Characteristics The characteristic that Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary has is empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I think he has this character because we can see their close relationship with his parents’. He knows that he not come from rich family and this caused him difficult to study up to the University level. This does not mean he is uneducated. However, this situation was teaching him to know work hard and engaged in the family business. Since childhood he was helping his family because their family is who less fortunate. He was helping his mother to grow the vegetables and sell it at the market to add their families’ income. He is also selling Roti Canai in the market. During his school break, he always helps his father to make bookkeeping. He gained much knowledge and expands his business from small to the largest business. He concern to Bumiputra when he is running the business until he is opened Al-Bukhary Foundation to contribute to the charity. We can see that his empathy character was born him as a success business man. His concerns and work hard shows his leadership characters.
Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary also a consistent person. We can see from their experienced in running the business over and over. He is very consistent and never give up even though he has an experienced of failure in his business. For example, when his livestock business decline following the outbreak of foot and mouth. The epidemic was spread through Thailand, Kedah and Perlis. All livestock die down. From this experienced he never gives up and shows his leadership character as a business man. His consistency has been making him very successful today. Being a consistent leader will gain respect and credibility, which is essential to getting buy-in from the group. By setting an example of fairness and credibility, the team will