Title: The challenges of Leadership

Speaker: Mr Sohail Muhammad Ali, Provincial Coordinator, Sindh, Academy for Educational Development.

Venue: NGO Resource Centre
D – 114, Block 5, Clifton, Karachi – Tel 5865501-2
Thursday July 13, 2006
5:30 to 7:30 pm

In the era of globalization, leadership of the world face many challenges, which can be addressed with a clear vision. The vision should be translated into an action.

This was stated by Sohail Muhammad Ali, Provincial Coordinator Sindh, Academy for Educational Development, speaking at Development Forum of NGO Resource Centre, Karachi on “the challenges of leadership” on July 13, 2006.

He said leadership does not mean political leadership, but it means leadership in every sphere of life.

Sohail Ali recently attended the 8th Global Leadership Forum at Istanbul Turkey from June 22 -25, 2006, where experts from all over the world delivered their papers and speeches on various aspects of leadership.

He said a speaker pointed out that we have global problems, but we have local leaders whose perspectives are very limited.

Sohail Ali pointed out that participants from Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Somalia, USA, UK and Pakistan attended this international gathering. The speakers raised very interesting points regarding leadership. For example he said a speaker Dr. Volker Buddrus presented his paper on the spiritual dimension of leadership,

He said leadership is a relative term. It is important to understand the difference between power and authority. Every individual has power but he does not have leadership qualities. Leadership comes from personal qualities, he said.

He said Pakistani NGOs should take part in international events like that to improve their knowledge and leadership skills.

More than 26 participants attended the Development Forum and some of them took part in discussion on the topic.

Anis Danish of NGORC conducted the programme and also welcomed the speaker.