Strategy Five: Be Perceptive

A ruler has to exercise extreme care and vigilance in judging who and what are right or wrong. Being perceptive means being able to distinguish white from black.

To be perceptive, a ruler must have the ability to distinguish and value those who serve him wholeheartedly from those who harbor ill-intentions.

If an organisation is unable to distinguish between good and bad employees and starts to promote the wrong people to higher positions, it suffers in the long-term. A wise leader has a clear mind and will know how to distinguish between good and bad, and right from wrong.

Strategy Six: Managing People

In managing people, a wise ruler always make his intentions clear from the beginning and continuously communicates and educates people on the rationale and benefits of his plan.

In an organisation, a wise leader spends effort and time to communicate his or her vision and give deep meaning to his or her purpose. Once a person finds meaning in whatever he or she is doing, they will be able to derive happiness from the job. If employees can derive satisfaction from the work itself, then it is much easier to motivate them.

Strategy Seven: Selection of People

A wise ruler is capable of judging and attracting the right people to serve him by putting the right person on the right job. A country without capable people would not be able to enjoy long-term prosperity.

In contemporary times, this is called talent management. Without talents, an organisation will find it difficult to experience growth and progress. Thus, a wise organisation leader knows how to judge, attract, treasure, trust, reward, motivate, and retain talented people to work for the organisation.