Successful Leadership Practices Based on 'Tawheed": Study of A Muslim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a Government Linked Companies (GLC) in Malaysia.

Tawheed is the underpinning factor that binds and infuses the inner meaning and values of Muslims. Responsibilities to perform daily routines as 'Amanah' fulfillment of contract between the Creator and Man should be performed diligently as we believe that humans are the servant and the vicegerent (Khalifah) of Allah. This study examined one very successful chief executive officer in a Malaysian linked company through data triangulation from non-participation observation, set of interview questions, and theory triangulations. The outcome of this study suggests that the development of one's leadership principles is shaped by personal life experiences under five major themes; inherent talent; leadership development out of struggle and hardship; developed for a cause that is worthy of strong commitment; developed for a process of learning from experience, such as personal mistakes or failures, influence of positive or negative role; and religious upbringing which includes his belief systems as being an integrative system of the organizational leadership. The in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviewing approach offers an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities facing leadership. Leadership is a question of "being" human and to live it through to the inner individual values.