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The 5 Leadership Lessons of Lee Kuan Yew include: Build Winning Teams .  Lee not only built one strong team, he built many strong teams. Most importantly, the teams went on to win many battles, be it the unions, business associations, tertiary institutions or Government-linked companies like Capitaland and DBS.  Lee's legacy is unprecedented Stubborn Yet Flexible .  Lee was stubborn to his goals yet was flexible if times have changed.  Like he pushed for the merger with Malaysia, yet changed his position two years later when things didn't work out Win People Over with Ideas, not Ideals .  Lee won the hearts of many with his far-sighted yet pragmatic ideas.  The US President Ronald Reagan and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher were his admirers. Yet he welcomed debates but would not hesitate to point out you are wrong if he thinks so. In the end even his opponents like Opposition Leaders Chiam See Tong and Lau Thia Kiang spoke highly of him.  ...

Everyone knows how inspiring the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew was.  In fact some called him the greatest statesman Asia has ever known.  In the business community, he is highly regarded as one of the top salesman: for he has promised and delivered on his promises and most importantly, made his clients (Singapore) very rich.  The 5 Sales Success that we can learn from Lee Kuan Yew include: Grab Opportunities Fast.  LKY grabbed the opportunities the Western multi-nationals were looking for in the 1960s and attracted them here.  In the 1970s and 1980s, he sold many Japanese companies to invest in Singapore.  In the 1990s, he sold Singapore successfully as a business haven to the Chinese, Koreans and Arabs.   Passionate, Energetic and Full of Conviction . These 3 attributes are the must-haves for any salesperson and Lee demonstrated all of them in his fiery speeches and thought-provocative interviews Relentless Pursuit and Never Let Go .  Lee recko...