LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

Thirty seven year old Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been asked by the Republican Leadership to deliver the party's response to Barack Obama's maiden State of The Union Address to Congress on 24th February.

Republican party leaders have declared that their party must not be simply the party of "Opposition", but the party of "Better Solutions".

Jindal has been selected not just because he is young.He has reformed government and brought many innovative ideas to make it work for the people.Jindal who is the son of first generation immigrants has made ethics and governance his central theme of
campaign like Obama.
Now the million dollar question being asked again and again by Indians-whether we will ever have an Obama.....
As an Indian, Iam too frustrated with the class of politicians we have inherited.The dance of 'mobocracy' we witnessed in UP, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa recently and mute response from political leaders across India have been too disgusting.They don't deserve our votes. By keeping quiet they have shown their poor leadership abilities.How can any such person bocome a true leader like Obama or even Jindal?
I love Obama for his honesty . He has the courage to admit his mistakes and never loses his cool.Look at the leader who invited John McCain for dinner and consultations immediately after a landslide victory.Obama has some of the best qualities of Mahatma Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King(Jr) .

He has the unmatched ability to capture the hearts and minds of the people, especially the youth.Do the so called leaders in India have any of his qualities?Obama has the hallmarks of a great leader.

According to Newell, author of 'The Soul of a Leader,Character and Ten Lessons in Political Greatness',a political leader has to have two or three things they want to get done,and so have the ability to focus on them from the outset,and to know ahead of time what they are.

"Great Leaders don't make up any agendas as they go along and don't just respond to the pressures of daily events", Newell.
Starting a website and Blog or sleeping in a village with an 'English tourist' is just not enough to become a mass leader!