Make Malaysia GREAT:
Lead by Removing Uncertainties*
To Make Malaysia Great, we need effective
leaders at all levels. Leaders who can remove
uncertainties. Those who are able to present vision and goals of the future
that Malaysians can desire while at the same time are able to solve problems we
face today. Leaders who can generate a
willingness within the rakyat to
follow along a socially responsible, ethical and mutually beneficial course of
action.
1. What makes a leader?
What is the fundamental difference between a leader and a
follower? Basically, leaders have followers. To know what makes a leader, we
must ask why people follow people.
The answer is in followership. Why do we choose to follow a leader while others
do not? How does followership work?
2. Why people follow people? What triggers and
maintains followership?
Is it Charisma? Good Role Modeling? Intelligence? Religiosity?
Money? Power? Branding? Seniority? Lineage, etc? No. These are simply tools of
leadership. Tools that one can use to remove
uncertainties in the minds of the followers. Trapped in a fire, we will
even follow a 10-year-old who can show a passage to safety because he can show us a certain way out. People want to be sure
and seek what is certain. Leaders can
either clarify the uncertainty and confusion experienced by their followers and
come out on top, or they can submit to the uncertainty, and end up being
abandoned.
3. How to Remove Uncertainties?
Be authentic - build legitimacy through honest relationships
with followers by telling the truth, being ethical, doing what is right,
keeping your promises and practising mercy. Be focus and show that you are
willing to stay the course in keeping with the values even when the time is
tough and you are pushed to a corner. Be consistent, don’t flip flop. Don’t you realise that you do not move to
action when you have a superior who is uncertain and changes his mind ever too
often?
At zubedy, our programs and activities draw strength from our
shared values and traditions. We believe that at heart, all Malaysians want
good things for themselves and for their brother and sister Malaysians, simply
because our nation cannot prosper as a whole if some of us are left behind.
You and I, must Remove Uncertainties and Make Malaysia
GREAT.
Let us add value,
Have a meaningful Aidilfitri.
*The idea presented in this message is part of
our Making A Difference through P3 program’s core concepts.
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