Dr. Pierre N. Kablan ,Leadership and Public Policy Lecturer at the Ivorian Graduate School of Management has pointed out the lack of real leadership in Africa.
LPR’s national Correspondent in Ivory Coast, Benjamin Tegbeh has been speaking to Dr. Pierre Kablan, Ph.D. in an exclusive interview:
Good afternoon sir and welcome to the Liberia Public Radio first interview.
Sir, please can you introduce yourself (Name, Education, Job and Family life)
My name is Pierre N. Kablan, Ph.D.
Leadership and Public Policy
Lecturer, Graduate School of Management
Ben: What is your views about African leadership especially political leaders?
Dr. Kablan: My views about African Leadership are mixed and especially political leaders are a deception
Ben: Do we have real political leaders in Africa?
I do not believe that we have real political leaders in the real sense
If yes, to what extent and if no why?
Dr. Kablan: Political leadership is essential to unearth the human potentials in all sectors of development; which is not seen in Africa. The leadership fundamental (Vision)
Ben: The African continent and its political leaders, what can you really say about it?
Dr. Kablan: The political leaders find it very difficult to manage the continent because they are confronted with too many problems at the same time. Most of them do not have a proper planning, organization, leadership and finally the control of the political landscape of their country (i.e. Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, etc.)
Ben: What can you say about the future of Africa when we speak of politics?
Dr. Kablan: It is important to know that generation changes so I am optimistic that the politics in Africa will also follow the same trend. The future of African politics is promising, especially with the African diaspora and also the technology which will be the key in the transforming of the continent.
Ben: What impact or change will your leadership have if you were to become a political leader in Africa?
I talked about “Transforming Leadership”. My change will be that the continent reassesses itself to really come with strategies that engage the people to believe and self-manage themselves within the confines of self-actualization.
Are there some recommendations that you would love to African leaders?
1 Be yourself (stop thinking that your problems must be resolved by others)
2- Have a proper planning for your people within the African context
3- Organize yourself to put the political structures for development
4- Lead by capitalizing on leadership attributes such as integrity, honesty, charisma, confidence, trust and learning to name a few
Ben: Is there any key that you will like to talk about as we come to the end of this first interview?
Dr. Kablan: The key here will be the African Identity because we cannot find our bearing
Ben: Thank you very much accepting this invitation.
I thank you for the opportunity.
