Be A Future Leader : Adopted past success leader o be good future leader

BE FUTURE LEADER

“ Adopted Past Success Leader's Characteristic for a Good Leader in the Future “

As we know, leader is a person who being the representative of one or more communities. There are two kind of leader, “ Formal Leader “ and “ Informal Leader “. Formal Leader is usually elected by the member of community legally and has a specific job description. Although, Informal Leader is one of community's member who selected as a leader informally by all of member. And doesn't have specific job description.

Today, World needs a person who can be a model for his communities or outside of them to lead into a brighter future together. He or she is urgently needed because without a right leader, peoples or communities don’t have a goal to reach and direction either. Crisis spread over and over , needs overcome it as fast as possible.

In the past, there were many kinds of leadership’s characteristic, in general they were divided into two types, the good and bad one. Now, we will talk about the type of unhealthy leader in the past. There are :

· The Compulsive Leader

A compulsive dark side allowed to operate unchecked can result in a personal and organizational rigidity that stifles creativity and frays our relationships with others. Compulsive leadership can produce a self-righteous, legalistic environment that alienates the people we are called to lead. Compulsive tendencies can result in workaholism or a painful emotional explosion and lead to a complete burnout that may take years to recover from. Additionally, the urge to control those we lead and live with more often than not results in alienation and rebellion as people react against our control.

· The Narcissistic Leader

If, however, like King Solomon and Jim Bakker, our dark side takes the shape of narcissism, it can cause us to exploit those we have been called to lead. Rather than looking our for the needs of others, narcissism, if not overcome, will cause the leader to see people as so much "beef on the hoof," whose sole purpose is for bigger and better achievements. In the worst case, rampant narcissism will even lead to unethical and illegal behavior as the leader is driven to achieve regardless of the price that must be paid.

· The Paranoid Leader

Numerous spiritual Watergates have been perpetrated by paranoid leaders who lived in a constant state of denial.

· The Codependent Leader

Many codependent leaders have destroyed themselves in ministry as they tried in vain to keep an entire church happy and meet every other need while ignoring their own family and personal needs. Burnout, divorce, adulterous affairs, and physical illness can result when a leader fails to redeem his or her codependent behavior.

· The Passive-Aggressive Leader

Finally, there is the passive-aggressive leader who must live with the shame and consequences of his or her uncontrolled outbursts. Often, because of his or her erratic and strange behavior, the passive-aggressive pastor is forced to travel from church to church like an unwelcome itinerant preacher, never quite able to figure out why "those people" just don't love or want him or her.

Based on that facts, we can learn from their mistakes, we can know what characteristic should have to be a great future leader. We choose Prophet Muhammad as representative leader who can lead and direct into a better future. The Reasons why we choose him is because almost of Leadership theories is in him and suitable But, as we know He was dead long time ago so we can only learn from his experience and behavior to be adopted. These Characteristics are :

1. Liberty

it is clear that Prophet Muhammad abhorred slavery and proposed measures to abolish it and would impart others to treat all humankind with respect, hoping they would, too, enjoy liberty.

2. Justice

“ you who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred and enmity of others make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah”. (Qur’an, 5:9). Textual analysis of his speeches also revealed he did not even discriminate between a near relative and a stranger in these matters; if the stranger was in the right, he decreed against his relative and in favor of the stranger. Such was his consciousness and understanding of the rights of other people, and of the need to dispense them with absolute fairness and justice that he did not forget it even at the time of his last breath. This is an ever-living reminder to the Muslims of the great importance of fairness and justice

3, Equality of Humankind

Prophet Muhammad preached the importance of the equality of humankind. In his last sermon the Prophet stated: The concept of equality was therefore an important concept for Prophet Muhammad that of equality for humans. People are equal in the sight of Allah and in front of the law. They were born from Adam and Eve. Our parents, and all of us are made of dust – no one is better than the other. The concept of equality is based on justice: All are equal and no one can claim that he is more pious or even more righteous than the other except through piety and righteousness. The Prophet stated that “no Arab has any privilege over a non-Arab, except that based on piety” In fact, Prophet Muhammad was advocating collectivism as against individualism of human coexistence.

4. Gentleness

Gentleness is a fine gift of nature. It is that characteristic in one’s personality that brings out his true nature. It also creates confidence and security to your immediate partner in communicative dialogue. The Prophet paid more attention to this value in communication because he himself was the practical example of gentility

5. Humility

The Prophet showed civility, humility and modesty to all, rich or poor, old or young. He preached humbleness to his companions and demonstrated it by his actions. But the Prophet behaved naturally in all circumstances. After he entered Meccah victorious, instead of punishing his previous enemies he told them: “Go you are free” ( Ibn Ishaq 1955, pp. 550-553).

