I have always said that leadership is not position even though it is part of it. Leadership is not money. It is not physical size and it is not how much you have in your account. As a matter fact, leadership is not how long you have served in the civil service. It is not titles or number of degrees to your name. It is also not the number of awards you have received over the years. ultimately, leadership is not eloquence. By that I mean the ability to speak fluently. While some of the virtues mentioned above are qualities that a leader should have, there is more to leadership than just knowing how to talk or know how to dress in baban riga or a clean suit.
This is where we often miss it. Our inability to differentiate between a man and a leader is a problem. I find this problem very common with the youths who will assume that anybody that has money is automatically a leader. And once he doles out some cash into their accounts, they will begin to sing his praise. Reign him accolades etc.
The subject of trinity is a very sensitive subject in Christianity. God is trinity. Man is also trinity. God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Man the spirit, Man with a soul and lives in a body, that’s also trinity. Leadership also has a tripartite nature and I will explain that now.
The tripartite nature of leadership is namely; the Leader, the Position & the Skills. This is what I call the triple alliance of leadership.
There cannot be a functional leader without these basic interactions. There will always be a position to be occupied by a man who is usually call the leader. There must be a leader who must occupied a vacant leadership position and the third thing is that, the leader must come with certain leadership skills in order to function very effectively in that position.
Where We Always Miss It!
It is either we are electing a man who has not paid the leadership price into a position of leadership. Or we are electing a man who has no leadership skills into a position of leadership. The position is often times not the problem. Two things are always wrong; it is either the man in the position is corrupt or he has no leadership skills to lead right in that position. The skills represent capacity or knowledge every leader needs to function properly in a leadership position.
Getting it right!
- If we must be liberated completely, and see development in the lives of our people. Then we must elect a leader who has the leadership skills required to function effectively in the leadership position he wants to occupy. I will talk about the skills in my next post.
This is SDK with the Value Based No Excuse Leadership Perspective.
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