Publication: Challenges for New Leadership Teams in Fragile States
Date
2007-05
ISSN
Published
2007-05
Author(s)
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen
Abstract
In this brief, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
President of the Republic of Liberia, shares lessons learned
from her experience in leading a post-conflict country. She
emphasizes the importance of taking a broader view of the
national leadership system while building national
leadership capacities and cautions against adopting a one
size fits all approach. Drawing from Liberia's recent
turnaround, she identifies key capacities that need to be
developed. Fragile states pose a challenge for good
leadership-for renewal and reform. States in the grip of
poverty with broken socioeconomic infrastructure and a
political culture of impunity, require courageous
leadership, one that is unafraid of risks and able to
challenge itself to be innovative and look toward the
future. She points out that consciousness of ethics forces
the setting of standards and requires leaders to lead by
good example, particularly when it comes to demonstrating
and imparting honesty, tolerance, participatory democracy,
work ethics, and understanding.
Citation
“Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen. 2007. Challenges for New Leadership Teams in Fragile States. Capacity Development Briefs; No. 21. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8c9dd626-51cd-516b-834d-6b01b021be0b License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”