“Cambodia aspires to take its national pride to new heights as it did during the Angkor era, by building a nation that is strong, vital, glorious, and prosperous, and to become a high-income country by 2050.”
By 2050, Cambodia envisions that it will be:
• “a vibrant society”
• “a high-income and resilient economy”
• Cambodian people “are highly knowledgeable and have at least one skill in life”
• Cambodian people “live in dignity and happiness, and enjoy equal access, equal rights, and equal opportunities in social protection”
• Cambodia is “a country that enjoys harmony, resilience, and inclusivity of physical and natural environment, and has a good balance between development and environmental conservation”
The Strategy consists of 5 pentagons each representing a key strategic priority for the government to help realise its vision. We have also summarised key tenets of the strategy in the diagrams below.
© Sequoia’s Conscious Leadership Model
We refer to this as Conscious Leadership, which is rooted in the belief that everything begins and ends with leadership. The quality of our leaders impacts the quality of our lives. It is indispensable during periods of transformative change in a country as such times are often marked by uncertainty, complexity, upheaval, and the potential for both positive and negative consequences.
Servant leadership provides the moral compass necessary to guide the nation through an increasingly VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous). Leaders who prioritize the greater good ensure that the transformational change benefits all citizens, especially marginalized and vulnerable populations. They inspire hope and unity, fostering a sense of shared purpose and a commitment to collective progress. Moreover, ethical leadership helps build trust between the government and its people, a critical element for successful change initiatives.
Systems leadership skills are crucial for understanding the interconnectedness of issues, addressing root causes, and designing holistic solutions by taking into consideration long-term sustainability. In times of transformative change, these leadership capabilities and intelligences (i.e. emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and systems intelligence) collectively contribute to effective governance, social cohesion, and a sustainable path forward for the country, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Resonant leadership fosters emotional intelligence, fostering the capacity to connect with citizens, inspire hope, and rally collective efforts toward a common vision. Engaging leadership actively involves diverse stakeholders in the decision-making process, tapping into the wisdom of the crowd and building support for transformative policies.
Engaging Leaders are leaders who put the wellbeing of the whole system at the heart of all they do also tend to garner higher levels of stakeholder and societal support. They care of the long-term sustainability of the system, and they seek to serve first. Their choices and actions add up every day in small and big ways that make our organisations, communities and countries a better place to live, learn, work, play, raise our families and realise our visions . They build resilient societies that can adapt to a changing and uncertain world, and they forge cohesion across boundaries and build shared vision towards the greater good, and not for their own self-aggrandisement.