Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
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Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The basis of any strong leadership ability is based on building a concrete relationship with people. In leadership, there are always individuals who aspire to rule while there are people who are comfortable in the act of following (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). A relationship may be based on a one-to-one or even one-to-many. Therefore, despite the numbers, a leader is required to have knowledge of relationship building abilities through mobilizing other individuals to believe on a shared struggled for aspirations. The primary concepts of an exemplary leader include encouraging the heart, influencing other people to act, modeling the way, challenging the process, and inspiring a shared objective that project global prosperity (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). Saud bin Faisal managed to portray all of these qualities in his reign as the long lasting foreign minister in the global. Even though Saud bin Faisal died leaving behind the Arab world with their perennial crisis such as Egypt uncertain political transition, the civil war in both Iraq and Syria, and the endless chaos experienced in Libya or Yemen that he had failed to solved. It was his dream and ambition to ensure the Middle East was peaceful.
Keywords: concepts, process, crisis, collective, and Arab.
Introduction
Prince Saud was a prominent son of King Faisal who was born in Makkah in a town called Taif in 1940 (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013).

Saud bin Faisal obtained his economic degree in the United States prestigious Princeton University. He returned to Saudi Arabia as an adviser to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. He was appointed the deputy minister of Petroleum and Mineral in 1975 before being appointed the foreign minister in 1978 (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013). For many years, the Middle East has been synonymous with violence and war crises. The uprising of civil wars, Jihad terror cells, and Arab Springs has marked the Middle East for last 40 years. Surprisingly, Saud bin Faisal was there serving under the status of a foreign minister. In 2015, he resigned due to health issues, and this offered an opportunity for young foreign minister called Adel Al Jubeir take over from him. He died in 2015 at the age of 75 years (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013).
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Consequently, the concept of exemplary leadership requires that an effective leader should always model the way for others. This principle is advanced through projecting personal values, credibility, and morality. According to kouzes and Posner, an exemplary leader should always exhibit certain qualities (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). For instance, a leader is required to have personal credibility. The concept of credibility is based on the trustworthiness of an individual. For an effective communication to occur, people have the tendency of trusting the messenger first before they can believe in the message itself. Therefore, it is paramount for leaders to be confident and support their beliefs so that people can project them as credible individuals (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006).
Prince Saud Al-Faisal was a popular Saudi Arabian appointed foreign minister who handled diplomatic affairs for the longest term. Being appointed to office 1975, the long-serving foreign minister served four distinctive Saudi Kings in the quest of advancing and establishing the Kingdom policy to other nations. He was very vocal in condemning the 911 attack claim that the Saudi government was behind the American people (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013). Many factors show that Saud Al-Faisal had personal credibility. For instance, he had acquired vast knowledge of Western politics and was also a perfect English communicator. These qualifications made him the right person to represent Saudi Arabia`s interest in the global platform. Furthermore, he served under the foreign minister position for more than forty years. This means that the Saudi Arabia society trusted him in issues pertaining to diplomacy. Additionally, Saud bin Faisal has always projected the image of peace. This means he valued the element of peace in the middle-east and that is why he conducted numerous peace meetings aimed at reuniting Israeli, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, and Iran (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013).
Contrarily, another concept of an exemplary leader is that he or she should inspire a shared objective that projects global prosperity (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). This is achieved by incorporating other people in decision-making activities that will guarantee a common goal. This is effective when you appeal to the shared aspiration between the involved parties. For a shared vision to be practical, it has to be ideal, future-oriented, unique, serve a common purpose and project a vivid image of the situation (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). For many years, the Middle East has been synonymous with violence and war crises. The uprising of civil wars, Jihad terror cells, and Arab Springs has marked the Middle East for last 40 years. Surprisingly, Saud bin Faisal was there serving under the status of a foreign minister. In short, he was the only person who could explain what was happening in the entire Middle East because he had experienced from past conflicts that affected the region (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013). Therefore, in regards to inspiring share values to other people, Saud bin Faisal was the right person who could project issues on the context of personal experience and knowledge.
Even though the Saudi Arabia King is the ultimate person who determines the course of the nation`s foreign policy, Saud bin Faisal was able to participate in various peace meeting that shaped the politic climate of the Middle East. For example, in 1979, Saud bin Faisal condemned the invasion of Lebanon that was advanced by Israel (Naar, 2015). This also happened consecutively in 1982 and 2006. He was also active in the Palestinian intifadas that surfaced both in the year 2000 and in 1987. Moreover, in 1980, he supported Iraq when they battled Iran (Naar, 2015). However, the coalition ended in 1990 when Iraq invaded the small nation of Kuwait. Lastly, Saud bin Faisal spearheaded the occupation of Iraq. This was successively assisted by the United States coalition with the Saudi government (Naar, 2015). This shows that Saud bin Faisal was the only person who had the knowledge and experience to inspire the image of peace in the entire Middle East.
