1. A Crisis of Leadership

Effective leadership is one of the most critical and important factors for humanity's long term survival and wellbeing on this planet but we often see leadership that does not come up to the mark and we now recognize that our current actions are unsustainable, unjust and leading to chaos. Many people know that what they are doing isn’t working, but do not know what to do or how to change, making them feel that they cannot cope and lose confidence and trust in their leaders.

This leadership crisis is evident globally in the financial sector, parliamentary system, environment and the lack of meaning many are experiencing. The loss of trust and confidence is illustrated by the recent economic crisis which revealed that the global financial system has been corrupted, and how endemic it is in our largest corporations, our biggest financial institutions and our governments.

More significant and crucial still, the leadership crisis is evident in the many Urgent Global Issues (UGIs) now facing everyone and everything on our planet, and the failure by global leaders to tackle them in a meaningful way.
Leadership is when one person exerts intentional influence over others to encourage achievement of the objectives of a particular group of humans, be it a small team, business, public or private sector body, religious group, government or the United Nations. Such influence implies an obligation to lead ethically but this has not always been recognized or honoured and as a result has led to MisLeadership in one form or another.


One of the biggest difficulties with tackling MisLeadership is that it has been apparently tremendously successful, particularly when seen from its own viewpoint. If someone wins a game of football by deliberately getting another player sent off, from their narrow viewpoint they may believe they have been successful. Similarly, a person who gains promotion at work by undermining the credibility of their rival or a king who leads an army to conquer a neighbouring kingdom may feel justified and successful. It has, however, led humanity to the brink of catastrophe and possible extinction such that we must NOW enact massive change on a global scale.