To be completely honest here, I never did workshops in leadership and didn't get a degree in it or anything like that.
People always tell me I'm a good leader, in all sorts of situations.
That's why I started thinking if this is true and if so, why this is true.
I came up with some simple steps that might help you with your leadership issues.
I'm not saying that after reading this you'll be like Obama or any other great leader, but I'm pretty sure that you'll agree with the steps I've come up with.
1.
Act One thing that lots of people tend to do is wait for someone to take charge of a situation.
If you want to be a leader, don't be that person! Leaders are always the first to say; Listen up guys, we're going to do the following..
...
This is the first thing you should do in any situation.
You should always ACT instead of REACT.
2.
Know People that aren't leading, are following.
Your task as a leader is to lead your followers in a responsible and efficient way.
To do this you have to know your followers.
Know what they're good at, what they find interesting, their weaknesses etc.
If you don't know this yet, find out as soon as possible before you take any further action.
3.
Structure If you know the qualities of your followers, it's time to determine who is going to do what.
Your followers are followers because they need something to get them started.
That something is guidance from their leader.
Write down what everyone's good at and what they might be able to contribute to the current situation.
Once you've done this you can move on to the next point.
4.
Divide After you're done structuring, you can start dividing tasks.
Base these decisions on their skills/interests to get maximum results.
Don't act all high and mighty and tell them what to do, but instead let them know that in your opinion this is the best way to do it based on everyone's skills/interests.
You have to make sure that everyone believes in the decisions that were made, which brings us to the next point.
5.
Open Just because you're the leader in a situation doesn't mean you're always right.
Allow other people to give feedback, asks questions and contribute to the entire process.
If everyone feels like they're equally contributing to the process, the results will be a lot better.
6.
Involve The previous step assumes that everyone in the group has something to say/contribute.
This is not always the case and that's another reason why any group needs a leader.
A leader has to make sure that everyone contributes something.
Even if it's just a small task, everyone has to do something.
7.
Evaluate Before everyone starts with his/her task, a good leader has to make sure that everyone is satisfied with the way things were handled.
So always ask for feedback! I would like to know if this was useful for anyone or not.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article.
People always tell me I'm a good leader, in all sorts of situations.
That's why I started thinking if this is true and if so, why this is true.
I came up with some simple steps that might help you with your leadership issues.
I'm not saying that after reading this you'll be like Obama or any other great leader, but I'm pretty sure that you'll agree with the steps I've come up with.
1.
Act One thing that lots of people tend to do is wait for someone to take charge of a situation.
If you want to be a leader, don't be that person! Leaders are always the first to say; Listen up guys, we're going to do the following..
...
This is the first thing you should do in any situation.
You should always ACT instead of REACT.
2.
Know People that aren't leading, are following.
Your task as a leader is to lead your followers in a responsible and efficient way.
To do this you have to know your followers.
Know what they're good at, what they find interesting, their weaknesses etc.
If you don't know this yet, find out as soon as possible before you take any further action.
3.
Structure If you know the qualities of your followers, it's time to determine who is going to do what.
Your followers are followers because they need something to get them started.
That something is guidance from their leader.
Write down what everyone's good at and what they might be able to contribute to the current situation.
Once you've done this you can move on to the next point.
4.
Divide After you're done structuring, you can start dividing tasks.
Base these decisions on their skills/interests to get maximum results.
Don't act all high and mighty and tell them what to do, but instead let them know that in your opinion this is the best way to do it based on everyone's skills/interests.
You have to make sure that everyone believes in the decisions that were made, which brings us to the next point.
5.
Open Just because you're the leader in a situation doesn't mean you're always right.
Allow other people to give feedback, asks questions and contribute to the entire process.
If everyone feels like they're equally contributing to the process, the results will be a lot better.
6.
Involve The previous step assumes that everyone in the group has something to say/contribute.
This is not always the case and that's another reason why any group needs a leader.
A leader has to make sure that everyone contributes something.
Even if it's just a small task, everyone has to do something.
7.
Evaluate Before everyone starts with his/her task, a good leader has to make sure that everyone is satisfied with the way things were handled.
So always ask for feedback! I would like to know if this was useful for anyone or not.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article.
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