Special Lecture by Chair Professor Kim Young-soo Former Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Young-soo, who is recently appointed as a chair professor at Yonsei University, gave a special lecture on leadership on 31 March at Baekyang Hall. Professor Kim started his lecture with early and fond memories of spending time at Yonsei campus when he was a student at Seoul National University. He was delighted to reaffirm his warm feelings towards Yonsei of his youth in accepting the post of chair professorship at Yonsei. After such personal anecdotes, he jumped straight to the matter at hand: Leadership of Lee Myung-bak administration and National Management. "Lee's government started off with a lot of hope and support,” he said, “but disappointment, discontent and complaint are what we hear at the moment." There was nothing surprising about this general disappointment, for, according to him, "it is common in most of the other administrations formed after the election of a new president." While analyzing the current situation, he emphasized “the government’s needs to have delicate policies and to manage human resources effectively in order to put campaign promises into action.” He also stressed the importance of maintaining transparency and diversity of human resource pool, as well as meeting the ethical standards and delivering service on promised schedules. The “Grand Korean Waterway” project was a case in the point for Prof. Kim. "It is important to keep a balance between the ideal and the reality of policies," he argued. In other words, "negative outcome should also be carefully examined with close cooperation between various organizations to do better policies.” His final point was that the “new administration cannot run the government without active participation and help from government officials," which means "the officials need trust and encouragement rather than harsh criticism." The lecture finished off with heated question-and-answer session, during which he elaborated some of his main points further.