Nassif: Dilma needs to refresh the government.

247 "Release your ministers, even if future problems may arise," suggests journalist Luis Nassif in his... blogIn a text titled "Dilma needs to refresh the government," the blogger says that "President Dilma Rousseff needs to recover the management vision of the former Chief of Staff and provide changes to the management model of her government."

According to him, "the first step is to get rid of the Erenice Guerra syndrome – Dilma's main advisor in the Civil House, who was assassinated during the 2010 election campaign." "The episode generated widespread insecurity in Dilma, who began trying to control the smallest details of a multitude of processes within the government," Nassif analyzes. Read the text:

Dilma needs to refresh the government.

Submitted by luisnassif

Over the past few years, as head of the Civil House, Dilma Rousseff has led some significant advances in Brazilian public administration.

As Minister of Mines and Energy, she did an efficient job of reforming the disastrous electricity model of the previous government.

Later, as manager of the PAC (Growth Acceleration Program), she improved public management systems.

He created evaluation circles to monitor the progress of the works.

He defined advanced forms of federative management, through models that opened space for the shared action of States and Municipalities.

He dismantled the culture established during the Sarney administration to block all forms of public spending, a culture that was maintained until Antônio Palocci's tenure at the Ministry of Finance.

For all these reasons, President Dilma Rousseff needs to recover the management vision of the former Chief of Staff and implement changes in her government's management model.

The first step is to get rid of the Erenice Guerra syndrome – the main advisor to Dilma in the Civil House, who was assassinated during the 2010 election campaign. The episode generated widespread insecurity in Dilma, who began trying to control the smallest details of a multitude of processes within the government.

His attention to detail and perfectionism lead him to offer opinions on a wide range of subjects, from inclusion policies to technology issues. Important projects are then left on hold awaiting his final word.

It's impossible. No one is an expert on all these vast array of topics. Even if they were, no one could manage to govern a complex machine like Brazil, trying to control every aspect and initiative.

It's humanly impossible.

It compromises the energy that should be channeled towards greater missions: defining strategies and principles of action.

More than that, it emotionally exhausts the person, even someone who has already faced all of life's challenges, like Dilma. There are so many issues, so many problems, that the leader bristles at any advisor or Minister who comes to bring them any trouble. This impatience creates space for those who only say yes – precisely the worst type of executive a president can count on. It kills any feedback from the manager.

Among all the achievements of the PAC (Growth Acceleration Program), the most significant was preparing an initial, albeit incomplete, action plan and then going full steam ahead to make adjustments mid-way. It was this courageous gesture that broke with the inertia of public investment in Brazil. Then, on a daily basis, the numerous problems that arose were addressed.

I've written about it here before: the new has already been born; it just hasn't been presented to the nation yet. There are countless possibilities for public management in all areas, thanks to the country's development in recent decades, new forms of management, technology, and human resources.

The President has already clearly defined her government objectives: to complete the fight against poverty; to work towards development; and to improve the transparency of public administration.

Release your Ministers, even if future problems may arise. If they do, correct them. If they don't perform well, dismiss the Ministers.

But allow the Ministry to create it.