The Leadership Institute Of Harvard College defines leadership as the skill of motivating, guiding, and empowering a team towards a socially responsible vision.
Leadership varies for most people, the standard definition is dependent on the context it is used for.
Some view it as servanthood while some see it as “influencing people” in a positive light.
Jonathan Byrnes from Harvard Business School thinks
Leaders are:
“people who leave their footprints in their areas of passion.”
The Youth Leader
Douglas Adams quipped:
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity”
The average youth leader seeks for gains in services he or she renders, some lack the art of sincerity due to the deprivation of human rights and privileges lacking in most parts of our society. However, this should not be a recipe for indulgence.
At Star Trust Consulting, we believe a youth leader supports young people in improving the capacity to examine their own powers and susceptibilities, and also set personal and skilled goals, in order to have the courage, composure, morale, and mastery to carry them out.
Like Jack Welch said:
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
Leadership Traits of a Youth Leader
A Youth Leader should lead by example, through incorporating leadership traits in his or her lifestyle, says Chinonso Obasi, a renowned Nigerian youth leader. It’s not a law to obey, it’s an act to be imbibed, he added.
Integrity/Honesty
A survey conducted by independent research firms confirms that “integrity” is one of the most important Leadership attributes that an individual should possess as a leader.
Honesty characterizes a pioneer. To be a decent Leader, it is imperative to act with Integrity. Achievement is procured, not offered. You need to develop yourself and get individuals to regard you. They won’t regard you in the event that they don’t confide in you. Also, on the off chance that they don’t confide in you, you’re in for the long stretch. Fruitful pioneers epitomizes uprightness. That is a pointer towards their prosperity.
A Lifestyle not an Act
In Administrative roles, uprightness shows itself in the manner in which a pioneer talks, aids and responds to colleagues or his followers. Your way of correspondence educates a great deal regarding your character. You need to examine yourself and your correspondence. Driving with respectability requires creating mindfulness, great motivation and mental alertness incorporated into your lifestyle.
Team Work
Credible leaders are recognised as being the leader, and their followers acknowledge that they need to be directed by that leader, but they do not feel that they are mere subjects,instead they feel like a team.
A good instance is the leader of a sports team: baseball, netball, football, athletics. These are people who have unique roles to play, yet find time and policies to encourage and facilitate others to do their best.
Final Notes
These skills are not just for leadership, they are needed in the world today.
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