ksl wrote:Though it is Singapore, the government preaches vision, innovation and the ability to increase productivity
lolx, we were asked the same question in NS and guess what all of us answered unanimously?utopia wrote:Direction.
Leadership in Singapore would be to provide Direction, to take away the need from the general public to consider how the country should be handling its various policies.
It is this by providing this Direction that allows Singaporeans to be the best human capital they can be.
In an Asian society, where seniority and positions of power are generally respected, I don't believe the locals view this form of leadership as autocratic in the same depth of negative concoctions as a 'westerner' would probably have.
Koalabear wrote:lolx, we were asked the same question in NS and guess what all of us answered unanimously?utopia wrote:Direction.
Leadership in Singapore would be to provide Direction, to take away the need from the general public to consider how the country should be handling its various policies.
It is this by providing this Direction that allows Singaporeans to be the best human capital they can be.
In an Asian society, where seniority and positions of power are generally respected, I don't believe the locals view this form of leadership as autocratic in the same depth of negative concoctions as a 'westerner' would probably have.
Leadership means "LEE"
Now, that's an illustration of "influence"! SMS's ability to influence you NOT to post.ksl wrote:deleted because I don't wish to express my opinion. Just confuses SMSintellectualsmuse wrote:But most leadership in today's day and age is based on your circle of "influence". Its all commercial! Not that they should be making cynics out of school kids, but well...
It doesn't confuse me. I generally switch off after the first 3 or 4 sentences and just go to the next post, or skip it altogether.ksl wrote:deleted because I don't wish to express my opinion. Just confuses SMSintellectualsmuse wrote:But most leadership in today's day and age is based on your circle of "influence". Its all commercial! Not that they should be making cynics out of school kids, but well...
Not at all, we are both on the same wavelength, however, I have to justify this to my daughter, without it jeopardizing, her motivation of free thinking, to be creative and not take the word Influence literally, Lee is actually reaching out to his Singaporeans about vision, but what is holding Singaporeans back is the hierarchy in the work place, with little or no skill upgrading in the manual labour market.sundaymorningstaple wrote:It doesn't confuse me. I generally switch off after the first 3 or 4 sentences and just go to the next post, or skip it altogether.ksl wrote:deleted because I don't wish to express my opinion. Just confuses SMSintellectualsmuse wrote:But most leadership in today's day and age is based on your circle of "influence". Its all commercial! Not that they should be making cynics out of school kids, but well...
Leadership:influence
I think what needs to be done is to see which dictionary is being used. Remember, Singapore has a tendency to create it's own little version of reality on the little red dot. Singapore's definition of influence is probably like their definition of Eurasian, having a meaning substantially different than that of the rest of the Native English Speaking world. Therefore, one would need to plumb the knowledge base of the exam/question setter to understand the local definition of the answer according to Lee (forget Hoyle).
Confused yet ksl?
Not really, because the way we communicate is about respect for each other, if you have respect for each other, there is no need for a command until it is necessary, in an emergency for example..SunWuKong wrote:Command.
It's a word just as complex and loaded as leadership and therefore avoids the question all together.
[/quote]ksl wrote:Not really, because the way we communicate is about respect for each other, if you have respect for each other, there is no need for a command until it is necessary, in an emergency for example..SunWuKong wrote:Command.
It's a word just as complex and loaded as leadership and therefore avoids the question all together.
A request to do something is much more appreciated, and if it isn't then, a command maybe necessary, it's not about showing who is boss, but showing who is the leader, and the leader must have this respect for his workers, if he wants them to be productive.
The work place must be made enjoyable a place one looks forward too, not a depressive bunch of screaming frustrated bosses.
Here's a prime example of a Prime Minister http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/ ... nsley_Book
Look at Gordon Browns problems http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/11 ... don-Brown/
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