Understanding the Music of Leadership
Where the number is one, question of germ of disagreement is irrelevant and, therefore, leadership is unworkable; where the number is two, question of germ of disagreement is relevant and, therefore, leadership is, or may be, required marginally; but where the number is three, four, five or more, germ of disagreement is significantly important and therefore, question of leadership is unavoidable resultantly. And from this emanates axiomatically and inductively that the roots of leadership lie not in the singularity, but in the plurality.

Leadership is, in fact, the first and foremost necessity for the survival and onward march of mankind and civilization. It is, by origin, positive in nature tagged with change and continuity. Commencement of any sort of deviation from such positivism means stepping into the boundary of erosion of leadership; the more such deviation is acute, more is the extent of decline and degradation of leadership. From this very point of view, leadership may rightly be taken into account as leadership proper and leadership improper; one is in its real form while the other being in the perverted focus, which is not at all expected of. But alas! abundance of perverted leaderships has emerged as a great concern everywhere that needs to be addressed timely and boldly.
Leadership is, realistically speaking, a coordinated, balanced blend of a person’s achievement and enrichment with a sparkling reflection of his centripetal and centrifugal charisma in the context of time, space and dimension entailing, as and when required, the domains of family, group, association, organization---- local, national , regional and international

On all accounts, leadership is for onward development, for looking forward going beyond time, centuries in the face of challenges and dilemmas, whether it is in a micro or macro level. Leadership is both science and arts; here mere mathematical calculations hardly survive and continue if it is stripped of required standard of literary expositions; a successful leader is he who understands, realizes the issues and problems before him and ensure, to the best of his ability and capability, best possible initiatives to achieve the targets; he is poetic, but not a poet; he is romantic, but not immersed in romanticism; he does not solely stick to the water-tight horizontal relations, but attaches due weitage also to the very art of tactful applying of vertical approach; he is aware of his follies, mistakes and experience and know-how, technical or non-technical; he is tolerant, careful and accommodative to others’ views and criticism and believes in the cycle of changes and modifications in tune with modernism and traditionalism; he prefers to be firm, responsive and responsible, committed, transparent and target-oriented; he honestly tries to maintain a safe distance from the waives of cronyism and nepotism; he is neither swept away by a violent current of the sea nor be blown up by a blast of wind; his overall integrity makes him stand with the head high in pride, not hung down in shames Therefore, a leadership presupposes the existence of followers either official subordinates in governmental or non-governmental organizations or workers and supporters in political or non-political arena.

Careful attention deserves to be paid to the reality that of all forms, types and categories of leaderships, leadership in politics and statecraft may rightly be considered as the most challenging, comprehensive, multi-dimensional and complicated ones; here a leader needs to hold a cavity of unique art of assimilating, aggregating and synthesizing problems and issues, old or new, broadly in national perspectives being alert and responsive to regional and international surroundings and feedbacks.; it is immaterial at whatever layer he works; his basic identity is that he thinks nationally being within the fold of a political party and he, more or less, prepares himself in that directions That’s why a political leader or statesman because of his nature of job, vision and mission ranks high locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

There is no denying the fact that a country or an organization or association may better also be judged by its leader(s); here arises the question of the quality of leadership that does not come in automatically overnight; it grows, develops and swells through a kind of institutional and non-institutional processes, modes and applications and then starts radiating and smelling in a cumulative manner in various cherished directions. Books, journals, researches and related materials of different natures and folds related to the matters, theories and classifications of leadership and their applications from time to time accordingly have made such reality and realization acute and crystal clear.

In Bangladesh’s perspective, state of leaderships in various sectors covering politics, political parties, legislative, executive, judicial branches and non-government organizations, bodies, corporate or non-corporate, and associations cannot be stated to be at a formidable phase. Recents legal reforms by Election Commission may be a driving force for politics, political patties, parliament and elected bodies in local government, but more and more pragmatic initiatives for bringing about substantial reforms and changes have to be taken, ensured and put into reality without a much delay. It is also stimulating to note that modern, up to date approaches are already on in a vibrating manner in both government and non-government compacts. March of corporate management in private sector mentionably in the fields of trade, commerce and industries is encouraging but not so much coordinated and settled for a number of reasons. Bangladesh’s leaders must not miss to understand that because of rapid spread of globalization, science and technology, an inevitable storm of effects passed to us all a cautionary signal to be aware, realistic, accommodative and responsive on the points of existence, survival and continuance as a global partner in almost all respects. It is also true that Bangladesh, having been located within the canvass of developing countries, cannot quickly come out of the overall characteristics of such stage and thus jump to the kingdom of developed sphere. To face and overcome these Himalayan dilemmas and challenges leadership befitting to the 21st century has to be preferred as one of the prime priorities.

Keeping these in mind in true perspective, let us have a look at what Leadership Studies Foundation [LSF] adheres to.

Dr. Sinha M. A. Sayeed PhD
Founder and Sitting Chairman
Leadership Studies Foundation [LSF]
E-mail: sinha_sayeed611@yahoo.com
Website: www.sinha-ounitednations.com