Leadership today is often practiced with an individualistic
spirit that does not comply with
a collectivistic national culture and could also trigger various problems. To
address the needs and demands of this diverse nation we need leadership run by
the spirit of togetherness (shared
leadership), mutual support, sharing, and a reciprocated enrichment of
knowledge and experience in both practical and strategic level, to solve the
nation's problems systemically. We needs a strong nation oriented
leadership, who are willing to put away self-interest,
parties, and groups for the sake of nation and state.
Leadership development must become a mainstream as an integral part of
efforts to resolve crisis as well as part of preparations towards a better
future. Given the complexity and magnitude challenges of this nation, we need
so many leaders. The more sources of leadership appear the better for the
development of this nation. Therefore, we should encourage establishment of leadership development centers in various fields,
both in civilian and military institutions, also in political organizations,
community organizations, professional organizations and other community groups.
Diversity and complexity of problems faced requires strategic leadership qualities in
various fields and at all levels. To deal with the diversity and complexity we
can learn from various sources both inside and outside the country, including
from the Military institution, which is one of the
potential source and has certain values. Many benefits can be took by learning
traditions and culture as well as the military leadership, such
as discipline, focusing on the strategic process, respecting the systems and
procedures and also upholding the commitment. The ability to mobilize massive
resources and a broad-based recruitment pattern combined with placement / assignment pattern and
accustomed to perform an activity called "war
gamming" makes a military / police familiar with managing diversity
and complexity of issues .
All of us needs a nation oriented leadership in every layer of life, with the
characteristics as written above. Leadership development which is nation
oriented should be non-bureaucratic and
non-doctrinaire. This may be done by understanding better the nation’s
cultural values in contemporary and
contextual that is not jargoned and myth. Implementation should be planned,
designed, and organized systematically. The material presented must also
include the diversity which is guided by a "nanny" who is qualified, experienced, and understands
the nation context.
