Develop the entrepreneurial leadership right from the start.

Written By Candice Lim

There is a difference between starting a business and leading a movement, between launching an idea and creating a lasting impact.

Keith was a visionary right from the very beginning. In his late 20s, he felt a strong pull to empower social service sectors across the region through the effort of digitalising the sectors for the greater good.

With that passion, he dove into his new venture.

Within 2 - 3 years, his booked revenue hit the SGD 10 million mark, and over the next decade, his team grew to over 20 people.

But problems found their way into the organisation along the way.
πŸ”₯ Toxic culture crept in.
πŸ”₯ Growth flatlined.
πŸ”₯ Co-founder dynamics severely strained.
It reached a point of no return that Keith decided to split with the co-founder and started afresh.

The lesson (hopefully) learned:
To develop entrepreneurial leadership from the start.

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Invest in leadership development to learn the β€œHow’s” – How to:
✨ establish your leadership presence.
✨ emotionally connect with your people and inspire them towards a greater good.
✨lead the team to cross boundaries, forge connections, navigate uncertainties, explore ambiguities, drive change with your team.
✨execute for performance.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’†π’π’„π’† π’ƒπ’†π’•π’˜π’†π’†π’ π’”π’•π’‚π’“π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 π’ƒπ’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’π’†π’‚π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 π’Žπ’π’—π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’•, π’ƒπ’†π’•π’˜π’†π’†π’ π’π’‚π’–π’π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒏 π’Šπ’…π’†π’‚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’“π’†π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 π’π’‚π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’‚π’„π’•.

Above all, be courageous to unearth blind spots you never knew about yourself, and recognise your forgotten good, because you know you can’t afford not to.

Candice Lim
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