by Dr.
Lawrence Wilson
©
August 2016, L.D.
Wilson Consultants, Inc.
An important concern today, and always, is how to
turn out leaders who have courage, strength, deep intelligence and wide-ranging
knowledge.
This article discusses some aspects of leadership
training.
WHAT ARE THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES ONE
WISHES TO INSTILL?
INDEPENDENCE
WISDOM
RESOURCEFUL
AND CLEVER
ABILITY
TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS
ABILITY
TO LEARN FROM OTHERS
ABLE
TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE
ABLE
TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE OTHERS
CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS AND WITH THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE
COURAGEOUS
CAREFUL
OR CAUTIOUS
ORGANIZED
STEADY
ABLE
TO BUILD AND MANAGE TEAMS
ABLE
TO ASK FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
NOT
AFRAID TO SURROUND ONESELF WITH THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
BOTH
A MILITARY AND CIVILIAN UNDERSTANDING
METHODS TO HELP PRODUCE FINE LEADERS
1. Much better nutrition, and fewer drugs
and vaccines that damage the body and mind. This is the subject of this website, in large measure. To do this is not an overnight process,
and significant changes are needed in the medical care system to accomplish it,
but these are slowly occurring and I believe, will continue to accelerate.
2. Better parenting, in general.
Another solution that always works is for teachers and parents to
instill such a sense of love in the children that they cannot bear to be unfair
or mistreat others.
3. Understanding natural law. The
young must realize that natural laws govern, and these laws treat all souls
alike. It matters not what the
Òouter coatingÓ or outer skin qualities are such as black, white, Hispanic,
gay, male, female, etc.
4. Tests of courage, strength and
intelligence. The small ego mind, with its fears and fantasies,
must be submerged in a larger appreciation and understanding of natural laws
and the needs of the entire community.
Some older societies dealt with this problem,
particularly in young males, by having them go through some kind of ritual,
usually involving tests, feats of daring or strength, tests of courage and
instructions from elders in the secret or special ways of the tribe or
society.
This was an educational process as well as a
test. It might involve killing a
lion with a spear, for example, or in one movie, The Emerald Forest, it involved allowing a type of ants to sting
one into unconsciousness and endure the pain without moving away. The young men were told if they could
endure the pain they were worthy of being called men and if not, the boys would
die. Usually, they would not die
and the test was set up for them to succeed, though not always.
In this way, wise societies realized they needed
real heroes and warriors to endure, so the tests were sometimes quite
tough. That would not go over well
today, but the idea is important.
The pain and intensity of the trial was intense and
helped the young person overcome fears and inadequacies that cause victim
consciousness and often a hesitancy to stand up for principles and forge ahead
fearlessly in life. The young men
and women emerge from the trial more self-confident and with the respect of the
tribe, which also gave them more confidence and self-esteem to move
forward. There is a need for some
such method today.
In more modern societies, the closest ritual we
have to this is joining the army.
This is compulsory in some nations such as Switzerland. Many people have spoken and written
that Òthe army made me into a man or a real womanÓ. By this, they mean they were afraid and often weak
physically and weak mentally. The
army essentially forced them to dig deeper and find more strength, discipline,
courage, and even integrity with others.
In the military, your own or someone elseÕs life
may depend on your alertness, truthfulness and good timing, all of which
requires some maturity.
5. Real world experiences.
Another way to train leaders, of course, is through good old-fashioned
work experience. The traditional
idea was to start working as a teenager in the mail room of a business or
washing the toilets at a factory.
Little by little, one would progress through a series of jobs to become
an executive or even president of the company.
This process builds self-esteem, knowledge,
responsibility and many other positive traits. One also understands the entire business, from top to
bottom, and how it must function to succeed.
This is still a route to maturity taken by a few
young people, but many just go to college and are told they now know everything
and can step into a high-paying job.
The worst group just stay in the universities to teach, obtaining very
little real world work experience.
Another of the worst groups is those who go to work for the government
without gaining much private sector job experience.
Working for the government today is often like
falling into the arms of a new mother who coddles and overprotects, and does
not teach enough hard work and discipline.
Private sector job, even the most menial of them,
tend to teach discipline, responsibility, courtesy to others, skills of many
kinds and much more. Earning money
teaches about savings, spending, investing and more.
Government employment, for this reason, is not
nearly as good as private sector employment. The jobs are too cushy, too secure, often and not real
enough to offer many of the lessons that occur with private sector jobs. Many are Òpolitical positionsÓ that are
bought and paid for by a lobby, perhaps, or a politician with friends in high
places. Working due a government
grant is not too much better for this reason. There is nothing wrong with these, but they are not
substitutes for a private sector, capitalist experiences.
6. Church and religious leadership
programs. Another method for training wise
leaders is through the major organized churches. Many sponsor universities and leadership programs, not only
to train priests and pastors but also to influence legislation and even train
political leaders.
7. Secret societies and fraternities.
Another method to produce leaders
used in the past but less today were secret societies and mystery schools like
the Freemasons in Europe and America.
