Editorial
Leadership – The Changing
Paradigm
For a society that has become complacent in being dispensed
with selfless leadership from the throne, changes in political structures
and new demands of the people impose a formidable challenge to the leadership.
Until recently Bhutanese looked upon the throne for an assured visionary
leadership. Today several levels and sources of leadership are created.
Decentralization, described as empowerment of people devolves leadership responsibilities. Empowerment also encapsulates the responsibility to envision direction, lead and manage development of the community or organizations and motivate people’s capacities towards the vision. This is a huge responsibility. This responsibility entails good leadership.
The council of ministers, the 202 Chairpersons of Gewog Yargay Tshogdues, 20 chairpersons of Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdues and the members of the National Assembly are the sources from where this leadership must emanate.
Because leadership is critical in determining the direction and pace of progress of a society or an organization, leaders must bring out the best of human aspirations and capabilities. For Bhutan the expectations are high since the throne, which had been the fountain of leadership had set high standards.
As a society, we have become accustomed to a clean, visionary and a selfless leadership. Many Bhutanese would resent any lesser standards of leadership. This expectation of the society should compel our new leaders both at Thimphu and in the villages to strive for excellence in leadership.Our leaders of today now have to grapple with the art and science of leadership excellence.
Decentralization, described as empowerment of people devolves leadership responsibilities. Empowerment also encapsulates the responsibility to envision direction, lead and manage development of the community or organizations and motivate people’s capacities towards the vision. This is a huge responsibility. This responsibility entails good leadership.
The council of ministers, the 202 Chairpersons of Gewog Yargay Tshogdues, 20 chairpersons of Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdues and the members of the National Assembly are the sources from where this leadership must emanate.
Because leadership is critical in determining the direction and pace of progress of a society or an organization, leaders must bring out the best of human aspirations and capabilities. For Bhutan the expectations are high since the throne, which had been the fountain of leadership had set high standards.
As a society, we have become accustomed to a clean, visionary and a selfless leadership. Many Bhutanese would resent any lesser standards of leadership. This expectation of the society should compel our new leaders both at Thimphu and in the villages to strive for excellence in leadership.Our leaders of today now have to grapple with the art and science of leadership excellence.
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compel our new leaders both at Thimphu and in the
villages to strive for excellence in leadership.Our leaders of today
now have to grapple with the art and science of leadership excellence.
Leadership qualities must be honed. Vision, commitment, selflessness,
courage, and communications are some of the qualities that Bhutanese
had observed in its leaders. These qualities have granted progress and
prosperity to the nation. Today we look for these time-tested qualities
in our new leaders.
Studies in leadership tell us that leaders are made and not necessarily born. Like we can learn any other management skills, leadership can be learned. While a lot of the new leaders may be naturally gifted, others can make a difference through learning. This learning is of grave importance since the stakes of a leader is high. For a start, the new leaders should realize that leadership has tremendous impact on society and organizations and be aware that the Bhutanese followers have great expectations from them. Of course, the best training for leadership is being a good leader.
Studies in leadership tell us that leaders are made and not necessarily born. Like we can learn any other management skills, leadership can be learned. While a lot of the new leaders may be naturally gifted, others can make a difference through learning. This learning is of grave importance since the stakes of a leader is high. For a start, the new leaders should realize that leadership has tremendous impact on society and organizations and be aware that the Bhutanese followers have great expectations from them. Of course, the best training for leadership is being a good leader.