HON KEVIN PETER AS A GOOD LISTENER :
People and not those elected to serve, are sovereign. It is the collective will of the masses that determine who will rule over them.
This is why the exercise of power should at all times be influenced by this reality. Any leader who loses touch with the common man is doomed to fail.
This is why a good leader must first and foremost be a good listener. He must be the last to speak even though it does not follow that he must have the last word.
Great leaders like (Hon Kevin Peter) are known to be those who put the good of their people above their own interests.
Hon Kevin Peter is humble, simple, and approachable and has that ability to think big and rise above pettiness.
Hon Kevin Peter has the ability to see things not as they are but as they will be. Visionary leadership is an important prerequisite for development.
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Indeed, the saying goes, where a leader lacks vision, a nation shall perish. Hon Kevin Peter listens more and talks less
“When people talk, listen completely.
Most people never listen,” said Ernest Hemingway. For politicians, there may be no better advice.
In my experience, Hon Kevin Peter is brilliant at shaping and punching his message through the clutter but he is remarkable listener too.
There are two reasons why listening makes for excellence in political leadership. The first is how it makes voters feel.
More distance has grown between those who run and those who vote.
Often, voters can feel that they are simply the vehicle necessary to the success of the politician, rather than the reverse.
Imagine a campaigning politician who meets a small group of undecided voters, delivers a speech, and takes a few questions and leaves.
This happens often. The impression left is that the meeting was about the politician rather than the voters: here’s what i believe, please do something for me. The voter’s feelings and ideas are immaterial; the conversation is really intended to be one-way.
The same small group meeting designed around listening leaves voters with fundamentally different feelings. Asking voters what they need you to know, what’s keeping them awake at night….this is a far more interesting conversation for most people.
Finish with a short speech about what you’ve heard and what your own beliefs are, and chances are there are more potential supporters in the room than when you entered. And more than if you had just shown up and talked about yourself and your platform.
The second reason listening is good for a politician is that it makes them better at their jobs.
I’m not talking about listening as in: just do everything voters want. I’m talking the basics of good human interaction: empathy, making people know that they are important to you and what they say is of interest.
Naturally, by listening with an open mind, you have a better chance of fashioning an agenda that appeals to voters.
But listening is even more valuable when you are trying to argue a policy that’s complex, or unpopular. On most issues, most days, most voters are willing to take no for an answer. But “i won’t hear you” or “i don’t care what you think” makes them pretty cranky.
In our technology-saturated world, it’s getting harder to pay attention. And ironically, it’s getting easier to spot someone who isn’t.
One interesting way to watch how our political leaders perform in the coming months is to pay attention to how well they appear to be listening, and what effect this has on their standing.
Hon kevin peter is a good listener, and that’s what makes him unique and ideal leader.
