Dhani, this is my personal view.
The general conceptualisation of leadership as perceived by researchers and practitioners is that leadership is understood as a social influence process through which one individual exerts influence, intentionally, over others to structure the behaviours and relationships within a group or organisation. Some scholars described it as a dynamic process in a group whereby one individual influences the others to help achieve group tasks. In general, however, people believe that if matters involving leadership are closely observed, there are always three elements or variables emerge on the surface, i.e. (1) the leader qualities of character or personality; (2) the situation; and (3) the group or followers’ needs and values.
With that in mind, it is fairly interesting to see how Anwar Ibrahim deals with the political situations in Malaysia within the scope of current political culture.
In a way, Anwar shows that the greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time leaders fall.
And looking at a rather different angle, the current situation has also provided a very good lesson in knowing who are our true friends are, as Thomas Carlyle once said:
"Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is, and what kind of a man you long to be."
