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issue160. the most essential qulity of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
,提纲如下
1开头
2领导应该坚持自己的原则和目标
3领导不坚持自己的原则,就容易导致失败
4过分坚持原则的危害1-独裁不利于长期发展
5过分坚持原则的危害2-个人利益受损
6结尾
Leadership is one of the key words of our time. An effective leadership calls for a balance in which there are both commitment to personal objectives and principles and yielding to popuolar will.
when it comes to a leader, no matter in political, bussiness, or other realms, i would admit that strict adherence to principles and objectives is the prerequisite for an effective leadership. Few would disagree that through their ability to inspire others and lift the human spirit Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King were eminently effective in leading others to effect social change through civil disobedience. It seems to me that both of their leadership, in order to be effective, inherently requires that they remain steadfastly committed to principle in no fear of others' opinion. Obviously, It is commitment to principle that is the inspiration that render them to be effecitive.
simplely put, without inadherence to his or her principle, a leader would ruin the opportunity to accomplish.For example, had Gandhi advocated civil disobedience yet been persuaded by close advisors that an occasional violent protest might be effective in gaining India's independence from Britain, mo doubt the result would have been immediate forfeiture of that leadership. In a word, a leader must not be a hypocrite; otherwise, they will lose all followers and effectivenesss.
Admittedly, some level of commitment to principle is needed to perform leadership. By the same token, however, over inadherence to principles and totally ignoring the popular will result in a series of problems. The first has to do with the enduring development. Consider history's most infamous tyrants and despots-such as Hitler, Genghis Khan and Stalin. No historian would disagree that these individuals were remarkably effective leaders, and that each one remained consistently committe to his tyrannical objectives and Machiavellian principles. Ironically, it was stubborn adherence to objectives that ultimately defeated all except Khan. Thus, in the short term, stubborn commitment to one's objectives might serve a leader's interest in preserving his or her power; yet, in the long term such behavior invariably results in that leader's downfall-if the principles are not in accord with those of the leader's followers.
The second has to do with self-interest. Leadership is a business born not only of idealism but also of pragmatism-insofa as in order to be effective a leader must gain and hold onto power. Consider this aspect of self-interest0, some degree of pandering to the electorate and to those who might lend financial support for reelection efforts is necessary to maintain that position. In a democratic society, Without compromising to popular will, one could not become a leader at all, to say nothing of adherence to principle.
To sum up, a effective leader should commit to his or her principles and objectives in order to creat prosperities. At the same time, given long term development and self-interest a leader is forced to strike a balance in whether committing to her or his principles and objectives or pandering to popular will. |
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