Team Oriented – Lim Goh Tong
Team oriented means that we have an attitude of deferring to one another in love, that we naturally seek the inputs and comments of others about our ministries, and that we love and value each other. Team oriented is not just needed by the entrepreneur, but it also needed by everyone. For example, when a student is doing her or his assignment, they need team oriented from their group and not just making her or his decision. So, team oriented is important to everyone, especially for the successful entrepreneur.
The entrepreneur who has shown this trait is Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. He was a prominent, wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman. He was the founder of Genting Highlands, Genting Groups and Star Cruises. He was the first people who open the casino resort at Genting Highlands. He has the integrity and reliability characteristics in his job. He always assumed that all of his workers are his valuable assets. He also believes that if he treats or takes care of his workers with the right ways, they will work more efficiently and he will get the profits and benefits. In this way, it shows that he was a team oriented person.
Why Lim Goh Tong had the good behavior and attitude? It is when he was young; his parent was paying more attention to him by teaching him traditional Chinese virtues. His parent believes that “a good parental teaching is very important that could affect a child’s life through his behavior and attitude”. Although it has been passing through many years, he still locked in his mind that his parent told him that “Do good to others and you will be rewarded somehow”. So, this making him to be a humble man that respected by everyone that works with him and his workers can rely on him because of his kind of hearts.
Besides that, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong also shows that he is a team oriented entrepreneur when he was doing the colossal task of the project. When he was found that Gunung Ulu Kali at a place called Genting Sempah seems to be an ideal location for him to build a hilltop resort. Most of the people looked down that he cannot take the risk because he wants to turn a jungle into a tourist resort. They thought this idea was really risk, but he still went ahead firmly with his plan.
After getting the approvals from the federal and state governments, he began to face the difficult task of the project. Although it is tough, he also tries his best to manage it and to make it successful because nothing can success without having the persistence. Many people looked down at him, but his workers also never give up supporting him and helping him to complete the task. He and his friends also had to stay in forests to finish up their work to build the Genting Highland resort. In this way, we can see that Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong is a successful team oriented entrepreneur.
In conclusion, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong believes that his workers are the people that run the organization. Without the teamwork from the workers, these projects will never success. In year 1996, he has proven that he is the employer who care and look after his employees by won the “Best Employer Award”. Now, Genting Highlands is one of the most successful casino resorts in the world and is one of the primary tourist attractions in Malaysia. So, the one of the important traits become a successful entrepreneur is team oriented.
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong
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