Ep. 4: Can I be a supportive leader and still get results?
In this episode, Kausern and Timothy – Co-Founder of Colony, a luxurious co-working space in Malaysia, explore the possibility to lead with kindness and yet still deliver hard results, leading a team of people that doesn’t think and approach problems the way the leader does and delivering difficult feedback from a leader who rather keeps the peace.
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Timothy Tiah is the Co-Founder of Colony, a luxurious co-working space in Malaysia launched in late July 2017. In less than a year, the new coworking space startup has raised US$5 million with property group Cornerstone Partners recently acquiring a stake at a US$15m-US$20m valuation. Prior to Colony, Timothy was co-founder and COO of digital marketing company Netccentric which did an IPO on the ASX in July 2015 raising A$12.5m. Nominated by Businessweek as one of the 25 best young Asian entrepreneurs in 2007; Timothy was the youngest on the list of inspired nominees at 23, and the only representative from Malaysia. Timothy also went on to win several other prestigious awards including the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Malaysia in 2015.