Leaders should be responsible for their actions and decisions as they directly affect their leadership, their relationship with other leaders, their environment, and their constituents.
On September 29, a new breed of student-leaders took their oath in service at St. Bonaventure Student Center in line with their proclamation as MSEUF-UCSC and DSC officers. Months have passed since their edict, are they now as good as they promised to be? As students, we must watch out for their leadership and criticize them whenever they commit faulty behaviors and decisions because no student body should act so high and mighty that they do not listen to their constituents.
Moreover, students in certain departments have raised their concerns regarding the leadership of certain DSC chairpersons with pseudonyms Mia and Master. According to them, these people are very spontaneous leaders who always like to close deals and make decisions orally, with little to no consideration of paperwork.
This way of negotiation is weak in itself because the absence of paperwork imposes risks to both ends. Oral negotiations can cause misunderstandings and lack of agreement details which only result in extra work for their colleagues every time they fail. Their co-officers are the ones who compromise and make up for their incompetence.
A good example of this was when Mia borrowed a room in the university and a co-officer had to take charge of their agenda but to his surprise, the room’s letter of permit wasn’t even signed yet. Additionally, as Mia’s name suggests, this leader was missing in action during this crucial time. How does it feel to live like a boss?
There was also a similar situation under Master’s administration where he had worked on an activity without paperwork. Master had bypassed a certain department by conducting the activity without any permitted business letter. How does it feel to be high enough that you do not consider other people’s jobs?
Further, as very spontaneous leaders, Mia and Master have more troubling behaviors. Mia likes to plan and delegate tasks on the spot which is highly inefficient as this student-leader is oftentimes forgetful and Mia’s directions change every time in frequently confusing his colleagues.
Meanwhile, the Master wants to be considered as a very important person (VIP) in their department as this student-leader specializes in their (used as a singular pronoun) identification material without the authority of higher-ups. Generally, by-passing other authorities and governing bodies does not impose power, but cowardice and incompetence.
Additionally, delegation of tasks is also important in a healthy and progressive environment. If you are a leader and you are not the type to assign tasks efficiently, it will only cause weariness toward your colleague. However, Mia is the type that doesn’t disseminate tasks properly. This leader would only give workloads to those whom he deemed active officers and would ignore those who were inactive, which caused more workloads to the active officers.
Incompetent. Arrogant. Ego-centric. Inconsistent. Rigged. This is not the type of leader we asked for, is this? We do not deserve this type of leadership, do we? But most importantly, we will not settle for less, will we? What we deserve are people who are respectful and who value us as their co-students, not just their mere minions. We deserve better, Envergans do.
