Leadership Platform has interviewed and profiled hundreds of top leaders from many walks of life. We have been able to engage average leaders, good leaders, great leaders, and the very rare exceptional leader. It is he last that I wish to refer to today. To begin this second instalment of our You(th) the Leader series, please answer the following questions: Do you want to be exceptional? And then, because this is a leadership page, do you want to be an exceptional leader? Your answer for both is probably a yes. Truth be told, you cannot be one without the other.

...What our National Planning Commission is in effect telling us here is that we need to change the way we understand leadership and adopt what we have coined: Seamless Leadership; if we are to accomplish that which has been asked of us.  Why am I mentioning all this? Because a truly seamless society, lead by seamless leaders – whether in homes, businesses or civil society – depends to a large extent on how and what we are doing to develop those who will be present when 2030 arrives... To the youth: ...We are launching an initiative right here in The Star Workplace. We call it our “You(th) the Leader Series”. What we are going to give you once a month is a lesson in leadership...