The headlines during the past few weeks have focused on the idea of a leadership vacuum that stands to cripple our young democracy. Considering current events, this sentiment is likely to persist for a while. We all hope our economy will survive unscathed, however far-fetched this hope might seem now. I disagree with the idea that the country is facing a leadership vacuum. We are indeed at a stage where the behaviour and decisions of our elected officials and related business partners are driving us to lose confidence in their ability to lead effectively. But surely their actions are not representative of the pool of leadership capabilities on which our nation relies? Viewing leadership as being primarily driven by our political elect is risky because it narrows down our leadership capacity to being defined by a small subset of individuals. The leaders who shape us go far beyond this. One of the key benefits of living in a globally connected world is that we do not necessarily have ...
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