Applying leadership dynamics to the salary increase for Ministers

Oct 24, 2015 Letters

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Dear Editor,
Kindly permit a little space in your letter column to share on the thinking dynamics of our leaders in society.
Over the years I had the opportunity to attend leadership conferences/seminars and forums where the presenter would allude to various levels of thinking. However, I am more convinced after 39 years [August 1976 — October 2015 [my first interaction with great thinkers] on the Dale Carnegie course on human relations, I conclude that there are several levels of human thinking that determine the dynamics of a society or nation.
I am reading into the various demographics of nation building and developmental programs within the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from numerous perspectives. In analyzing the intellectual authors of these reasoning/nation-building proposals I am amazed, that there is an evident drought/famine in the demographics/dynamics of thought processing. There seem to be among us, three categories of thinkers, but we are more or less familiar and acquainted with just the first two.
One: those that think inside the box.
Two: those that think outside the box.
Three: those that think beyond the box.
The first category is those common people whose cortex is subjugated to the limbic region of the brain. In short, because of deep emotional response and little understanding over a matter, their diagnosis is flawed and their ability to figure out a matter is subject to the three C’s complain, criticize or condemn.
Emotional reactions overtake their judicial reasoning. The brains of these particular thinkers are programmed to believe less than what is conceived. These are traditional and safe thinkers; their analysis is based on what they see and what is known as a people. They never go beyond that level because to allow their thinking to rise to another level is too risky, and so they are locked into a system of fear and apprehension. They judge a matter based on what they hear and see and not on sound futuristic phenomenon. This category is more prominent than the other two levels of thinkers. For the second thinkers: those that think outside the box are higher in the dynamics of their thought life. These are those that have a fair understanding of the issue/matter and are less emotional. Their level of thinking hinges on three basic elements.
They are constructive and judicial in reasoning; decision making dynamics and navigational skills. Conventional thinking is at the core of their analysis of a matter. They step out of the box and advance and advocate a certain perspective of conditional decisions. The last category is those that think beyond the box: these thinkers have one thing in common they are visionaries. They see things before it manifest. They have a formidable belief system having a perspective of the big picture. They are seldom wrong but are more often despised and misunderstood. These thinkers have a deep understanding of issues/matters that others grapple with. They have a unique gift of strong and purposeful leadership qualities. They see what others don’t see. They are audacious and bold in their deliberations and decisions.
Editor, this thinking I believe is the dynamics that characterize the decision of this present Granger/Magamootoo administration to modify/restructure the salaries of Ministers.
My honest opinion is drawn from an analysis of the nation being poised to prosper. Using the analogy/parallel of a unique family that have experienced gross misfortune, but is poised to prosper; the head of that family is the first in line to receive an increase in income, not the five children but the head of that family, then the success that follows flows from the head to the others — those that are below. If my spiritual insights are right then the Heads of this nation receiving a remodeling/restructuring of their income will signal and precipitate an increase across the board at the appointed time. But who under this present dispensation of time wants to wait for an appointed time. [Mr. Lincoln Lewis — trade union leader should take note of this].That speaks of patience and the majority of our people are traditionally and culturally emotional allowing their cortex to be over-ruled by the limbic system of the brain.
It is within the integrity and performance of this Government, that we as a nation will reap the benefits of a good life when our Ministers would raise the bar, and perform par-excellence in their respective ministries to prove that the reward of their labor is merited.
As a Church leader, I look forward to a paradigm shift in the way business is down in THE Co­operative Republic of Guyana. Therefore with the authority invested in my life as a Minister of Christ I charge this administration to come straight and do the right thing. No Minister of this present Government must be known as being corrupt. Henceforth I patiently await the prosperity of all Guyana. This is my fervent belief. Editor, permit me to express a single thought before I close, concerning the Minister of Education statement on prayers in schools. All things are lawful but all things are not expedient. Be extremely careful in removing the old land mark lest you bring this entire generation/nation of youth beyond redemption. For prayers is the bedrock of this society.
Pastor Vanrick Beresford

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