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Polictical Leadership
Political Leadership
What constitutes great leadership? Words such as management, control, guidance and direction are all synonymous with leadership skills. A leader therefore should exude and encompass all these qualities. St Lucia has always produced great citizens who have demanded great leadership. The history of St Lucian politics is replete with examples where its people have demanded and fought for good and fair representation. It has always seemed that we have chosen the best leaders for the times; after all it is the people who dictate who their leaders should be.
We need leaders with vision, leaders who have definite objectives and goals for our great country, we need proactive and not reactive leadership. Our elected officials must be willing and able to listen to the needs and desires of the people in an open and transparent maqnner, with genuine conviction and concern. We must learn from the lessons of the past and prepare for the future today and in so doing we must instate leaders who are willing to embrace the inevitability of change. A great leader has to have the strength and guidance not only to accept change but also to initiate change. Change is happening all around us and at a rate faster than ever before(global phenomenon).
It is refreshing when there are new ideas and new ways of doing things. Leadership should not be stagnant and our leaders should be wholly and fully incorporating the young crop of talented individuals into the polictical arena. This will help ensure and promote social polictical and economical dynaminism. It is tiring to see the same old repetitive modus operandi, which in itself is not progressive and innovative. Our present leaders and politicians should be ushering in new blood into the parties and training and mentoring new leadership. It is all good and well when we choose the best from the present crop of policticians, but are we preparing our next generation of leaders to take the helm. I think not.
It would be inspiring to see our people embrace new political personalities and let go of the old (Papa) syndrome. The syndrome of electing people based on their family names, patronage and cronyism. In many cases these elected officials are not politically apt and it is especially criminal when people who are more politically astute are being bypassed.
I hesitate to give my opinion as to who among the present crop of politicians in St Lucia would make a good leader, it is however obvious who has leadership qualities and who is lacking, just check the records. We need a leader who can manage the affairs of the island, manage the parliamentarians and manage the business of his party. That leader must also be able to firmly take control of any given situation as he or she is expected to give guidance. And last but most importantly that leader must have a vision for the island. A set of inspirational proposals that he or she is willing to preach and support whole heartedly and even stick his political neck out if needs be. Our leader to be has to have a vision of where the country stands and what he and his fellow Politician’s can and will do to advance the prospects of their beloved nation.
What constitutes great leadership? Words such as management, control, guidance and direction are all synonymous with leadership skills. A leader therefore should exude and encompass all these qualities. St Lucia has always produced great citizens who have demanded great leadership. The history of St Lucian politics is replete with examples where its people have demanded and fought for good and fair representation. It has always seemed that we have chosen the best leaders for the times; after all it is the people who dictate who their leaders should be.
We need leaders with vision, leaders who have definite objectives and goals for our great country, we need proactive and not reactive leadership. Our elected officials must be willing and able to listen to the needs and desires of the people in an open and transparent maqnner, with genuine conviction and concern. We must learn from the lessons of the past and prepare for the future today and in so doing we must instate leaders who are willing to embrace the inevitability of change. A great leader has to have the strength and guidance not only to accept change but also to initiate change. Change is happening all around us and at a rate faster than ever before(global phenomenon).
It is refreshing when there are new ideas and new ways of doing things. Leadership should not be stagnant and our leaders should be wholly and fully incorporating the young crop of talented individuals into the polictical arena. This will help ensure and promote social polictical and economical dynaminism. It is tiring to see the same old repetitive modus operandi, which in itself is not progressive and innovative. Our present leaders and politicians should be ushering in new blood into the parties and training and mentoring new leadership. It is all good and well when we choose the best from the present crop of policticians, but are we preparing our next generation of leaders to take the helm. I think not.
It would be inspiring to see our people embrace new political personalities and let go of the old (Papa) syndrome. The syndrome of electing people based on their family names, patronage and cronyism. In many cases these elected officials are not politically apt and it is especially criminal when people who are more politically astute are being bypassed.
I hesitate to give my opinion as to who among the present crop of politicians in St Lucia would make a good leader, it is however obvious who has leadership qualities and who is lacking, just check the records. We need a leader who can manage the affairs of the island, manage the parliamentarians and manage the business of his party. That leader must also be able to firmly take control of any given situation as he or she is expected to give guidance. And last but most importantly that leader must have a vision for the island. A set of inspirational proposals that he or she is willing to preach and support whole heartedly and even stick his political neck out if needs be. Our leader to be has to have a vision of where the country stands and what he and his fellow Politician’s can and will do to advance the prospects of their beloved nation.
posted by Garry at
2:55 PM
1 Comments:
Gary, while you have defined the desired characteristics of a good leader and leadership qualities, the problem is, the people must elect such leaders, and there in lies the problem. The general view of politics has not changed one bit over the years – it rather tribal in nature. You are either UWP or SLP and the issues of policy play no role in the polling booth. Let be truly honest, how else can anyone justify electing this bunch of buffoons now running the government. Shouldn’t we as citizens be a tad more responsible in the people of either party we elect to run the government? Are we to blame the elected idiots or ourselves for voting for those idiots, many of whom had slimly track records as far as the eye could see?
As long the rum and chicken politics continue to dominate the St Lucian political psychic, we are doomed to reelect such leaders; and for many of the electorate, it’s not an issue of good leader or leadership qualities but MY PARTY WIN. To them I say at what price?
MF
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