Good leadership: Effective leadership is one of the most important components of good teamwork. The team's leader should possess the skills to create and maintain a positive working environment and motivate and inspire the team members to take a positive approach to work and be highly committed. An effective team leader will promote a high level of morale and make them feel supported and valued.
Examples of Honest and Capable leaders in Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Contribution to Singapore(with and without the PAP)
- He built a building of Singapore which one of the world wealthiest building, despite the current economic turmoil. However, historically, Singapore always had good infrastructure; as a crown colony and an entrepot, it had a head start. Lee merely pushed this city state to its full potential.
- Lee Kuan Yew was the president of a one-party system (PAP), and worked hard to keep it going on. So in a sense, he fought against democracy, since he effectively disallowed opposition parties. On the other hand, he had successfully converted Singapore from a third world country to a prosperous international place.
- Lee Kuan Yew fought for independence from the British so that Singapore will no longer be controlled by a British and be a independent country.
- Lee Kuan yew introduced the CPF (Central Provident Fund) for those that had retired from their job and they could still get an amount of money every month for survival.
Goh Chok Tong
Contribution to Singapore
- Mr Goh introduced initiatives to take Singapore forward. Bearing in mind the needs of the man in the street, he launched policies and initiatives such as Edusave, Medifund, Utilities-Save, and the New Singapore Shares.
- Mr Goh also led the nation in times of crises, from the Asian Financial meltdown in 1997 through the threats of terrorist attacks after 9/11 in 2001 to the SARS outbreak in 2003. These difficult circumstances were not seen as all gloom and doom. Mr Goh saw in them opportunities for strengthening Singapore's competitiveness and for bringing us closer together as a nation. He called for a review of existing policies, discarding what was obsolete and no longer relevant, developing new strengths and solutions while ensuring that the fundamentals remained strong and sound.
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