The Characteristics of the Leaders we need on Dominica Going Forward

By Dominica Patriots News Service Special Correspondent

The leadership by idolatry and party colors practiced by the Roosevelt Skerrit regime have destroyed the Dominica we love. That is a hard and sad fact. The corrupt leadership Skerrit practices are as follows:

1. Destroy the work ethic

2. Bribe the masses and ministers

3. Corrupt the church, priests and pastors

4. Make himself a God 

5. Make the masses jump up night and day with a red hat, red shirt, blowing a red horn to loud music in sun, rain, night or day and then go home tired with 0 percent salary increase for police and 0 percent salary increase for public servants. After all that jump up you red but dead.

6. Take 90  percent of the passport proceeds for the scary friends and family party and leave 10 percent for the country. That is where the missing 1.2 billion dollars from the treasury is gone. It is called the economic philosophy of hungry hyenas.

7. Dominate public media

8. Charge the opposition and others with bogus criminal offenses

9. Steal elections by rejecting electoral reform

10. Claim he is a socialist who loves the poor when in fact he keeps the nation poor.

We need a change. This is the leadership Dominica must have.

What are some of the top qualities of a good leader?

Not everyone is cut out to be a leader and not everyone is cut out to be the same sort of leader. An footballer might be a leader among footballers but not cut out for the captain’s job. The captain might be a wonderful captain but a dreadful coach. And the coach might be the best coach ever but that doesn’t necessarily make him a CEO.

As we have already mentioned, it is very difficult to define just what makes a good leader, although there are some common traits that most people agree upon.

Self-awareness: Knowledge of your own values, passions, skills, strengths and weaknesses. An ability to admit and learn from mistakes and to seek information to fill knowledge gaps.

Integrity: A strong sense of “what is right” and a demonstration of ethical practices that sets the tone for others. A commitment to teaching by example.

Courage: The strength to act in accordance with your own values and the greater good despite pressures pushing you in other directions. The ability to put the cause before the desire to be popular.

Confidence: A belief in your ability to meet most challenges that come your way.

Vision: A strong sense of where you are going as a person and where you think society, your community and your organisation should be going – and how it might get there.

Enthusiasm: A lively interest in the people, issues and events around you, a feeling of excitement about the possibilities, and the energy to guide them towards fruition.

Innovation: The ability to “think outside the box,” take risks and develop new and effective solutions to old and emerging problems.

Wisdom: Intelligence coupled with insight and empathy, as opposed to raw intelligence. 

Adaptability: A willingness to be flexible and to respond quickly and effectively to changing circumstances, along with a commitment to continual learning – formal and informal – and the ability to put that learning into practice.

Strong inter-personal skills: An ability to interact and work harmoniously with others, while being prepared to take on individual responsibilities.

Effective communication: A willingness and ability to listen to and understand the thoughts, ideas and concerns of others and to clearly communicate your own. A vision is nothing if it can’t be sold to others.

Belief in others: The desire to build the capabilities of others, praise them where appropriate, go into bat for them when appropriate, provide them with helpful feedback and motivate them to do their best.

Peer respect: An ability to inspire respect, allowing a person to capably lead discussions, maintain discipline and encourage the contribution of others.

Insight: The ability to see the big picture, coupled with a strong sense of what stage you are at along the path, and intuit problems before they arise or before they become insurmountable.

Sense of humour: The ability to laugh at yourself and relieve tense or stressful situations with humour.

Competence: Others are unlikely to follow the lead of a person who does not appear to know what s/he is doing.

Delegation skills: A willingness to trust others and cede some responsibility. Dictators like Skerrit are poor leaders and destroy their nations. Let us rid ourselves of scary leadership and rebuild our beloved country Dominica into a true common wealth not wealth for the 10 percent and poverty for the 90 percent.