Leadership Transition: Barriers to Youth Emergence
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A former Head of state (Nigerian), General Ibrahim Babangida while Responding to a question on why he was not interested in younger politicians ruling the country on the 16th April 2010 was quoted to have said “we have seen signs that they (the youth) are not capable of leading this country,…. May be they are not given the proper education”. If the youth of this nation must emerge as leaders, opinions such as this must be changed through demonstrated understanding of issues and actual performance in areas of responsibilities. "Leaders of tomorrow" they call the youth but since tomorrow has refused to come, youths must make tomorrow become today by taking the throne of their communities and indeed the nation. It is a process; today is the best time to start the journey. This paper xrays what it takes to assume leadership and identified barriers to youth emergence.
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- 1. MBA, ACA, FSM www.bidemionajobi.com Leadership Transition: Barriers to Youth emergence
- 2. educate the youths on various topics as stated by the organizers mobilize and motivate young people to actively get involved in the ongoing national, regional and international Development Agendas. discussion panel session for exchange of views Employ systems thinking to work through problems and issues on a variety of levels in your personal life and in the organizations and communities you serve To discuss innovative approaches towards empowering young people for sustainable development Develop self confidence Strengthen youth’s foundation as a leader to achieve and deliver the best results Empowering youth to make a Difference in their Communities Develop their ability to build, effectively lead, and successfully sustain high-performance teams PROGRAM OBJECTIVES & IMPACT
- 3. “we have seen signs that they (the youth) are not capable of leading this country,... May be they are not given the proper education” - Ibrahim Babangida, 16th April 2010
- 4. REMO YOUTH • Remo population is 11.59% of Ogun State’s 3.32 million population • Over 40% of population are youth (19-44 years) • Highly educated (average of Diploma) REMO
- 5. DEFINITIONS • A Leader is a person who • guides or directs a group. • Is Agile, Flexible person - who can anticipate change and respond instantly to new realities • Leadership is "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task • Leadership Emergence is the process during which a leader is recognized by their peers as the leader of a firmly leaderless group - www.psychologydictionary.org • Youth is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. - UNESCO
- 6. LEADERSHIP DOMAIN 1. Educational 2. Institutional 3. Political 4. Economic 5. Cultural 6. Moral
- 7. LEADERSHIP THRUST Ideas • Quantum’ ideas set a direction for everyone • ‘Incremental’ ideas are about strategy, structure and implementation Values • Define desirable behaviours • They support the central goals Judgement • Face hard facts and make the tough calls Risk and pain don’t deter them Decide on people and projects Energy • High energy people • They create energy in others –through example and leadership communication
- 9. MANAGER VS LEADER Manager Leader Status Quo Accepts/Maintains Challenges/Develops Focus Bottom line Horizon Asks How & When What & Why Relies Control Trust Does Things right Right things Success Destination Journey Emergence Appointed/Nominated Evolve • Don’t mix it up – a Manager is not necessarily a Leader
- 10. LEADERSHIP EMERGENCE PROCESS You must understand how to arrive at your destination! Self Discovery Recognizable Advancement Death State of Readiness Barrier to Youth Emergence
- 11. BARRIERS TO YOUTH EMERGENCE 1. “No Vacancy” 2. Entitlement Mentality 3. The Victim Mentality 4. Wrong Choices 5. Wrong Association 6. Low Self Awareness and Drive 7. Lack of Consistency in Performance 8. Lack of Visibility 9. External Locus of Control / Irresponsibility 10.Lack of Strategy
- 12. REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH EMERGENCE 1. Be technically and tactically proficient. 2. Know yourself and seek self-improvement. 3. Know your constituents and foster their well-being. 4. Keep your constituents informed. 5. Set the example. 6. Build Shared understanding of direction 7. Train your constituents as a team. 8. Make sound and timely decisions. 9. Develop a sense of responsibility in your followers 10. Engage constituents in accordance with their capabilities. 11. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions. 12. Have a an articulated vision. 13. Network / Build coalitions.
- 13. “The secret of success in life, is for a man to be ready for his time when it comes” – Benjamin Disraeli CLOSING THOUGHT “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.” - Randy Pausch Field Hand 1Hand 2
- 14. Thank YouThank YouThank You linkedin.com/in/firstonajobi facebook.com/firstonajobi twitter.com/firstonajobi
Editor's Notes
- PROTOCOLS Introduction I consider it a privilege and an honour to be so invited to deliver a paper on LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: BARRIERS TO YOUTH EMERGENCE. Personally, it is indeed a great opportunity to interact with a gathering of distinguished, well-cultured people of the Remoland especially its youths; the future of the land. The topic, though appear universal, has led me to deeper study of the Remo People, my audience, and I remain grateful to the organizer for the impact this opportunity offered me to better understand my root.
- Through this paper, I will contribute to three (3) of the objectives of REMO EMPOWERMENT AND LEADERSHIP (R.E.A.L.) SUMMIT viz 1. Mobilize and motivate young people to actively get involve in the ongoing national, regional and international Development Agendas. 2. Provide foundation which could in part guide thoughts during discussion panel session 3. Educate the youths on various topics as stated by the organizers These agendas are important and critical to the development of youth especially in convincing our elders that we are capable of leading our communities and indeed the nation – Nigeria.
