Blog Post Outlines Leadership, Personal Qualities Next WHO Director General Should Possess
Global Health Governance Blog: Courage, Vision, and Independence — Qualities needed for the Next Director-General of the World Health Organization
Tikki Pang and Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, both of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discuss the qualities previous WHO director generals possessed and qualities the next WHO director general should possess, writing, “[I]n addition to technical, political, diplomatic, and managerial skills, the next [director general] should have personal qualities of courage, independence, decisiveness, integrity, and vision” (2/26).