[Vnbiz] Leadership -- What are you looking for in your leader?

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

Thanks for the enthusiastic responses, everyone.  We have got a very good
list going.  Now let's start to analyze the list a little.

Probably everyone would agree by now that if we go through a list of
leadership quality that everyone of us chip in, we eventually we come up
with the qualifications for a superman or superwoman, and probably no human
would ever meet our expectation.  That is OK, because the task of us
humans is to run after the idealistic image of ourselves (In philosophical
term, we all run after the godliness in us, after the true nature (ban lai
dien muc) of our Self).

But as a method of studying and understanding, we must be able to reduce our
expectations into one, two or maximum three core elements.   So, now comes
the real daunting task of condensation, the real challenge.  How do we
condense our expectations into a couple of things, so that we may have the
hope of mastering them?  (It is impossiible to master 30 things, but it may
be possible to master 3 things).

So among everything mentioned by cac anh Andi, Thien, Chuck, Craig and cac
chi Bich Lien, Dieu Anh & Tea, I would ask everyone's help to reduce them
into a couple of core elements and, if possible, with the explanation why
these core elements are essential.

Thanks a million everyone for such a vigorous discussion.

Have a great day!

Hoanh

On 7/17/07, AD Marshall <admarshall at gmail.com> wrote:
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> All excellent lists to consider.  I'd side with Craig's emerging
> preference for the shorter listings.   As Tea's concern about being
> repetitive suggested, i suspect that if the lists were analysed to reduce
> them to their core or synonymous meanings, as a good editor might do, we'd
> find a lot of overlap between each list.
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> Further, as info' overload plagues us all, i'd suspect most of us find
> ourselves daunted when presented, at the outset, with texts longer than a
> few paragraphs.  If folks here or elsewhere are really interested and want
> more info, they can either look it up online or elsewhere or ask for it
> (also a great indicator to authors whether their efforts are productive or
> not).
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> *Perhaps* we could:
> 01.  Take a couple steps back and
> (a) provide more specific criteria for the lists sought, such as length,
> format, scope (business, government or general; Vietnam or global?) and
> (b) rationalize and summarize what we've collected so far (Relevant Online
> Tools: http://dictionary.reference.com/ ; http://thesaurus.reference.com/
> ;  http://www.saigon.com/~vietdict/ ).
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> 02.  Add some examples.  Just for example, for the list i provided i had
> three models of a leader in mind: (i) Kurt Vonnegut Jr, (ii) Fred Burke,
> Managing Lawyer, Baker & McKenzie Vietnam and (iii) vague impressions of
> what other sorts of people i'd work for without too many questions simply
> because s/he had these good qualities ("virtues") which i lack, respect and
> sometimes wish i could attain.
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> Just my two dong's worth.  I personally don't yet have the motivation to
> do what i've just suggested.  ;)
>
>
> --
> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC
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