Former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam today stressed on the need for future leaders to effectively prepare themselves to handle challenges in the domain and dimensions of future conflicts. In his valedictory address of Higher Defence Management Course at College of Defence management here, Dr Kalam, who spoke on ‘Profile of Dynamic Leadership, was interspersed with memoires of his interaction with young service officers serving in extremely difficult conditions on the borders.
While expressing full confidence in the abilities of the armed forces leadership, he stressed on the need for future leaders to effectively prepare themselves to handle challenges in the domain and dimensions of future conflicts. Besides quoting examples of high quality of leadership displayed by a number of eminent personalities ranging from the field of space, science, infrastructure projects like DMRC to military, Dr Kalam said that a leader must have a vision, and a passion to realise the same.
He must be able to venture along unexplored paths and know how to manage success and failure, he said a leader should have the courage to take decisions and must display nobility in management.
Transparency is an essential attribute of a good leader. A good leader becomes the master of the problem, defeats the problem and succeeds, he said a leader also must ‘work with integrity and succeed with integrity’. He suggested that officers should build a brand of integrity, which once established, becomes impregnable by any one with a malicious intent. He stressed on the need for creative leadership at all segments of governance.