In 2009, the trainees of the newly promoted department-level cadres training class in xuwen county learned how to improve the quality of leading cadres. At the Third Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Hu Jintao of xuwen county Finance Bureau profoundly expounded that strengthening the self-cultivation of leading cadres, establishing a good style of work, ensuring the smooth development of China's reform and construction, and ensuring the smooth realization of cross-century grand goals are the keys to ensuring the long-term stability of the party and the country. It has become an urgent and important task for the whole party to vigorously strengthen the construction of cadres and improve the quality of cadres, especially leading cadres. Therefore, under the new situation, it is the unshirkable responsibility of every leading cadre to fully understand the literacy requirements put forward by the times, study diligently, be brave in practice, master the necessary scientific methods, and constantly improve their literacy level to better meet the needs of the great times and great undertakings. First, the new topic facing leading cadres at present The quality of leading cadres refers to the stable personality quality shown by leading cadres in their leadership activities. It is gradually formed through the acquired study, practice, training and exercise, that is, self-cultivation. This is quality training, referred to as literacy. With the development of socialist modernization, the new era has put forward a series of new standards and requirements for all aspects of leading cadres' literacy. Specifically, it mainly includes the following four aspects. 1, political literacy. Good political literacy is the decisive factor of leading cadres' literacy. This is because the level of political literacy of Ministry leaders is related to their understanding of the spirit of the party's policies and whether they can be consistent with the current policies of the CPC Central Committee. As the party's leading cadres, they should have basic political literacy. First of all, we must have the lofty ideal of * * * productism, adhere to the correct political direction, unswervingly follow the road of building a Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and resolutely implement the party's basic theory, basic line, principles and policies. Secondly, strive to practice the party's purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, keep close contact with the masses and resolutely safeguard their interests. When our leading cadres exercise their leadership, they hold certain powers in their hands. On the one hand, it can make leading cadres give full play to their intelligence and benefit the people; On the other hand, it will lead some people to the evil path of abusing power for personal gain. Therefore, as a leading cadre, it is necessary to be clear that his power is endowed by the people, that he is a "public servant" of society and a "servant" who serves the people, and that he can only represent the interests of the proletariat and serve the people wholeheartedly. Third, emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, proceed from reality in everything, be good at pioneering and advancing, and have materialistic and dialectical thinking methods and working methods. In addition, we must abide by the law and discipline, keep clean and honest, carry forward the spirit of hard struggle, consciously resist corruption and change, and resolutely oppose negative corruption. 2. Knowledge literacy. A reasonable knowledge structure is a necessary basic condition for leading cadres. The political quality and professional ability of leaders are closely related to the level of knowledge to a great extent. To do a good job in leadership, we must have a higher level of knowledge, a wider range of knowledge and a better knowledge structure. First of all, leading cadres should have the theoretical quality of Marxism, that is, they should be familiar with and master the basic theories and viewpoints of Marxism and Mao Zedong Thought, including Marxist philosophy, political economy and scientific socialism. Only in this way can we correctly solve the political direction of leadership work and effectively improve our thinking ability and leadership level. Secondly, leading cadres should have extensive scientific and cultural knowledge. On the one hand, we should have certain cultural knowledge, mainly referring to Chinese, history, geography, foreign languages, logic and other knowledge. On the other hand, we should also master some natural science knowledge, especially the basic principles of system theory, information theory and cybernetics, and apply them to leadership work as much as possible. Thirdly, leading cadres should master relevant professional knowledge and management knowledge, as well as economic and legal knowledge, and become leaders and experts in related fields. At the same time, we should establish a reasonable knowledge structure, that is, T-type knowledge structure. "Horizontal" refers to a wide range of horizontal knowledge, indicating a wide knowledge structure; "Vertical" refers to profound vertical knowledge, which indicates the expertise of a single discipline in the knowledge structure. Only with extensive knowledge can we help thinking move from plane to three-dimensional, from one-dimensional to multi-dimensional, and avoid the one-sidedness and limitations brought by specific professional and personal environment; Only with the professional knowledge of a single subject can we be in the position of an "expert" and give instructions as an "expert". Leading cadres should take practical measures, strive to be broad and profound, and shape themselves into modern leaders with "T" knowledge structure. 