Whether it be a sports team, a classroom, a business or a country a leader can have a massive impact on the organisation.
Imran Khan led Pakistan’s cricket team to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1992. To Pakistani sports fans he was the equivalent of Michael Jordan, David Beckham and Tiger Woods combined.
Pakistani’s are crazy for cricket and so having someone that was considered one of the best in the world made him a local and international hero.
After his cricket career Imran Khan got involved in politics and formed Tehreek-e-Insaf(Movement for Justice) hoping that his skills in leading the country’s cricket team can also be used to lead the country’s government.
Leadership is transferrable and there is no reason that a cricketer can not lead the country successfully. Arnold Schwarzenegger for instance is having a relatively successful political career as governor in California. On the side note though I would say that politics often hurts Pakistan. The typical politician has to overplay how much of a “mess” the country is in. So his visit to the UAE for instance, might actually have hurt Pakistan as typical politicans not in power in Pakistan tend to tell the world how badly the country is doing and how to not trust the government. Which leads to less investment for the country. Which leads to less improvement.
In case you can’t see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7BHZ7gGLcc
If you would like to find out more about Imran Khan’s political party you can visit http://www.insaf.pk.
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