ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN BUILDING LEADERSHIP

ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN BUILDING LEADERSHIP : Higher education ------- P h d, MBA & M .Phil, etc, is not mandatory for leaders but it facilitates in building good leadership. 1.VISION : Higher education broadens the vision of our leaders . In any walk of life, may it be political leadership, business leadership or religious leadership, higher education broadens the vision of leaders. 2.SELF—AWARENESS : Self-awareness is the first step towards building leadership . A good leader knows his strengths & weaknesses. The self –awareness is not an easy task--- even BULLE SHAH admitted this fact. It is the higher education that creates the inner urge or desire for self-awareness in our leaders enabling them to build upon their strengths and help them in eradicating their weak points. 3.CREATIVITY : Higher education develops the skill of creativity---that is must in leaders to set a direction & vision for the followers. 4.SELF –ESTEEM & SELF-EFFICACY :Self-esteem & self-efficacy is must for our leaders that make them focus on our social responsibility , ethics and goal-setting .Leader is supposed to clear the obstacles from the path of their followers towards their goal .This self –efficacy & self –esteem again comes through higher education. 5.POSITIVE & PROACTIVE APPROACH : Positive thinking & pro-activity comes through higher education .Pro-activity means feeling our responsibility to act based on values & principles. This initiative and understanding of values comes through higher education . Keeping in view the above facts we can never undermine the role of higher education in building our leadership.

Major Khalid Nasr has explored the potentials of leadership with the impact of education for sharpening the skills to bring about a conscious & planned change in the existing scenario; which is not posssible without self-awareness, a clear vision of the existing and the future scenario. He is justified in stressing and underscoring the need for efficacy, effectiveness and pro-active approach providing basic ingredients to leadership which could also be called management

Whereas Major Khalid Nasr deserves appreciation for breaking the ice in this field & specially on computer for a better dissemination of knowledge, it is for others to make their 'mighty little' contribution towards advancement of this intellectual discipline having a direct bearing on production and creativity. I wish him the best of luck, hoping that necessary cooperation would be forthcoming in the accomplishment of the mission he has undertaken.
Jameel Zaidi