb 2007 Tip of the iceberg.
Chapter 3: Execution excellence lies in the details.
23 Dec 2001 Osama Otak.
7 Jan 2002 Cultural integration.
21 Feb 2002 Don't let fertile water flow to other rice fields.
15 Apr 2002 Cost-cutting ideas.
18 May 2002 Knock-out Kaya Toast.
8 Sep 2002 Handling difficult customers.
3 Jul 2003 Customer urgency.
25 Jul 2005 Shareholders invest money in us, not emotions.
11 May 2006 Cutting red tape.
11 Nov 2006 Shut off those nuisance toys!
Chapter 4: Learning journeys.
14 Sep 1998 Opportunities in lean times.
30 May 1999 Bluewater Vision.
2 Oct 1999 Vegetables washing machine.
8 Dec 1999 Meeting with a Shanghai mayor.
31 Jan 2001 Speak up, man.
18 Nov 2001 Price-gap opportunities.
1 Jul 2002 Confronting Competitive China.
23 Sep 2002 Survival creativity.
16 Dec 2002 Every business needs a China strategy.
23 Dec 2002 Black Belt vs. Black Belt.
16 Mar 2004 Takeaways from India.
21 Aug 2006 Learning from a Chengdu developer.
21 May 2007 Beijing, Beijing, Beijing.
28 May 2007 China's happiest place on earth.
Chapter 5: Inspiring encounters.
15 Oct 1998 Failure-a job requirement?
8 May 2001 Patriotism pays.
15 Jul 2001 The golfing blind man.
24 Sep 2003 Pearls of wisdom.
12 Jan 2004 Sake, anyone?
28 Jun 2004 Octogenarian wisdom.
15 Oct 2004 Wynn-ing details.
20 Jun 2005 Simple man, great messages.
6 Nov 2006 An entrepreneur-A man of steel.
Chapter 6: Of business and ethics.
21 Sep 1998 Don't take everything from the table.
3 Jun 2001 A lesson from Angkor Wat.
11 Dec 2001 Name-dropping.
7 Mar 2005 Corruption's poison.
4 Apr 2005 The last four legs.
01 Jul 2007 Where does Corporate Social Responsibility start?
Chapter 7: Building people.
A. Investing in education.
8 Sep 2003 Have a genuine interest in people.
22 Oct 2004 Raising children, nurturing talents.
4 Jul 2005 GNP, not just GDP.
27 Dec 2006 Climb and fill your Cup.
26 Mar 2007 Managing talents, building people.
B. Work and life balance.
18 Jul 2005 Check your work-life balance.
16 Oct 2005 Find that balance!
10 May 2006 Your health is your responsibility.
C. A sound body, a healthy mind.
21 Jul 2001 There are no fat CapitaLand executives.
2 Oct 2001 Sentosa Sunday.
18 Mar 2002 A broken leg reminder.
Chapter 8: Nurturing the soul.
20 Apr 2005 Building people to build people.
14 July 2006 Fostering charity work.
Chapter 9: Media interviews.
The CEO who enjoys being difficult.
Transforming brick and mortar.
Conversations with a CEO.
