Strategic leaders and managers: Identifying necessary and sufficient qualities

The team of strategic leaders and managers is the team that holds important responsibilities in the entire apparatus of the political system, in all aspects of the economic, social, diplomatic, security, defense and foreign affairs life of the country. Figuratively speaking, these are the "guardians" of the "sacred temple" of the Party and the nation.

Dare to take responsibility and know how to sacrifice

With such a position and function, strategic-level leaders and managers need to have specialized qualities that are suitable to the requirements and commensurate with the demands of the Party's leadership process and the State's management. Based on the requirements and responsibilities of national development on the path of comprehensive and synchronous innovation, it is possible to imagine the system of qualities of strategic-level leaders and managers with several common factors.

For a strategic leader or manager, first of all, they must be loyal, diligent and creative. Second, they must be transparent and selfless. Third, they must dare to take responsibility and know how to sacrifice. Fourth, they must be honest, trustworthy and not be trendy. Fifth, they must be ashamed of themselves, because as the ancients said: If you don't know how to be ashamed, you cannot become a human being. Sixth, they must know how to hide themselves, that is, they must not brag, boast or be arrogant. Seventh, they must have a sense of discipline and strictly maintain discipline.

Regarding intellectual capacity, first of all, one needs to be sensitive, have a strategic political vision, the ability to predict in accordance with the law and in accordance with the people's wishes. Second, one needs to have a far-sighted vision, at the same time have the ability to make practical institutions and high feasibility. Third, one needs to be realistic and flexible. Fourth, one needs to be both comprehensive and thorough, specific, or in other words, one needs to have both a strategic mind and the ability to respond safely and effectively. Fifth, one needs to have both broad and deep knowledge in the field one is responsible for. Sixth, one needs to be both innovative and cautious and decisive on the basis of a strong professional momentum, a rich and experienced political culture. Seventh, decision-making capacity.

A leader must have both a general and a specific approach. He must have the courage to think, the courage to make decisions, the courage to work, and the courage to take responsibility before the collective, before superiors, and before the whole society. Secondly, in terms of style, he must be flexible in behavior but firm in argument and persuasion. Hear everything, see everything, but make decisions independently, based on the collective and people's opinions. He must be proactive in the face of all pressures to implement flexibly and creatively. Comprehensive but not superficial.

These are the most necessary and common factors for every strategic leader and manager in general, and at the strategic level in particular. Because they are the representatives of the Party and the State, ensuring that the Party's policies and guidelines are implemented through the State apparatus and the political system; they are the ones who demonstrate the Party's leadership role, the State's effectiveness in practice, and are one of the fundamental factors determining the country's development.

Therefore, character and training to have character is a matter of utmost importance. It is the most fundamental factor in creating a cadre, deciding the success or failure, high or low prestige of the cadre in their work and in their daily life. The level of their character determines the level of ensuring the implementation of the Party's guidelines, promoting the strength of the State and demonstrating the exemplary pioneering role, working ability and moral prestige of the leader.

Don't be mistaken that the higher the position, the greater the prestige.

The qualities of a strategic leader and manager require first of all political and ideological qualities. This is the foremost and most basic quality. Because, without it, it is impossible to talk about orientation towards ideals, about the ability to perceive correctly and strive effectively to successfully implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, and even less so about studying and reviewing those guidelines, policies and policies as the starting point, covering and overseeing all of one's activities.

The factor that cannot be ranked second is personality. It is expressed first of all in terms of intellectual and cultural potential. It is a comprehensive cultural level that is broad enough to grasp and master the complex and diverse development of society. It is also the professional level of leadership and management science, in which the top criteria are the ability to explore and understand people and human psychology, and working methods suitable for everyone, thereby building a collective with clear goals and high creative potential. President Ho Chi Minh said: We must know how to unite with people outside the Party, we must know how to rely on the masses, and promote the creativity of the working masses.

Third, working style. It includes: principles, subtlety, sensitivity; attention to people, concern for the daily needs of the collective and each cadre, ensuring their health and working ability; modesty and strict attitude towards all one's own shortcomings, but also being very generous with the shortcomings of subordinates and the masses...

The prestige of a leader or manager is one of the decisive conditions. Because without prestige, a leader or manager cannot lead well, if not to say that he or she cannot lead or manage anything. Some people mistakenly think that the higher the position and the greater the power of a leader or manager, the greater the prestige. In a sense, the relationship between position and prestige can be understood as the relationship between form and content. In reality, the prestige of a leader or manager must be formed on the basis of that person's political qualities, moral qualities and intellectual qualities.

Leadership and management capacity plays an extremely important role, if not one of the decisive factors. VI Lenin said that in addition to the necessary points such as trust, loyalty, knowledge, skills, experience, etc., professional qualifications are also needed. This last point is extremely important, because without the ability to understand the work and not be proficient in the profession, "it is impossible to lead"./.