{"id":96446,"date":"2025-11-16T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/general-ndaitwah-on-leadership-and-management-success"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:00:41","slug":"general-ndaitwah-on-leadership-and-management-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/general-ndaitwah-on-leadership-and-management-success","title":{"rendered":"General Ndaitwah on Leadership and Management Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>STRATEGIC leadership presents challenges that call for the best in people and for a shared sense of purpose. It aligns a leader and the followers and creates synergy to achieve the goals of the organisation, said General (retired) Epafras Denga Ndaitwah, Namibia\u2019s First Gentleman.<\/p>\n<p>He delivered a public lecture on Strategic Leadership and Management at UNAM\u2019s Engineering Campus at Ongwediva on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said that strategic leadership and management are demanding areas of expertise, to the extent that those who back down have never succeeded as leaders or as managers.<\/p>\n<p>PICTURED: First Gentleman Epafras Denga Ndaitwah.<\/p>\n<p>He said that an effective leader must have the capability and capacity to conquer volatility, deal with turbulence, keep their eyes on the horizon, inspire, focus, develop, innovate, multiply, and maintain a long-term vision.<\/p>\n<p>In his lecture at the Erastus Uutoni Auditorium, Ndaitwah also cited a number of scholars and gave his own elucidation.<\/p>\n<p>He said that while strategic leadership is about \u201cdoing the right things\u201d, management is about \u201cdoing things right\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective strategic leadership,\u201d he said, \u201cis not what a leader has accomplished yesterday, is not what a leader accomplished today, is not what a leader will accomplish tomorrow. Effective strategic leadership is the sum total of what has been accomplished yesterday, today, and what is to be accomplished tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>General Ndaitwah used the examples of two well-known leaders: Nikita Khrushchev of the then Soviet Union, who in 1961 sent Yuri Gagarin to orbit the globe; and John F. Kennedy of the United States of America, who ordered his administration to go to the moon. When asked why, Kennedy responded: \u201cWe choose to go to the moon because that goal will serve to organise and measure the best of our energies and skill&#8230; it is a challenge that we are willing to accept&#8230; a challenge we are unwilling to postpone&#8230; and a challenge we intend to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1969, six years after Kennedy\u2019s speech, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to step on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>Citing Nikodemus (2014), General Ndaitwah said that challenges are part of leadership. \u201cIn leadership you do not choose whether you would like to have challenges or not&#8230; the moment you have decided to become a leader, you have already made yourself a prime candidate for challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s public lecture was attended by national, regional and local political leaders, faculty members and students, as well as a fairly large number of uniformed personnel \u2014 NDF, Nampol and Correctional Services.<\/p>\n<p>General Ndaitwah holds a Master\u2019s degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and after his retirement as head of the NDF, he worked at the IUM as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Faculty of Strategic Management and Business Administration.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author of two books: A Life and Views of a Soldier and Strategic Leadership and Management: The Direction Pointers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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