Mr. Imran Aziz writes in his diary

The 1990’s was good time of my life. I was finishing my school and preparing myself for tougher world. With dark complexion mostly because of kite flying, I was one prominent boy in my family. My inferiority complex helped me to scale heights, supported by my parents and a rebellion in myself.

One incident concerning to popular leadership and right to vote of children troubled me in childhood. As child, I was ignorant of political affairs and obviously, I carried no judgment between good or bad policy.  However, I believe that the same applies to many adults. My aspiration to be associated with the personality was immaterial but benevolent and uncynical and that resulted when I skipped my school for a day with my friend and finally met Mian Nawaz Shairf while he was playing cricket in Bagh-e-Jinnah.

I have learned that sometimes People follow a person who inspires them and they think that a person with vision and passion can achieve great things and their ultimate belief on the way to get things done is by injecting enthusiasm and energy for good.

Indeed, I am talking about transformational leadership qualities best seen and learned from Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

A Transformational Leader by definition: Transformational Leadership starts with the development of a vision, a view of the future that will excite and convert potential followers. This vision may be developed by the leader, by the senior team or may emerge from a broad series of discussions. The important factor is the leader buys into it, completely.

In past, we have seen such qualities in few leaders like ZAB (Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto), BB (Benazir Bhutto) and Mian Nawaz Sharif.

Many people reading this diary may disagree about my opinion on above-mentioned personalities and point Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Mr. Yousaf Raza Gillani and Mr. Asif Ali Zardari as transformational leaders in politics. Yet, I do not disagree with them but value their opinions. I also agree that Leadership is one of the most salient aspects of the organizational context. However, defining leadership has been challenging.

Both Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Mr. Yousaf Raza Gillani are delivering at their best, there is no doubt about it, and they have contributed and contributing well towards organization, unit and country effectiveness. Their main job as I see that whatever is necessary to group needs is taken care of; thus, they could be said to have done their job well when they have contributed to country effectiveness and cohesion in their respective political regimes. Both are superb at mapping functional leadership qualities by adapting five basic functions that include: (1) environmental monitoring, (2) organizing subordinate activities, (3) teaching and coaching subordinates, (4) motivating others, and (5) intervening actively in the group’s work.

Both work on consideration and initiating structure. Consideration includes behavior involved in fostering effective relationships. Examples of such behavior would include showing concern for a subordinate or acting in a supportive manner towards others. Initiating structure involves the actions of the leader focused specifically on task accomplishment. This could include role clarification, setting performance standards, and holding subordinates accountable to those standards.

I have discussed above the important tenets of leadership and tried to establish relevance to personalities. As we know that potential to be a transformational leader is next to become a head of state in politics. If it is true, then the tip of Mian Nawaz Sharif as third premier requires transfers of presidential powers to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani before such situation matures. Otherwise, some may opt him for the first time President of Pakistan. Still the analysis is at large; one has to work on political capital building before anything happens.