Cagatin, Nory Faith E.

Independent

ACES-Vice President

A good leader should be a good servant, competent and most of all, honest. If given a chance to be the Vice-President in the Engineering Council there are three key principles I will be holding on to in order to maintain good governance.

First, being a good servant. This means that a leader should not only be an implementer but also a follower. The members and not the officers hold the highest rank in the organization; leaders are mere servants. This is mainly because the leaders work for the benefit of the members and not for his own benefit and glory and thus a leader should always deal with all the demands of the students or the members of the organization.

Second, a leader should be competent- an expert in his field. According to engineering management, a leader should be skilful enough to lead in order for the members and his co-workers to follow him. This is because, nowadays, people are intelligent enough to demand whatever they want. Thus a good leader should have skills on how to handle these demands and most importantly, a good leader should also be emotionally and physically prepared.

Third, a leader should be honest. Being in a student council implies that people chose you because they trust you to manage them well. The trust they give includes matters pertaining to finance. Nowadays, the integrity of a student leader is not only tested by the endeavours but also by with how they deal with the council’s finances. Given a chance to lead, I will really ensure that the finances of the council will be well managed by implementing productive programs for the students development.