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| Sunday, 27 November 2005 |
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Public and private sector lack effective leadership by Don Asoka Wijewardena Charisma which is the cornerstone of effective leadership both in the private and public sector is lacking. Sri Lanka was a storehouse of values and they have been discarded, said Eagle Insurance Managing Director, Chandra Jayaratne at the National Management Conference on Leadership Crisis at Hotel Trans Asia on Thursday. Jayaratne said due to ineffective leadership systems, everything was in disarray and the time had come to import foreign labourers such as mechanics, carpenters and masons. He said that even the physical infrastructure such as housing infrastructure was in chaos as one could see shanties all over the place. Sri Lanka once the granary of the East was constrained to import rice. Referring to charismatic leadership in the past, he said that a number of Sri Lankans with integrity, empathy and altruism had served in foreign countries with dignity and had brought credit to the country. Jayaratne said that great leaders had to be ambidextrous, on the one hand, they had to be able to execute capably within the current business paradigm and on the other hand they must be able to reflect on the current paradigm, find ways to fundamentally improve it, and manage the large-scale change to a successful conclusion. Hatton National Bank Chairman, Rienzie Wijetilleke said that the manager was one set apart from his training and abilities to guide the efforts of others and management was the art of getting things done through the medium of human efforts. Managing the day-to-day activities which was the core requirement of any position, was no small task and it would require that a company produced consistently good results and would meet objectives and constantly "tune up" the business process. Chartered Accountant C. P. de Silva said that the government must reactivate the Bribery Commission as corruption was in full swing in the country. Nepotism had emerged in administration and lawlessness had been prevailing, with the interference of duties with law enforcement officers. Director Centre for Policy Alternatives Dr. P. Saravanamuttu said that there were two challenges before the country, peace and development and added that with courage and determination people could take up these challenges. |
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