In Philippines on a WrICE Residency 2017 One of the best preaching I ever heard is from a pastor at the dinner hosted in honor of Mr. Michael Waipo, the outgoing Commissioner of the Correction Services in PNG. In the delivery, the good pastor talked about two principles of leadership: humility and trustworthiness. He added the third principle: teachable. A leader must be teachable, must be someone willing to listen, and learn from those who are subjects to his or her leadership and in turn he or she can also teach those who teach him or her. The good pastor added that for all leaders they must also be readers. That is something I have not heard from anyone except myself saying over and over to many of my fellow leaders. To lead one must read. To be a good leader one must read the life stories, biographies, memoirs, and books or essays written by great leaders. How else can one be a good leader if reading is not factored into the leadership? The important message I hea
Chronicles the stories of education, books, writing, and reading in the life of Steven Edmund Winduo, PNG writer extraordinaire, literacy advocate, social literary activist, literary scholar, & teacher. Fern Ridge is a translation of Safla Rama, where home is for SEW.