The Importance of Having a Responsible Leadership

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Why do we need responsible leaders?
Some of the biggest problems facing the world today are climate change, terrorism, gender inequality, and food insecurity. All of these problems can be solved. Take, for example, climate change; vast evidence and literature demonstrate that humanity is the leading cause of climate change. Scientists have come up with ways to prove that climate change can be reversed or even stopped. While this information has been available for a long time, little has been done in the way of solving this imminent threat to our planet. Few nations have invested in finding sustainable energy sources and weaning themselves from the dependence on fossil fuels. There is a clear difference between countries that have invested in creating sustainable energy solutions and those that have continued to disparage science regarding the cause of global warming. The countries that have been moving towards sustainability have responsible leaders. While Norway is producing more green energy than it consumes, Trump was campaigning to revive coal jobs.
Why do we need more responsible leadership?
Everything starts and ends with leadership. Take some of the biggest companies that have ever been and those that have failed. There is a common element in all successful companies, leadership. For each company that has stood the test of time and or has risen to unprecedented levels, there is evidence of a strong leader who has steered the company in that direction. Take, for example, Steve Jobs, who is credited for making the Apple Company the behemoth $ 2 trillion company it is. It was on a downward spiral when he was rehired into the company, and in a few short years, he turned the company’s culture and fortunes around. His leadership skills shaped the culture of the company for the decades that have followed.
Similarly, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln were among many great leaders who left indelible marks in their designated positions. While their stories have become legendary, they were not the only people involved in creating their legacy. Rather, they led other people to change the world. Abraham Lincoln never took a firearm to fight in the civil war; rather, he united the unionists and motivated them to win the war. Steve Jobs was not an engineer or a programmer, yet he assembled the team that created the iPhone and many other products. These individuals who have left indelible marks in history did not accomplish those feats alone, but they worked with other individuals to change the world. In some cases, other individuals were unable to lead others to achieve those goals. For example, the south would have seceded if it were not for the visionary leadership of Abraham Lincoln.
On the other hand, there have been leaders who have left bad after-taste in the world. They also rallied their subjects towards egoistic, nationalistic, selfish goals that were not in the best interest of the many people. Hitler and Osama bin Laden were leaders who can best be described as enemies of the common good. While they managed to rally people to push for their egoistic goals, they cannot be discredited because they steered th...