After more than 20 years of doing 13 different roles in a bank, it took Pei Si Lai 3 days to decide to leave her comfort zone to embrace the opportunity and set up GXBank! Together with Taruni Ramamurthi, Head of FSI Malaysia & Philippines at Amazon Web Services (AWS), these ladies share their definition of leadership, what inspires them and Pei Si even gives an insight into what it took to build the bank. This Banking After Hours episode is part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) effort to highlight Malaysia's top women leaders in banking. Thank you so much to AWS for your partnership and to Vincent Fong for the moderating this insightful discussion. Click here to view the entire discussion: https://lnkd.in/giTrJCgP
When do you know you've succeeded as a leader? Ironically it's when you are no longer needed. This soundbite from Pei Si Lai, GXBank's CEO, struck a chord in me. She said that she measures success by building a team that thrives without her and continues to do so even after she leaves. As leaders sometimes we fall into the delusion that we are the most important person in the team and the organisation will crumble without us. How many of us have been guilty of bringing our laptop even to our holidays and wearing it like a badge of honour signifying dedication to our craft? When in truth we have failed in building systems and frameworks to help them succeed without us? This conversation with Pei Si has left me reflecting deeply—how often do we, as leaders, focus on building truly self-sustaining teams? This is a snippet from a Banking After Hours episode, it is produced in collaboration with Taruni Ramamurthi, Head, FSI -Philippines & Malaysia at Amazon Web Services (AWS) it is part of a series highlighting Malaysia's top women leaders in banking. Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gNxURQQh Check out the article summary here: https://lnkd.in/gv6DzbbT