Mention the word ‘Politics’ to most people and the reply you will get is, ‘I’m not interested’ and who can blame them?

Yet, politics run every part of our lives every day from our jobs to our households.

Because the definition of Politics is;

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals,

There is a form of hierarchy in every business and in every home! We just don’t call it politics.

Every day we make decisions that affect others either directly or indirectly and every day we usually take directions from others one way or another.

Our lives ebb and flow from being Leaders to followers.

So, it is not Politics that is the problem, it is the Politicians! The ones we choose to represent us in the important decision-making in the governance of our Country, our home.

We hope they have good Leadership skills but more often we find they just become followers with little or no voice following another Leader, the Top Dog, or the Leader of the Pack!

To be a Leader requires great skills.

Leadership should never be about Power and Power alone, it should never be about making bullets for others to fire.

Great Leadership also involves humility, acknowledging the work of others not trying to throw a spanner in the works to reflect the glory to you!

Great Leaders do not steal the ideas of others, they dare to follow their own vision and in some circumstances acknowledge that others may even be greater than them.

A great Leader will lift others up not stamp on them using others to fire the bullets, particularly on Social Media for all to see.

But sadly we see few Great Leaders these days, the ones who remain tight-lipped, who quietly plod on doing the hard work behind the scenes. Their day will come, it may not come with great glory but it will be recognised by those that matter, The People!