A Fool

The last few days have me thinking about good leadership. Many view a good leader to be one who has and full of brilliant ideas and therefore he or she has to come up with novel ideas or at least an innovation the moment he or she comes into office. If he is able to do so therefore many will endorse him or her as being a good leader. But, leader and leadership are not limited to bombastic ideas but they really boil down to how effective such leader in solving problems and seeing the day to day administration of his organisation runs smoothly and effectively.

What happens in the institution should be the leader's responsibility and he needs to be fully knowledgeable of what is happening within his organisation. At the same time also he needs to be proactive and alert in any problems that may arise without waiting for the problem to become worse.

A leader should not only be able to lead i.e giving orders and instructions but he also needs to be with his subordinates to overcome such problem or overseeing the project, program or any of his instructions. Blaming his subordinates or failing to solve problems as quickly as he is aware of the problem is another trait that a leader should have.

A school though with its limited scope is a good place for a leader to train and at the same time apply whatever skills he has to improve his institution for everyone's benefit. A leader in a school is the Principal or Headmaster who needs to fully grasp of his institution's condition. He should not only instruct but most importantly he needs to oversee the situation by working together with his subordinates.

An autocratic leader is not suitable to any organisation as he will only contribute towards dissension with the ranks of his organisation. Having the highest academic qualification is certainly not a prerequisite of an excellent organisation. He may have the best ideas and intention but that certainly are not sufficient to bring the institution to a greater height.

"A leader is trained not merely born"