Other groups were the Skull And Bones Society, for
instance, that the Bush family is part of. These are somewhat like present-day fraternities, cults,
sects, convents, ashrams and other groups that indoctrinate, teach, test and
improve the skills of the participants.
All such groups also have their networks so they
can Òassist their brothers and sistersÓ in other states or areas. In ancient Israel, for instance, the
Essenes and even the Pharisees and the Saducees were sects that took in young
people and trained them for the priesthood, which was also the political
leadership of the people.
8. Old-fashioned university training.
Another type of traditional training of leaders took place at the
universities of old. This used to be and still is one of their main
functions. However, too often they
fall down on the job today and cannot be counted on. Harvard University was one such place, for example, where
the bible was taught in depth in an effort to produce quality leaders for the
nation. This form of training and
discipline is almost completely gone today. Instead, the universities turn out learned but often
ungrounded, inexperienced, arrogant and unwise leaders.
Too many are taught lies and indoctrinated with
communist and socialist ideals.
Exceptions exist, such as Hillsdale College in Michigan and George Mason
University in Virginia. Some of
the religious colleges are also not too bad. But only these schools and a few others actually remember
their mission and donÕt tolerate any nonsense by the students and are willing
to kick out the bad ones to maintain their reputations.
The two colleges mentioned above, incidentally, I
believe are the only ones that do not take federal grant money. This should give an indication of what
happens to higher education when the government steps in and supports it, and
where education is headed as the government plays a greater role in its
financing.
9. Vocational training schools. Another method of training some types of leaders are
vocational training schools. These
are somewhat better than liberal arts or even engineering colleges because they
are focused on a particular usable skill.
This was an important part of the model of education advocated by the
great leader, Booker T. Washington, who founded Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama,
USA.
At this college, education meant learning useful
skills and many other life skills, not just academic subjects. The methods of Mr. Washington should be
studied far more than they are.
10. Sending young people to other
nations. Many other ways to train
leaders have been tried and are being tried. Many college students today are encouraged to spend a
semester in another nation, studying, living and learning their language. This will assist some to broaden their
perspective. However, it is also
fraught with dangers such as unclean food and water, little emotional support,
and learning more incorrect ideas.
11. Wilderness or other dangerous
experiences. Another method is to send young people on
an individual or group physical, emotional or even mental journey. In America, a program called Outward
Bound has been in place for some twenty or thirty years for this purpose.
In the more extreme programs, a person is literally
dropped off in the wilderness with perhaps just a compass and a blanket and
told to find his way home. This is
obviously not for everyone.
Counselors definitely are involved in choosing the participants. Precautions are also taken such as
having a homing beacon, perhaps, to avoid catastrophes, which still occur at
times.
Other programs expose the participants to other
rather extreme danger to help them overcome fears. Some learn to walk on hot coals, swing from trees on ropes
or wires, build a bridge across a raging river, or are forced to work long
hours without enough rest, and so forth.
Some similar activities that are now tourist
attractions involve skydiving, bungee jumping, swimming with sharks, or
firewalking. The problem with most
of these programs, in my view, is the lack of spiritual or even mental
content. However, they are popular
and this means they must be serving a purpose for people. Another problem is their physical
danger in a few cases and, more importantly, no one checks using hair analysis
to assess how biochemically prepared a person is for these activities. I am sure this causes a few heart
attacks as well.
12. ÒTransformativeÓ seminars and
workshops. Another method to
supposedly help people mature, are various seminars and workshops offered around
the world. Werner Erhard became
famous for his EST seminars in the 1970s and more recently, The Forum.
These seminars combine lectures, mental exercises,
sometimes body work, high intensity sound therapy, dream interpretation,
discussion, one-on-one looking into the eyes of another, and other types of
experiences rolled up in a neat package.
Some involve subjecting people to various hardships like standing for a
long time or not allowing people to leave to urinate, causing embarrassment
when they urinate in their pants or on the floor. Judging by the results in California, a center for these
seminars, I do not believe these are that helpful, but perhaps I am judging too
harshly. I have experienced a
number of these seminars and was not overly impressed, although they certainly
left a mark.
13. National social service. Another leadership training method is
some kind of national service.
Some nations offer this, such as the Peace Corp and Americorp in
America. The Peace Corps sends
young people to other nations to help build homes, water systems, agricultural
projects, etc. Americorp sends
young people around the United States to do the same thing.
These programs can teach teambuilding, discipline,
the value of service, and more. So
far, however, they contain little instruction in mental and spiritual
development, nutrition, and they are plagued by government bureaucratic rules
and regulations and often anti-capitalist indoctrination that misinforms young
people.
They hold promise, but probably of a negative kind
since they are run by government.
They easily degenerate into simply a method of social control over the
population. Some people remember
groups such as the Hitler Youth Corps that were pure and simple indoctrination
camps for young people. Americans
should be alarmed that our current administration wants to set up
indoctrination ÒservicesÓ for our youth.
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