Sheikh MohaMMed’S 10 coMMandMentS of governance aS detailed in hiS book

> Serve people!

The purpose of the government is to serve the people, the purpose of a government job is to serve the community and that of laws and regulations is to serve humans. > don’t worship the chair!

The job and responsibilities are temporary. You will lose them if you love the chair and prefer it over principles and your main purpose: Serving the people. > have a plan! Without a plan, you are planning for failure. The leader’s main role is to know the direction and guide his team towards it, and to motivate them till they achieve target. > Monitor yourself! Monitor the performance in your institution. Have an inspector inside and a neutral one outside. Indicators are necessary because they ensure you are on the right path. > Make your work team!

Don’t fly, sing or applaud alone. Make a team that carries your targets to new levels, give up some authority for them and raise their ambitions higher. > innovate or withdraw! Governments that don’t innovate grow old. With ideas, we will beat all competitors. New economy is based on innovations. Nothing is stronger than ideas.

> communicate!

Tell the world about your ambitions. With media, you can get public support. Announce your goals through the media because they will hold you accountable.

> always have competition!

Compete with yourself or others. Competition should be a lifestyle in governments. Without it, enthusiasm and courage would disappear.

> create leaders!

Making leaders is a secret that is only understood by men who beat their egos and recognise that the greatest achievement is to build a human being, not bricks.

> change lives!

We are lucky because we work in governments, our job is the best thing in our life; it is our life! With it, we change the lives of millions for the better.