6. Modesty

Modesty was of equal value to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. Modesty, according to him was capital in getting to Paradise . To be modest with everyone was nearness to Allah. The Prophet always preferred to follow the middle course between two extremes. Since modesty and kindness are related to each other in treating others, Prophet Muhammad also laid emphasis on kindness as an important element of the spirit.

7. Kindness

The Prophet Muhammad taught love, kindness and compassion to his people, and was seen to be the most loving, kind, and compassionate of all of them.

There are many instances that show his kindness and gentleness, especially to the weak and the poor. Anas, his famous servant, said: “I served Allah’s Messenger for ten years and he never said to me, ‘Shame’ or ‘Why did you do such-and-such a thing?’ or ‘Why did you not do such-and-such a thing?’” (Bukhari, 2038). He never used any harsh words towards anyone. The worst expression he ever used in his conversation was: “What has come over him? May his forehead become darkened with mud”.

8. Moderation

Thus he was for moderation. Once three persons came to inquire from the household of the Prophet about his prayer. One of them said: “1 shall continuously fast without interruption.” Another said: “I shall, in future, spend the whole night in praying.” And the third one said: “I shall abstain from women and shall never marry.” Later, the Prophet came and asked them about what they had said. He then replied:

Listen, I fear Allah more than all of you do, and l am more conscious of my duties to Him than all of you are. I observe a fast, but then I break it. I offer prayers at night, but sleep as well, and I marry women. This is my way of living. One who turns away from my practice (Sunnah) does not belong to me. (Bukhari, 5063) The only way for them to achieve this righteousness was for them to be moderate, modest and also be polite in their speeches. He demonstrated the values of politeness everywhere he went.

9. Politeness

The Prophet Muhammad always treated people courteously, irrespective of their social status or religious beliefs, and entertained everyone who came to his house and all whom he met in the street with the same refined manners. In this respect, he never discriminated between people on the basis of their social status or beliefs, but treated them all alike with courtesy and politeness.He never used any abusive language to any one in his life, and never uttered even a harsh word to anyone. He even prevented others from using harsh language

10. Truthfulness

The Prophet was recognized, even by the Quraish of Meccah, his worst enemies, who called him by the name of as-Sadiq (the truthful) and al-Amin (the trustworthy) long before his Prophet hood because of his honest and truthful dealings as a trader. But the titles al-Amin and as-­Sadiq do not simply imply honesty in money matters alone; they are comprehensive and cover righteousness in every form. Whoever happened to have any dealings with him at this early period never ceased to praise him all his life. He loved truth intensely, adhered to truth and preached truth all his life. He never uttered a single lie all his life, either before or after his Prophet hood

11. Hospitality

Hospitality was another key value in the speeches of Muhammad. Being hospitable to your neighbor was another way of showing love and kindness.

We have to Objective. We couldn’t say that, Muhammad’s Characteristic is the most suitable characteristic for a good future leader without knowing opinions about him, especially from Non-Moslem peoples. Here is some example about Non-Muslim peoples says about Him :

1. Mahatma Gandhi

It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle

2. Bernard Lewis.

he had established a community and a well organized and armed state, the power and prestige of which made it a dominant factor in Arabia. he had established a community and a well organized and armed state, the power and prestige of which made it a dominant factor in Arabia.

3. D.S Margolioth

regard Mohammed as a great man, who solved a political problem of appalling difficulty,-the construction of a state and an empire out of the Arab tribes. I have endeavored, in recounting the mode in which he accomplished this, to do justice to his intellectual ability and to observe towards him the respectful attitude which his greatness deserves

4. Alexis de Tocqueville

Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and criminal laws, and theories of science

5. William Montgomery Watt

the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievement. Circumstances presented him with an opportunity such as few men have had, but the man was fully matched with the hour. his gifts as seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God

6. George Bernard Shaw

I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the Leader of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness

The most important thing that future leader have to do especially in a difficult situation, crisis. The situation like that can not be avoided. As a leader, there is a time when you have to lead your group in a difficult situation. To overcome that situation, you must take some action, such as:

1. Decide your goal.

2. Create good communication with your group.

3. Lead by example.

4. Retire them if they don’t work well.