What are the characteristics of a good leader? There are two characteristics that immediately come up my mind: to be humble and courageous!
But there are no humble and courageous political leaders around today. Imagine, we did have humility within the ranks of our political leaders. Somebody, who could say: “Listen, I was wrong about this and that. It got worse than I thought, but I will fix it.” Instead, politicians speak in half-truths and suppositions. That way, they’re never wrong. It allows for a nation of TV pundits and journalists to decode their official thoughts.
This leadership mess stretches across the board worldwide. Courage and humility are nowhere to find. Clearly, the world doesn’t need more oratorically gifted salesmen. We don’t need more people who use hollow words to get what they want. We need people who are humble and courageous. Such people have got the rare gift of admitting when they are wrong and at the same time got the courage to do what is right.
Sven Franssen