Ghana Needs A Value-Based Transformational Leadership

Mr Samuel Ayim, the Executive Director of Centre for Transformational Leadership in Africa (CTL Africa) on Wednesday said Ghana needs a value-based transformational leadership for development.

"We need to agree, adopt and inculcate values at all levels of our national life to help transform our nation for the better," he said.

Mr Ayim was speaking at the launch of the Second edition of the Live2lead 2018 slated for October 12 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra.

He said 'we can debate and agree on the values but some of the values must be obvious to us all."

He said the country needed a new Ghanaian, a new Ghanaian leader, who was ready to stand for truth, honesty, hard work, humility, wise planning, common sense, self-discipline (self-leadership) and generosity.

Live2Lead is designed to deliver the very best leadership content to inspire and motivate leaders and their teams, help them connect with other influencers in the community and expand their business network with relationships that produce tangible results.

The event will simulcast in more than 300 locations across over 30 countries on the theme: "Shift".

The Executive Director said leaders needed to embrace a shift in order to be successful and make the necessary impact on citizenry with their leadership skills.

He said "with all natural and human resources endowments, how do we explain the endemic poverty among the vast majority of our people while a few 'create, loot and share' of the state coffers as if they are without a conscience."

'The lamentation is endless, but we cannot continue like this. We need a drastic shift. We need a change, not only in mindset but also in 'heart set'," he added.

He said as a country "we need leaders who value the people enough to work to add value to them not to take away everything God has given them including their dignity."

He said leaders' need a shift from the poverty mentality, which for him was the cause of the greed and corruption that has so far characterize all levels of leadership, even in our churches.

The Executive Director called on the media to help redirect the discourse and share the new shift agenda.

He said this year there would be a special session with Uncle Ebo Whyte as he talks about his own life and the shifts he made.

Live2Lead 2018 will be addressed by world renowned and distinguished personalities including Carly Fiorina (Former CEO of Helwett-Packard and 2016 U.S presidential candidate), James Ebo Whyte (CEO/Artistic Director, Roverman Productions), Tyler Perry (World Renowned Filmmaker, Actor, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist), and Debra Searle, MBE (Professional Adventurer and Serial Entrepreneur).

The rest are Daniel Pink (Best Selling Author, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, Drive and A Whole New Mind) and John C. Maxwell (Leadership Expect, Best and Coach-New York Best Selling Author and Speaker). GNA

By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA