Leadership is the ability to influence the masses to gain support. Political leaders use the art of perception and deception to get their votes especially from naïve, susceptible and gullible voters. It is of paramount importance for the ordinary people to differentiate between constructive and destructive leaders and vote them into the House of Representatives.
The purpose of this series of articles on “The Good Politician” is to assist the ordinary people to make the right choice of their representative by understanding the politician personalities of the KYKO five dimensional model.
High Self-Actualization Personality- The Virtuous Politicians
The virtuous politicians run their country base on democratic principles focusing on justice, fairness, human rights and universal values.
The virtuous politicians have very high standard of moral and ethics. They are God fearing, honorable, righteous, reliable and trustworthy.
The virtuous politicians are not prone to temptation and will not accept bribes. They place societal interests above their own. They make promises and walk their talk.
The virtuous politicians make and implement sound policies and social reforms for the welfare of their constituency. They
make decisions and accept responsibilities for their actions. They listen actively, accept criticisms and negative feedback and would take pro-active action to improve the peoples’ welfare.
The virtuous politicians set clear direction for their constituency. They are intellectually inclined and are skilful at using their logical analysis and deductions to make decisions for the benefits of the populace. They work hard to improve the quality of life for the people they represent.
The virtuous politicians are people of substance, action oriented with boundless energy to meet the aspirations, hopes and dreams of the ordinary people.
Dynamic Self-Actualizing – The Deceptive Politician
The deceptive politicians have excellent intellectual skills with high emotional quotient equipped with a bag of tricks. They can use them to influence and manage the resources and masses both for the greater good of the public and their personal aggrandizements.
The deceptive politicians have a helicopter vision of the political, social, economic and technological environment.
They are well informed and have the uncanny ability to spot opportunities and turn them into realities.
The deceptive politicians speak of unity but in practice they divide and rule. They speak with fork tongues and can spin the media to create a positive perception of their self image from the populace to perpetuate their power.
The deceptive politicians will not hesitate to abuse their position power and use their might against any form of opposition to preserve their position. They will use all means to achieve the ends even though they are aware of the adverse consequences of their deeds. They practice the maxim that: “Might is right, black can become white and white can become black”. They decide what is white or black. Apparently they have many skeletons in their closet.
The deceptive politicians are analytical, calculative, hypocritical, inquisitive, tactical, flexible, insightful and influential. They have the uncanny ability to size up a situation and manage it strategically to make things happen for them and their country.
The deceptive politicians are knowledgeable, competent and versatile. They have the ability to bring development and progress to their country. In the midst of development they often engage themselves in shady deals to satisfy their greed and lust for power and wealth.
The deceptive politicians make use of the rich and powerful and collaborate with them to gobble the economy of their country. By a stroke of a pen, they and their cronies can become super rich. Together they have the power to manage, control and play havoc with the economy.
The deceptive politicians use the art of perception and deception to build their charisma, power and influence. They can manipulate their followers to hero worship them to the extent of giving up their life to defend and preserve their authority.
The deceptive politicians have a clear vision and mission. They can communicate powerfully by means of fiery speeches and empty slogans to inspire the masses to support their actions and great deeds. They are like the conductor of an orchestra and a puppeteer among the puppets able to pull and push the populace to realize their elusive dreams.
The deceptive politicians enjoy being worshipped. They love to play God with other peoples’ life.
High Self-Actualizing-Security Personality
The bureaucratic politicians focus their energy on regulatory reforms such as public safety, social order, environment protection and the stability of their constituency. They believe in the rule of law and would defend and upheld the acts in the constitution.
The bureaucratic politicians develop realistic action plans. They are skilful in organizing and using resources for the betterment of the populace and their constituency.
The bureaucratic politicians are practical and down to earth. They are able to organize their party supporters to provide community service and to assist and offer hands-on solutions to the complaints and predicaments of the people in their constituency.
The bureaucratic politicians are strict, meticulous, precise, systematic, detail-oriented, prudent and business-like.
They believe in regulating the populace and follow a close set of standards. They run their constituency in an exact, specific way to ensure safety, stability and order for the development and progress of their country.
High Self-Actualization – Sociocentric- Low Security Personality
The freedom fighters have a higher sense of purpose to serve humanity. They are change masters and adopters of reformation for change for the better. They fight for justice, fairness, equality, human rights and will stand up against any form of hegemony. Their objective is to free the people from many of the following – fascism, colonialism, feudalism and imperialism among others against the general public.
The freedom fighters are prepared to sacrifice their life for cause in their quest to liberate the people. They are prepared to take any form of punishments to the extent of being jailed, tortured or even killed.
The freedom fighters take high calculated risk – those who triumph to champion their cause have leadership thrust on them while those who failed are vanquished in the process
The freedom fighters have the focus, conviction, strength, independence and resilience to champion their cause in their quest to free the society from opp
High Manipulative-Self Actualization Personality
The charismatic politicians have high intelligent and emotional quotient equipped with a bag of tricks to manage all kinds of people for the greater good of the public. They know how to mobilize the right resources and use them effectively for the development, progress and prosperity of their constituency.
The charismatic politicians have a satellite vision of the political, social, economic and technological environment. They constantly absolve and update information of the above and convert them into intelligence to make sound decisions in managing their constituency.
The charismatic politicians are knowledgeable, competent and versatile. They have the ability to organize the natural, economic, financial and human resources and use them effectively to grow their human capital potentials and use them to develop their country.
The charismatic politicians are analytical, inquisitive, perceptive, flexible, insightful and influential. They have the uncanny ability to spot opportunities, size up a situation and manage it strategically to make things happen.
The charismatic politicians have a clear mission and can communicate effectively to the masses to support their visions. They are like the conductor of an orchestra and a puppeteer among the puppets able to pull and push their teams to realize the dreams of building a great country and turn them in realities.
The High Self-Actualizing-Egocentric Personality
The estimable politicians do not demand respect. They command respect from the populace. They have the ability to set grandiose plans for the greater good of their constituency.
The estimable politicians believe in their power to change people’s life for the better. They have a tremendous amount of self-confidence to achieve what they started. They will not yield to obstacles and barriers.
The estimable politicians are people of actions; vocal and expressive. They can shape public opinion and influence the masses with their fiery speeches.
The estimable politicians have good commanding and influencing skills. They have the uncanny ability to influence and mobilize their teams to serve the public.
The estimable politicians are people of power and stature with the essential qualities to make things happen for the betterment of their constituency
High Self-Actualizing-Sociocentric Personality
The amiable politicians focus on serving the people in their constituency. They are prepared to give up their comfortable life and jobs for the greater good of the people and help them to grow and progress in their quality of life.
The amiable politician has the uncanny ability to connect with all kinds of people. They are cordial, warm, friendly and diplomatic. They can easily make and establish an intimate relationship with those who can assist them in their bid for public office.
The amiable politicians are affectionate, caring and compassionate. They can put themselves in the shoes of the unfortunate, the disabled and the destitute and would make a concerted effort to assist them in whatever way they can.
The amiable politicians are well-liked and work very well with others. They are skilful in building great cohesive teams to assist them to achieve their goals. They can motivate and inspire their teams to implement good public policy. Upon successful implementation they do not claim credit for themselves. Instead they give recognition to the collective effort of the whole teams.
The amiable politicians maintain an open door policy for the people in their constituency. They are easily accessible for people in need of their assistance and support. They put the welfare and well being of the people as the top priority in their service centers.