The Qualities of Leadership in The Public Sector
Leadership is recognised as a significant foundation of the public sector. The success or failure of any public enterprise is often associated with the vision and strength of the leadership involved.
Leadership is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. Effective leadership is widely recognised as a key to the success of an organisation (Benmira and Agboola 2021). “Effective leadership is integral to organisational effectiveness. Effective leaders create positive organisational cultures, strengthen motivation, clarify
mission and organisational objectives, and steer organisations to more productive and high outcomes” (Ingraham and Gotha-Taylor 2004:95).
The exercise of political leadership has proved the source of endless fascination since the dawn of civilisation (Rhodes and Hart 2014; Goodwin, Moran, and Rein 2008). Arguably, public leadership is more needed in the present era than ever before, to manage multiple crises of environment, economy, health, and population, to mention just a few ongoing and compounding global issues. There has rarely been a time when vision, courage and truthfulness – among the most essential elements of leadership – were simultaneously the most in demand, and yet the most threatened of the qualities of public servants.

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