Leaders and their team must be pulling in the same direction; the alternative scenario is a recipe for disaster and a total waste of resources. Despite the many sentiments attached to a termination, especially where someone has been in a position so long that the person and position are intimately linked, we must move beyond emotions to reality.

Monetary and fiscal policies have to be coherent, otherwise we face the risk of sub-optimisation, a situation where both units optimise their performance, but at the cost of a loss to the greater body. A worse case scenario is where the efforts made in one area is negated or compromised by effort made in the other, and vice versa. Then we sit on the wall wondering and pondering why. Why, despite all the efforts being made, are we not achieving any favourable result?

The efficient and effective attainment of strategic goals requires that all resources (people, processes, plant, etc) be directed and focused accordingly. Well, if the objective/strategy is wrong, it's just wrong ... but that is to be determined on another level!

I am, etc.,

ANGELA BISASOR

a.bisasor@gmail.com