LEAD MAGAZINE | 2019
FROM THE
MANAGING EDITOR
TRADING PLACES
We are conducting our businesses in
strange times indeed, but it doesn’t have to
be overwhelming . Mike and I get to work
with the most amazing leaders across the
world as we continue on our journey, and
everyone are asking the same questions.
How do we get more high-paying clients?
What can I do to scale my business? Why
aren’t my target audience as excited
about my products and services as I am?
These things make us all panic, except for
a selected view who are prepared to drill
deeper into what is really going on around
them. It doesn’t help that tabloids are
forever reminding us of eminent economic
failure worldwide. And when we turn to our
colleagues and friends, there seems to be
even more problems that need solving.
Yet silently in the background there are
people who refuse to lie down.
Surviving is not an option for them, as
their vision are set on thriving. These
leaders stand for change, not only in their
own immediate environment, but in a way
that inspire all entrepreneurs that there
isn’t such a thing as permanent obstacles.
In this issue, you will get to know many
such remarkable individuals. People that
Mike and I are privileged to know and have
relationships with. One such person is our
cover story, Anne Tham, who started her
school around the table of her kitchen.
Today she is a multi-award winning
entrepreneur who has massive billion dollar
companies interested in investing with her.
Her inspirational vision of ‘teach kids rights’
has not only given her laser focus, but has
gifted her with a mindset of possibility
and resourcefulness.
schools will come with no challenges? Will
all the resources that she needs be available
to her? Will the ecosystem around her be
perfect and the people all smiling? I doubt
it. In fact, you may come to realize that Anne
faces even more difficult decisions than you
on a daily basis, ranging from who to believe
to which program will truly be serving her
students. In entrepreneurship, we all have
our bag of problems. In reality, you will
probably grab yours back in seconds if you
realize what other business professionals
face. Especially those who excel as leaders.
Read this issue with curiosity.
Get inspired by the fantastic people that
we have handpicked for you, because they
remind us of what can happen when a vision
turns into an idea, and then into a plan that
can be executed. Make this your year of
no excuses, so that millions of clients and
customers can truly start to benefit from
your creational passion. When you get to
walk in the shoes of another, it gives you
great perspective. I therefore encourage
you to look at each of our featured leaders
with admiration for the obstacles that they
overcome. But also with a compassion for
yourself in terms of how far you have come.
Then kickstart your original vision for this
world and keep on climbing. We are right
here behind you!
To your success as a leader,
Landi Jac
Now for a question?
What would change in your peripheral vision
if you could trade places with Anne Tham for
one year? Do you think that her international
3