Sunday, July 04, 2004
Lesotho’s Parliamentarians & ‘Seven Habits of Most Effective People’
Comprising ten different political parties, Lesotho’s current parliament is the most inclusive and widely representative in the nation's history. This was made possible because, before its watershed 2002 general election, the country adopted a new electoral model in which two thirds of the 120 member National Assembly is chosen under a First-Past-The-Post model, and one third through Proportional Representation.
In May,2004 after consultations with the Assembly’s leadership, UNDP organized a three-day “Seven Habits of Most Effective People” workshop designed to inspire Parliamentarians' personal transformation as a first step towards empowering them to take on greater leadership roles and help the country “break out of the mould” in addressing its urgent problems.
The workshop emphasised the virtues of altruism in personal as in public life; uncompromising loyalty to principle and willingness to overcome one’s prejudice and predispositions to become a fuller person. It aimed to help parliamentarians hone their leadership skills, find new ways to transcend interpersonal differences and partisan divisions in pursuit of higher national goals, and more effectively articulate the needs and aspirations of their constituents.
A follow up session, where workshop participants will review the commitments they have made to bring about change in their lives, in their inter-personal and public relations, and in the manner in which they transact their public duty and obligations, is being planned for the latter part of the year.
Sourced from N S Bereng (UNDP News)
Was wondering with the new crop of young politicians in our parliament if some sane brain can introduce similar management concepts in lives of our parliamentarians too!
In May,2004 after consultations with the Assembly’s leadership, UNDP organized a three-day “Seven Habits of Most Effective People” workshop designed to inspire Parliamentarians' personal transformation as a first step towards empowering them to take on greater leadership roles and help the country “break out of the mould” in addressing its urgent problems.
The workshop emphasised the virtues of altruism in personal as in public life; uncompromising loyalty to principle and willingness to overcome one’s prejudice and predispositions to become a fuller person. It aimed to help parliamentarians hone their leadership skills, find new ways to transcend interpersonal differences and partisan divisions in pursuit of higher national goals, and more effectively articulate the needs and aspirations of their constituents.
A follow up session, where workshop participants will review the commitments they have made to bring about change in their lives, in their inter-personal and public relations, and in the manner in which they transact their public duty and obligations, is being planned for the latter part of the year.
Sourced from N S Bereng (UNDP News)
Was wondering with the new crop of young politicians in our parliament if some sane brain can introduce similar management concepts in lives of our parliamentarians too!
