My kind of leader

A FULL year before the national elections, I gently reflect on my own assessment on what qualities I want the next set of leaders of our country to have. My baseline method of measurement is always “the five things rule.” My five things are neither the usual “three things easy to remember” or the “ten things easy to forget,” but an easy “five things rule” that for me works simply fine and is a truly and practically realizable list. So, here goes — the five qualities that I feel an effective leader should have. At this point, I am just putting it out there that other people may have their own list as well and I respect them for that.

The first quality I would like to talk about is that I want my leader to be a naturally humble person. It is such a refreshing and attractive proposition for a person who is humble to engage my approval in almost anything. It’s like a magnet for me to scan a room and pick the humblest and almost bordering on reserved person in a panel or group of identified leaders and engage him or her on the simplest topics, on his or her stand and or value proposition on issues of concern. People who are reserved calculate the impact of their pronouncements before making a go at these either in a statement or as an action agenda.