When the going gets tough, the leaders get going.

These are the words of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Sada Reddy who said that in a quest to be more competitive and to survive, leaders need to think outside the box and move out of their comfort zone.

While speaking at the 3rd National Convention of the Fiji Human Resources Institute in Sigatoka this morning, Reddy commented that if looked closely at the reasons behind the poor performance of some of the industries and poor service deliveries in the public sector, the most common problems are linked to human resources and governance issues and at national level.

Reddy said that a number of Fiji's traditional industries have been in decline for a number of years and there are some issues to deal with in terms of the public sector delivery of services including statutory bodies as well.

He stressed that important human resources policies are left to Human Resources Managers to manage in many organisations as the leaders of these organisations believe that it is not their job to be concerned about such issues.

Reddy said that strategic human resources issues must be dealt with by top leaders in an organisation and this role cannot and must not be delegated to other people.

Reddy said that RBF also loses well trained staff to migration each year which is why it is important that strategies are developed to address a quality workforce in a timely manner.

He said that leaders should always look at the bigger picture and that is exactly what Reserve Bank of Fiji is doing by setting a vision of leading Fiji to Economic success.