3. ability. In leadership activities, whether subjective intention can be successfully transformed into objective reality is particularly critical to the leader's ability. Therefore, the ability of leading cadres is of great significance. Generally speaking, leaders must have the following two basic abilities. The first is to explore innovative ability, which mainly includes insight, foresight, determination, driving force, adaptability and material discrimination. With insight, we can grasp the crux of the problem keenly, quickly and accurately, so as to achieve the goal of successfully solving the problem; Only with foresight can we make an accurate judgment on the development law and trend of things in advance; Decisiveness is the ability to make a quick choice, make up your mind and form a plan. In the process of leadership decision-making, every choice is bound to be related to opportunities, risks, interests, pressures, responsibilities and other issues, so decision-makers must have the courage and courage to make decisive decisions; The driving force is embodied in the leader's appeal, attraction, cohesion, appeal, influence and personal charm. Only with this ability can the whole organization act and achieve its goals together. Adaptability is also an important ability of leaders. Leaders have this ability to face complex and changeable situations, assess the situation, adapt to the changed situation, be calm, fearless and resourceful. Argumentative writing refers to the eyes that are good at identifying and using talents. The cause of socialist construction needs a lot of talents. Whether a leader can recognize people, recommend talents and give full play to everyone's intelligence is an important manifestation of a leader's ability. The second is comprehensive ability, including information acquisition ability, comprehensive knowledge ability, interest integration ability, social communication ability and control ability. Control ability refers to a series of abilities to control the overall situation in leadership activities, such as decision-making, organization, coordination, command and control, which is particularly important for leaders. 4. psychological literacy. As a leading cadre, one should have a good psychological quality, be enthusiastic and cheerful, be emotionally stable, be broad-minded, have the temperament of daring to make decisions, be competitive and open-minded, and have perseverance. Only in this way can we devote ourselves to our work with great enthusiasm, persevere in our work, forge ahead, strive to overcome and solve various contradictions and difficulties, and achieve the predetermined goals. Second, leading cadres should constantly improve their own quality to meet the requirements of the new era. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the focus of our party's work has shifted to economic construction, and China's socialist cause has entered a new period of development. Our party has taken a series of important measures to strengthen the construction of cadres, successfully realized the cooperation and alternation between new and old cadres, and a large number of young and middle-aged cadres have taken up leadership positions at all levels. However, the quality of some cadres, especially some young cadres, still lags far behind the requirements of the new era. Therefore, improving the literacy level of leading cadres as soon as possible is the key link of our party's entire leadership activities. This is not only an urgent task, but also a century-long plan. Historical materialism holds that it is impossible for anyone to have a natural leadership quality, and the cultivation and exercise after tomorrow play a decisive role in its formation and improvement. So, how can leading cadres improve their own quality? The author thinks: First, leading cadres should personally participate in social practice activities. This is the most basic and critical link in quality training and improvement, and it will always have the first significance. Because leadership activities are different from abstract theoretical research and must actually solve specific problems, the ability and quality of leaders to solve problems can only be formed and improved in specific practical activities to solve problems. Second, leading cadres should actively participate in theoretical study and constantly improve their theoretical cultivation, ideological cultivation, knowledge level and ability. First, study Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, especially Comrade Deng Xiaoping's theory of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics. When studying, we should contact the historical experience of the Party, the practice of reform, opening up and modernization, the current situation and tasks, and our own work and ideological reality. Through study, we should strengthen the political direction and stand of Marxism and socialism, firmly establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, master the scientific method of observing things, enhance the ability to distinguish theoretical correctness from political correctness, and improve the level of solving practical problems by using the party's basic theory and line. The second is to study the knowledge of socialist market economy, modern scientific knowledge and legal knowledge persistently. The third is to study China's modern history, modern history and the history of our party. The fourth is to learn management, leadership and related professional knowledge. In addition, in the process of theoretical study, we should read more useful books, especially classics and books reflecting the latest development, according to our own characteristics in a limited time, and at the same time be creative in learning and constantly improve our learning consciousness. Third, leading cadres should be good at making friends with knowledgeable people. The accumulation of theoretical knowledge does not necessarily depend on reading, and discussion and conversation are also important channels to acquire knowledge. Leaders are good at making friends with knowledgeable people, which is not only a way to improve their knowledge literacy, but also a reflection of their literacy level. Fourth, leading cadres should be good at "people-oriented" and improve their self-awareness. An important performance of leaders' quality cultivation is that they can find their own shortcomings in time, or correct them, or foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. Therefore, leaders must consciously seek and accept supervision, and at the same time be good at comparing and unifying their own subjective feelings and self-awareness with others' views in order to transform themselves and improve their comprehensive quality. Fifth, leading cadres should consciously sum up their thoughts and work. Leaders should always sum up their thoughts and work, reflect on themselves from the height required by the times, strengthen the accumulation of knowledge and experience through continuous summary, and constantly improve their own quality. Sixth, leading cadres should consciously follow the example of revolutionary instructors and proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation. The revolutionary teachers and proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation set a good example for us. We should consciously learn from them, always push ourselves and urge ourselves to become leading cadres who are loyal to Marxism, knowledgeable, knowledgeable and capable.