Yesterday was day one of the trial of the former president of Egypt and in true Egyptian style it was a little bit of a farce. Morsi declared that he was still president and that he should immediately be released as he had important matters of state to attend to! He also “demoted” the general who is running the country and ordered the removal of the presiding judge. Clearly Mr Morsi is a man for whom reality is but a minor inconvenience. The trial (best refer to them as proceedings as calling this a trial is going a little too far) is now adjourned until January which tells me that the wheels of justice will be turning rather slowly. To be honest Mr Morsi should have know how things would turn out as most of his recent predecessors have either been charged with killing protestors (the same charge could also be levelled at the latest leader), assassinated or simply shoved aside by one of their former colleagues. What has been surprising has been the speed of his removal, this is due to his one year in power being a total disaster for the average Egyptian as the government seemed more obsessed with making Egypt more “Islamic” and cheerfully ignored the tanking economy. His policy of “one person, one vote, one time” did little to endear himself to most Egyptians either. You know that things are bad when you start to hear people say “bring back Mubarak”!
Whilst all of the above is a little tongue in cheek I am really saddened at how things have turned out and continue to to hope that Egypt will be able to pull itself out of its current crisis.
Back in the UK I have done a fair bit of thinking on the subject of change management. Let’s be honest, change is always somewhat scary and I feel that as a leader who need to work extra hard to allay peoples fears by making them part of the change process. I will go into more detail in my next post.
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