Leadership

Leadership is not domination but it is the art of persuading people towards a common goal.
Fiona McDonald highlighted to us that great leaders enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things. This means to be an effective leader one has to be able to cross boundaries to engage diverse constituents. At the same time leaders create positive energy while also being able to mange conflict.

One thing that fascinated me about the lecture on leadership was the fact that contrary to what I thought Fiona claimed that Mugabe the President of Zimbabwe was a good leader because he has managed to stay in power for 28 years. This means he is an effective leader. This might be true that he has managed to stay in power but I thing he has managed this through intimidation and the use of violence. Maybe that is his style of leadership.