Just as good character requires development and practice, good leaders need mentors and role models from whom they can learn and whose conduct they can emulate
Just as good character requires development and practise, good leaders need mentors and role models from whom they can learn and whose conduct they can emulateOne of the reasons SA is not progressing as it should economically is the dearth of good leaders. We find ourselves in this position because we haven’t paid sufficient attention to the character of the people we have chosen in the past.
The concept of virtue is complex and has been debated since the time of Greek philosophers Aristotle and Socrates. They both spoke of the “virtuous state”. For Aristotle, this could be reached only by exhibiting moderation in nearly every aspect of life, and could be gained only through practise and self-control. For Socrates it was embodied in wisdom; he regarded wisdom as the all-embracing source from which all other virtues, such as fortitude, modesty, justice and prudence, flowed.
While I do not hold myself out as qualified to provide an academic treatise on leadership, I have drawn on my own experiences over 22 years of corporate leadership to illustrate what goes into the character of a good leader. I am grateful to my strict mother, whose own strong Christian values of honesty, respect and justice were instilled in me from a young age.
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