Treatise on godfatherism and Leadership

Sweet words they say may not hold true while true words are usually not sweet and that is the conundrum that tears the mind being a juncture where morality and reasoning meet. While it may not be justification for certain behaviours of leaders, it is apt to still put out those words as guiding lights to those who seek mentorship under leaders. According to the bible of leadership,."battle against a leader is a lost battle". The piece whose author remains anonymous counsels that you should inspite of the fault of your leader, not go to battle with him and for you to overlook and endure certain failures in expectation and practices from your leader as doing otherwise will spell doom. "The battle against your leader is a battle you can never win no matter who is backing you, don't even attempt it, you can never win it. You may be annointed to kill Goliath, but forever not being annointed and permitted to kill Saul. Ask David wherever you see him. "You cannot erase the man who raised you. You cannot dishonour the man who made people honour you. You cannot bring embarrassment to the man who gave you endorsement. Never become a problem to the man who gave you a platform to rise," the anonymous writer admonished. The writer didn't consider the motivation for going against your leader or mentor but is relying on natural principles of growth and leadership. Bear with the man who shone the light for you to see the way because there is no perfection with humanity. When your leader errs, it should not be a handle to discard him or put him down, remember the roles he played to put you where you are; those are obligations to mentorship. Continuing, the writer who obviously must have lived in the time of knowledge said, "why become a warfare to the man who took care of your welfare. Determine not to become a disappointment to the man who gave you appointment. How can a man put so much investments into your life and your thank you to him is to put so much sorrow into his own life? "In most cases,.leader may be the one who wronged you, but still remember the God who annointed David to kill Goliath will not allow him to kill Saul". The implication of the counsel is that once in leadership position, it is no longer of straight thoughts and action, nature becomes involved and steer the affairs of man so that should man want to take the driver's seat, his judgment will come short of expectations. The sage who penned the counsel also said, "the drunkenness of Noah is not a licence to expose his nakedness. That will be wickedness and foolishness in the sight of God. One of the sons of Noah exposed his father's nakedness forgetting it was his father's righteousness that once saved him from the flood. Remember Noah found grace with God yet he found disgrace with his son". For a leader to draw you close into his inner circle, the counsellor says it is a privilege that should not be abused or used to the detriment of the leader since such exposure to his weakness is based on trust of drawing you close. The writer continued, "if you know the weakness of your leader, it is because he gave you access you don't deserve. I am not here to defend the errors of a leader. Never forget this statement for the rest of your life. The person who came to tell King David that they have finally killed Saul his enemy was also killed by David as a reward for killing a backslidden prophet. Think about it. "For those going through pain of betrayal, heal them and bring them out stronger. Words of elders are words of wisdom." Does this treatise mean you have to see no fault in a leader or calls for circumspection while dealing with them? Look around and see where those rules outlined were breached and with what consequences and when adhered to with what decorum. These are definitely ageless thoughts. Bamidele Atoyebi, a philanthropist and serial entrepreneur is of BAT Ideological Group and wrote in from Abuja