Rafiqa's Free Sharing Zone: Who is this man to me..? continued..

If you ask me about my leadership idol, I would say him as my nearest example... secondly, will be my Tun Mahathir..

Let's talk a little bit about him..

First I saw him from far during an event in MITC Melaka, somewhere in 2009. He spoke that day as the main highlight to deliver our company goal and at the same time introducing him as a new leader for our company.. First impression.. hmm.. I know some people were quite sceptical about him.. perhaps including myself.. because he is different.. he's quite soft spoken, very gentle. He's didn't show any aggressiveness or too high energy..(people like to compare anyway..we call it 'raahh..raah..') as we were used to a very high energy speech because we need a lot of excitement , motivation and aggressiveness in our daily job- so called sales. He's not that kind of person..

Time passes by, and I started to realized how different he is.. he amazed me and others, the whole company with his vision, values, cultures, sincerity and the most that opened my eyes is his humbleness.. Really. Our first impression slowly faded..and what we have now is someone who has shown us about think big, believe in ourselves and to have a big heart. Someone who shown us possible direction.. nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.. 1.02 Billion new business in 2010, the first company to achieve 1B business in the industry. Can u imagine that before? But he made us believe that 1,000,000,000 is a reality.. He made us as a company achieved something that we ourselves never believe we can do it. He made us believed the impossibles. Anyway, he is still as soft and gentle as he is before, but his energy, his love,his spirit and his sincerity can be felt in everyone of us. It's always with us.

I never seen a situation for a person like him in his position would say 'thank you' to everyone he can meet after a mega event, including the hotel banquets and the cleaners! I seldom see a person like him will squeeze his time at his level best to attend as small invitation as a Hari Raya 'open house' or 'open office', normal staff wedding..or even a simple lunch or dinner at your very own home.. If I'm also a person like him, then perhaps not a big deal, but our gap is actually too far.! Some people just quoted ' it's not easy to have someone like him whom you can rub your shoulder with'...hmm.. I think it's very true..

I want to know more, I want to study more about his leadership style..as for me, he is my nearest idol of a leader. I don't know a lot about him but I think he is DIFFERENT.

Thank you for being with us... Thanks to Mr Charlie E Oropeza, CEO of Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad..