Leaders - be a shepherd

Last week, I had a very interesting talk with my friend. He is a great friend of mine, and we love to talk about life. He loves to share the experience of his life and philosophy and I always find his sharing interesting - though I might not agree totally to everything he says.

There is this one thing he shared which I think holds some truth in it. We were sharing about how important it is that in an organization, leaders ought to take full responsibilities in ensuring the welfare of its workers are well taken care of, besides focusing on performance and scores.

We see that in many organizations, leaders who have failed to show good examples in what they do has led the subordinates to lose trust and faith in him. We who are at the lower or less important ranks would like to see our leaders to be considerate and listen to our plead - understand our needs.

Just as we work our ass off to help you- get you what you want, we too have desires on what we think you can help us in the same way. Please don't come to us when you need help and deny us upon your self interest. Show us that you care too.

Like what my friend said, be a shepherd that looks after his flocks, don't be an eagle that wait to prey on the flocks (when opportunities come).