STAFF empowerment. This, Sebas Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Ng Kien Lock believes, is the only way for Malaysian companies to thrive in a fast moving economy and fast moving industry. And his mindset is very different; he does not expect any employee to stay on for life.
In fact, Ng left a senior management position at IBM Malaysia to head a lean firm providing solutions to companies leveraging information communications technology. That Sebas, a three-year-old IT start-up, is today near breakeven in these less than salubrious times speaks volumes for Ng's policy of staff empowerment.