- A former Head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida while Responding to a question on why he was not interested in younger politicians ruling the country on the 16th April 2010 was quoted to have said “we have seen signs that they (the youth) are not capable of leading this country,…. May be they are not given the proper education”. My humble opinion is that “when a man who got married at 23 years turn around to say his son is not matured enough for marriage at 35 years; it is his personal failure not that of his child because he failed to hand to his child what his own father handed down to him.” If the youth of this nation must emerge as leaders, opinions such as this must be changed through demonstrated understanding of issues and actual performance in areas of responsibilities.
- With a 40% of Remo population, the youth (age 19-44years) has the power to influence behaviours and decisions in Remoland. This power must be well coordinated and deployed to promote the emergence of youths as formidable force in the leadership transitions of Remo, Ogun State and the Nation at large. We cannot settle for “errand boys” figure; we must become active members of the leadership rank. Gone are the days of “wait for your time”; today is our day and we must seize it. It is in this light that I would like to appreciate the efforts of the organizers in developing the REMO EMPOWERMENT AND LEADERSHIP (R.E.A.L.) SUMMIT as a platform to educate and engage Youths of Remoland in constructive dialogue that will lead to the empowerment and development of youths as critical actors and partners in community development. This program, I believe, will galvanize the creative power of our youths towards enhanced understanding of issues and improved personal and collective performance leading to a robust socio-economic development of our communities particularly Remoland.
- What is the topic about? Our topic today involves a critical assessment of current situation and proffering solutions to move us into our desired future. The place to start this assessment is to define key words in the topic of today namely – Youth, Leaders, Leadership, and Leadership emergence. A Leader? is a person who guides or directs a group. He/She is Agile, Flexible person - who can anticipate change and respond instantly to new realities Leadership? is "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task” Please note from the definition above that leadership is a process and not position. We will discuss this further as we progress in the presentation of this paper. According to www.psychologydictionary.org, Leadership Emergence is the process during which a leader is recognized by their peers as the leader of a firmly leaderless group - www.psychologydictionary.org Youth? According to UNESCO, “Youth” is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. However, age is the easiest way to define this group, particularly in relation to education and employment. The UN, for statistical consistency across regions, defines ‘youth’, as those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years The African Youth Charter define “youth” to mean “every person between the ages of 15 and 35 years”. In Nigeria, the National Youth Policy (2009) defines youth to comprise of all young males and females aged 18 – 35 years In practice however, older people are considered youth for example Malam Umar Garba Chiza (60years) was elected as the National Youth Leader of PDP in 2013 Mr. Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo (claimed to be 52 years) was elected as the National Youth Leader of APC in 2014 For the purpose of this discuss, please permit me to define youth as persons within the ages 19 and 44 years old. This is informed by the socio-economic reality of the country.
- Leadership Domain In reality, leadership is needed in every gathering – small groups, communities, companies, nations, etc. However, the context of our discus would restrict us to defining leadership domain by the function. I therefore identify six (6) domains of leadership which should attract the attention of the youths if we must emerge as leaders. The first domain in leadership is the Educational Leadership Domain. In this domain, constituents seek leaders who have the capacity to learn new things and shape the understanding of the constituents. It is for this singular reason that holders of Professorship (and indeed actors in academic environment) are respected within most communities. Though actors in non-academic environments (usually refered to as experts) are also enjoy the status of educational leadership, the standard qualifying factors in this domain of leadership is academic attainment. The second domain in leadership is the Institutional Leadership Domain. This is the most widespread domain of leadership due to opportunity to accommodate large number of persons. Leaders in this domain have well defined organizations that they head. Except where strong financial power or goodwill is deployed, the process for leadership attainment in this domain usually takes time – you have to queue up and wait for your time. The third domain in leadership is the Political Leadership Domain. This domain is about public governance. In Nigeria, there are three levels of political leadership namely Federal, State, and Local governments. At each level, our adopted system of government allows for leadership of the three arms of government i.e. Executive, Legislative and the Judiciary. The leadership of both the Executive and Legislative are elective, that of the Judiciary is appointive. The process for political leadership emergence also creates some other leadership opportunities e.g. political party leadership from ward to national level. The fourth domain is the Economic Leadership Domain. This has tremendous influence over most of the other domain. In Nigeria, we have seen Chief M.K.O. Abiola, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Alhaji Dantata occupy this domain in time past. In recent times, we have seen the emrgence of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Otunba Mike Adenuga, Mr Jim Ovia, Mr. Femi Otedola, amongst others. The Economic leaders hold the power to influence decisions in the environment and they have indeed been active players in the governance of the country since return to civil rule in 1999. The fifth domain is the Cultural Leadership Domain. This is a traditional domain that is fast fading away. Ambassador Chief Segun Olusola, the late JIBULU OF IPERU-REMO, was a culture icon during his lifetime. The sixth domain is the Moral Leadership Domain. In this domain, Character is the chief currency. Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Mother Theresa, General Muhamodu buhari are some of the examples we can identify in this domain. The actors in this domain are known for forthrightness and unwavering stance on what they believe to be right.