Simultaneously, the next concept of an exemplary leader is that he or she should challenge the process laid down. This incorporates the act of searching for opportunities through means like seeking better methods of transforming, improve and developing production methods (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). In addition to that, a leader can achieve this through venturing into risks that guarantee a chance to learn from mistake seen in the experiment. Alternatively, it also involves questioning the status quo and influencing people to adopt new ideas that are set outside the boundaries of the firm. In regards to seeking opportunities, Saud bin Faisal obtained his economic degree in the United States prestigious Princeton University (Naar, 2015). He returned to Saudi Arabia as an adviser to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
In this occupation, he managed to acquire research skills on how to form solutions to any potential threats (Naar, 2015). He also assisted the petroleum industry through formulating new sustainable strategies that made the Saudi Arabia mineral products to be a giant in the global platform. He managed to advance the sale of petroleum through the act of establishing a link between the ministry and Petromin firms in the early 1970s (Naar, 2015). Saud bin Faisal challenged the United States for attacking Iraq, and he influenced the America to form a coalition with them in the hope of guaranteeing Iraq civilian protection after the regime change was over. In an interview aired on British television, He started that” regime change should not form the foundation of destructions of the entire Iraq otherwise it would be solving a simple single issue while creating many complex problems at the same time.” (Naar, 2015)
More ever, another concept of an exemplary leader is that he or she should enable other people to act. This is done through fostering a collaboration that influences the generation of trust and boosting cooperative objectives (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). It also incorporates the capability of strengthening the society or a team through the practice of power-sharing and discretion. In short, incorporating the entire team in decision making, eliminating laws, giving non-routine tasks, allowing discretion of ideas and backing people when they give their points can help in fostering a collaboration that influence generation of trust and boosting cooperative objectives in a team.
In 2004, Saud bin Faisal encouraged the Saudi Arabia not to damage its ties with the United States. He compared the America- Saudi Arabia collaboration to Muslim marriage. He stated if a man can treat all is many wives well and fairly then he will manage to keep all of them (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013). Therefore, the spirit of working as a team was paramount despite the difference in opinion or religious ideologies. In 2008, during the UN General Assembly, he claimed that the occupation of any Arab nations is a recipe that transforms the whole middle-East region into a crisis zone. For example, the Palestinians are currently suffering from the spread of extremism and despair. In 2015, he resigned due to health issues, and this offered an opportunity for young foreign minister called Adel Al Jubeir to take over from him (Naar, 2015).
Besides, the last concept of an exemplary leader is that he or she should encourage the heart of people through acknowledging the contribution done by people. This incorporates the act of celebrating the victories and values through generating a spirit of team building (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). Even though Saud bin Faisal died leaving behind the Arab world with their perennial crises such as Egypt uncertain political transition, the civil war in both Iraq and Syria, and the endless chaos experienced in Libya or Yemen that he failed to solved. It was his dream and ambition to ensure the Middle East was peaceful. However, the many things Saud bin Faisal could celebrate has his own achievements. For instance, he assisted the Arab world in resisting the Soviet Union invasion, and also prevented many crises that affect the Middle East from escalating further such as conflicts like were experienced in Israeli, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, and Iran (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013).
Conclusion
In conclusion, Saud bin Faisal leadership profile is a masterpiece in the act of portraying situational leadership. The primary concepts of an exemplary leader include encouraging the heart of people, influencing other people to act, modeling the way for society, challenging the process and inspiring a shared objective that project global prosperity (bin Abdul Aziz, & Saud, 2013). Saud bin Faisal managed to portray all of these qualities in his reign as the long-serving foreign minister in the global. According to kouzes and Posner, an exemplary leader should always exhibit certain qualities (Kouzes, & Posner, 2006). For instance, a leader is required to have personal credibility. The concept of credibility is based on the trustworthiness of an individual. For an effective communication to occur, people are having a tendency of trusting the messenger first before they can believe in the message itself.
References
Saud bin Abdul Aziz, T. A. F., & Saud, A. (2013). Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy. Middle East Policy, 20(4), 41.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2006). The leadership challenge (Vol. 3). John Wiley & Sons.
Naar Ismaeel (2015). Obituary: Ex-Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal.
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