WHAT KIND OF LEADER DO YOU WANT?
THE KIND OF LEADER WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR (Article for the local paper) Our History Professor in College was explaining to us that the people in a country are often looking for what he called, “The Man on Horseback”. Someone who would lead the nation into the prosperity and success that we feel we are worthy of (he did not actually say all that, but that is what I understood was being implied - right or wrong). One leader jokingly told us that one of the hardest things about being a leader is trying to determine if the people are following you, or chasing you. A first-nations chief told me that as a leader you are going to hurt people, and that it is unavoidable. You have to make decisions which will hurt some, and be pleasing to others. The great concern we should have regarding our leaders is – where is he/she leading the nation? Regardless of how charming or promising they are sounding, we should be keenly awar