Dorji Tenzin: Random Thoughts like Cries of a Clown

In my brief career as HR personnel, I learnt few things about leadership. I think I am fortunate enough to work under various leaders. All leaders are different and most are great in their own unique ways. I find it quite hard to describe good leaders as they seem to be all different. I admire one leader for taking risks for sake of outcome but I find that quality in bad leader too. I just didn’t like how bad leader take that risks. I admire one leader for being strict and I didn’t like are also being strict. I like one leader for being frank but I didn’t like other leader though he was frank.  I can’t define good leaders but I somewhat know how bad leaders behave; 1.        Bad leader crave for attention and every work he/he does is for attention and reward. He wants to get attention of high profile people, wants to be heard in media but really doesn’t care about management of the affairs if it doesn’t suit him or her agenda. 2.   ...

When I say people I work in Human Resource Division, they give me dry smile and say ‘Hema Rangden Drub. ‘In this past that used to offend me but not anymore. Working few years in district made me accustomed to such things. In the district, Dzongkhag Education Officer (DEO) will be called Deadly Eating Officer. His assistant will be called Another Deadly Eating Officer (ADEO). Indeed, every officer would be known by initials of their posts. People would imagine funny full forms for the initials. ‘Hema Rangden Drub’ is what people really think we do while the truth is we exhaust ourselves fulfilling wishes of others and not getting opportunity to fulfil self-wish which is good in a way. If HR personnel has authority enough for ‘Rangden Drub’, it may spoil the whole mechanism of internal procedures( if not careful).  Recently, a business administration graduate came to my office for internship and in the course of conversation, she told me her wish was to be HR manager. On asking w...