Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2023年6月 亞博匯 25 封面故事 In terms of leadership, I would say the first things would be respect, teamwork, recognition and passion. 在領導力方面，我認為首先要尊重他人、協 同合作、給予認可和對工作的熱情。 AWS：疫情或許是百年一遇，我們都不 曾經歷。您的領導風格作了哪些改變？ 面對逆境，您認為領導力的哪些方面能 夠協助人們渡過難關？ FL： 我認為，關鍵是確保資產負債表足 夠強勁，能夠維持我們的營運，直至韶 華再來。我們始終努力以更低成本去達 致更大效益，保證公司擁有足夠的現金 儲備，這樣就能夠在不自損的情況下度 過難關。過去三年期間，我們實現大幅 度節流。事實上，我們認為當中某些開 支能夠永久節省，因為我們找到了更有 效的新運營方式。 AWS：作為一家擁有數十億資產和數 萬名員工的大型企業領導者，您或許永 遠無法與當中的某些員工直接交談。一 天只有24小時。呂耀東的一天是怎樣的 呢？ FL： 「立身行己」是我腦海中出現的第 一個詞彙。您必須堅定且嚴於律己，讓 人們將您視為榜樣。誠然，我確實無法 與每名員工交談。那麼，我便必須成為 團隊的榜樣，向每名成員展示表現自我 的正確方式，確保他們成為公司取得成 功的一份子。當我談到「紀律」時，我 指的是「言出必行」。人們必須看到您 together. In thisway the company becomes stronger than the sum of the parts. I view teamwork as very important. And I do spend a lot of time listening to my colleagues because I feel they are the people on the cutting edge. They know the business, they know themarket, they know the customer much more than I do. My role is to sit there and listen and use my experience to help them make their decisions. AWS: Galaxy has always taken a very conservative fiscal approach. Over the years, especially in the good times, some criticized this approach, suggesting you were not paying dividends or were underutilizing your capital, but you ended up having the last laugh when the pandemic came along. What guided that conservative approach? FL: I like to take care of the company cash, almost as if it is mine. We treat the money carefully rather than rush and make decisions and be speculative. We want to make sure business is going to be for