At the Front & Female Awards Hong Kong 2023, four woman leaders shared lessons and learnings from their journeys to attaining success and happiness. Here are some of the key takeaways
The Front & Female Awards Hong Kong returned for the second year in a row in November, celebrating the individuals championing the progress of women in Hong Kong in a ceremony hosted at the Island Shangri-La and supported by headline sponsor Standard Chartered Private Bank.
Part of the recognition for this year's winners includes a mentorship session with one of the influential women from the Front & Female Awards Voting Committee. This year, eight women became Front & Female Awards Mentors, including Joanna Hotung, founder of the KG Group and director of the Hotung Mills Education Foundation; Lindsey McAlister, founder of the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation; Vivien Khoo, founder of Web3Women; Yvette Kong, former Olympic athlete, founding board member of Mind Hong Kong, global advisory board for mental wellbeing at Lululemon and MIT lecturer; Jennifer Yu Cheng, group president and deputy vice chairwomen, CTF Education Group; Daphne King-Yao, director, Alisan Fine Arts; Gigi Chao, executive vice-chairman, Cheuk Nang Holdings, and founder, Faith in Love Foundation; and Ronna Chao, chairman, Novetex Textiles.
To highlight the 2023 mentors, Hotung, Khoo, McAlister and Kong took part in a panel discussion titled Blueprint to a Better You: Achieving Success, Sanity and Satisfaction, which was moderated by Rachel Duffell, regional content director of Front & Female.
Here are some of the takeaways from the talk.
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On how planning can bring freedom to entrepreneurs
“When you’re running your own business, you’re living with a lot of anxiety, because there’s a lot of risks involved: economic risks, emotional risks, reputational risks, and many more. And it can be overwhelming. Something I didn't understand before a decade is the importance of giving yourself a boundary, and give yourself a scope. It might be financial: set yourself an amount you can invest, and once it runs out, go back to your corporate job. It might be time: give yourself two to three years, and try to make it work. And what's freeing about this philosophy is that you scripted it out.”
—Joanna Hotung, founder, KG Group; director, Hotung Mills Education Foundation
