Hence, the spirit of this session isn't so much as to praise nor criticise Mr. Lee as a politician, nor would it be in scrutinising his policies.  Rather, it is to distill some of those leadership qualities that whether you are a CEO of a large company, or a department head, or even an informal leader of work groups with no formal authority, you can learn or emulate some of these qualities:

• Lee Kuan Yew's 5 key leadership strengths of which we can apply in our daily work and lives
  • Being totally resolved and focused to achieve hard goals
  • Having the acumen and clarity of insight to make the right decisions
  • Working with a team of highly competent members
  • Setting extremely high standards for himself and others
  • Direct and straight-to-the-point communication;
    
• Potential pitfalls and drawbacks of the above leadership strengths, which we need to adapt accordingly;
  • Over self-confidence;
  • Over-reaction; and
  • Over-dominant

• How to get the right balance of the above leadership strengths through feedback and reflection