[Vnbiz] Staying to be a leader - the de facto leader

[Hien Nguyen]

Dear brother Hoanh brother Thien et all,
>When members' skill and knowledge are lower than leader, leader needs to
use dictatorship.

While I agree with anh Hoanh's elaboration on abusive dictatorship,
especially at the national level, I still think that "democracy is not good
in practice".  A good leader needs to use all three methods flexibly. Of
course we need a "good" leader.

To illustrate the point, in a project, because of time and other priorities,
a good team leader can impose certain tasks on inexperienced members (who
would love to follow because they don't have enough knowledge and skills to
give opinions) to achieve good results. It's not about he does not love
democracy, it's just being practical. Somewhere along the way, the dictated
followers will understand and the good leader would love to discuss ideas
with them in brainstorming sessions.

Historically, the first form of slavery is "natural slavery" where the
followers did not know what to do and needed a leader to lead their doings.

So a good leader needs all three methods. And to prevent abusive
dictatorship, US government for example, there are checks and balances.

Have a great day,
Hien
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