Today’s leaders often find themselves in a valley between irresponsible cheerleaders on the one side and a complacent populace looking for a Santa Claus to parachute all their needs on the other.

Crisis and scarcity of leaders abound as one scandal after another scar young talented individuals away from their ambitions to contribute in significant ways to society. The rise of ‘popularism’ is feeding the gullible with false hopes and eroding public trust in leadership.