CREATIVE LEADERSHIP — Discovering Opportunities Amidst Problems

are opportunities.’ Creative leadership is so wise that it knows this law of nature. It, therefore, never allows itself to become enmeshed in problems. Rather, it always tries to find opportunities and avail of them in its favour. This wisdom is absent in uncreative leadership. Creative leadership begins with planning. A creative leader is one who is able to dispassionately assess the situation and after analysing all the aspects of the situation, finalizes his plan. He will say: ‘My way is to begin from the beginning.’ While the uncreative leader is unaware of this reality, he jumps into the helm of affairs without any planning. He proves to be a practical example of the saying: ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.’ The criterion of good leadership is the result. Creative leadership is wise leadership in the true sense of the word. It is better for those deprived of this wisdom to remain inactive than try to play an active role in arriving at any solution. The criterion for judging good and bad leadership is the result. Don’t see their slogans, but see the result they yield. Slogans can be misleading, while the result should be the true criterion of judgment. o Remembering Death Man has to pass his life in this world in such a way that every happening becomes for him a reminder of the Day of Judgement. His sleeping and rising should also serve as reminders of life after death.