Leadership Part 9

By Peter Worman This week we will focus on leadership qualities and how best to become great leaders and will try and get a handle on how this is achieved. Last week we looked at a more Socratic way of developing leadership capability through the formulation of suitable laws. Firstly however, we will take a […]

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Leadership Part 6

By Peter Worman Firstly, my sincere apologies for the long break in this series of talks on leadership. We will now continue our quest to discover the true leader and Statesman. It would seem to me that to be an effective leader one would firstly need to be able to manage one’s own affairs effectively. […]

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The Wisdom of the Statesman Part 15

Last week we looked at how the power of true and natural statesmanship would manifest itself in the governance of society. It would retain the power of superintendence and would nor permit the lawful educators and nurturers to engage in any practice that does not bring about some characteristic that is appropriate to the overall […]

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The Wisdom of the Statesman Part 14

Last week we considered the written laws that govern mankind. However, the Stranger pointed out that without real knowledge, these laws are ineffective in truly governing the populace. He also said that the power possessed by Judges isn’t kingship but is rather the guardian of the laws and the hand-maiden of kingship. He also made […]

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The Wisdom of the Statesman Part 13

Last week we looked at the systems of law and how this is practiced. The Stranger voiced his concern at leaders being directed by a written system of law and lamented the situation that would arise if we were all ruled by written law without knowledge because it would be impossible to apply the written […]

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