Changing Lanes, Changing Lives

Are you a senior corporate executive who wants to make a leap to the non-profit world? What are the risk and rewards? This book spells it out by recounting the journeys of a baker's dozen of corporate high-fliers who have made this transition and more than thrived. Their stories tell what non-profit leaders actually do, what they had to consider in making the decision about whether to change jobs, what they learnt after shifting from a corporate to a non-profit, and their advice for anyone considering a similar move. Changing Lanes, Changing Lives is the first-ever collection of stories about corporate leaders who have transitioned to become successful non-profit champions. The book tells the inspiring stories of the following non-profit leaders: Alfred Tan (Singapore Children's Society) Colin Goh (The Old Parliament House) Corinna Lim (AWARE) Tim Oei (AWWA) Veronica Gamez (aidha) Yap Su-Yin (Tan Chin Tuan Foundation) Chan Wah Tiong (All Saints Home) Junko Yoda (Community Linked) Foo Pek Hong (Kidney Dialysis Foundation) Debbie Seah (Make-A-Wish Foundation) William Wan (Singapore Kindness Movement) Jose Raymond (Singapore Environment Council) Martina Wong (School Pocket Money Fund)CNPL President Laurence Lien, who, himself, left a successful public service career to be the CEO of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, contributes a foreword.