Personal leadership: A major factor in organizational longevity in Ghana

Abstract

Many Ghanaian organisations, public or private, do not last long in the system due to ineffective leadership or management. Lack of personal leadership in the lives of leaders or managers in Ghana has been identified as a major cause of the short “life span” of organisations in Ghana and Africa. Leaders and managers in Ghana lack personal leadership because of flaws in the leadership foundation in Ghana. Flaws in the leadership foundation are traced to the misunderstanding of what leadership or management position is all about. This may be a legacy Ghanaians inherited from the colonial masters, as well as their own cultural orientation. The exercise of self-discipline by current and aspiring leaders and managers is the only way to correct these flaws and get leaders to lead and managers to manage effectively for organisational survival in Ghana.