This was being presented by Bishop Emmanuel Sinzohagera, Pastor of the United Methodist Church in Burundi, during a leadership training course taked place in Bujumbura City at the Eglise du Rocher S.S.I.

In his teaching, “Leadership in self deception”, the minister of God says that many people suffer from the disease of leadership in self deception, where leaders accuse others of mistakes while never realizing that there are mistakes they could make.

What are the consequences of leadership in self deception?

Before this minister of God shows the consequences of leadership in self deception, he first shows what leadership in self deception is.

Leadership in self deception is not knowing or failing to know how a leader will behave in times of challenges.

“When a leader is expensive, it leads to betrayal, causing him to become known as a traitor. When a person comes to the throne, he does not believe that he has failed, and sees that his colleagues are the ones who weaken him and blame him for his mistakes. When the leader betrays himself, he tries to fight for his honor by destroying the rights of others and causes him to lose the trust of those who he leads.”

The servant of God also adds that when a person is too expensive in leadership, he says that he sees others as enemies, obstacles to progress, he does not accept to learn, but despises the opinions of others. Not listening to the opinions of colleagues, where he says that he does not agree to work on the feelings of others is disrespectful. The sailor is left seeing people as if they are not people because he is at a time when his thoughts are high, he sees other people as those who should hide from him, and he sees that he is the only one who is doing the right thing while others are making mistakes.

How then should a leader come out of that box?

Professor Emmanuel Sinzohagera, former head of the Burundian Senate, concluded by saying that for a leader to come out of that box, he must think about working with others, and recognize that they have something to contribute to development. He must also think about the decisions he is about to make, putting himself in their shoes when making decisions, and recognizing that the problems of those he leads are his own. To have a dialogue with those he leads, to learn together what will make them progress, to be a good example for those he leads in his work

You should know that these teachings of the Good Leadership Workshop were being followed by people from different sectors: National institutions, people from all churches, organizations, university students and others …

These teachings began on Thursday, November 27, 2025, and concluded on Friday, November 28, 2025.