Leadership Skills Series #10

Leadership Skills Series #10 ~ Setting Goals

This, is a must do. However, a bit complicated. There are two aspects to this - Organizing, and doing things step by step. But first, let us talk about setting goals. Setting a goal means setting a target, or rather a end goal you want to achieve, which can be a project, a part of the project, or something else altogether. Organizing can be done by various methods including scheduling, setting deadlines, giving the team members equal work, gathering all your materials and resources into separate topics, etc. 

Doing things step by step is universally understood, but let me explain it otherwise. Here, it means to do things in a sequential order. First, express the information related to the first topic of your project, then move on to others and keep explaining how the separate topics are interconnected.

You can read my previous posts on the Leadership Skills Series ~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect 
4. Mind Making
5. Ability Awareness
6. Confidence
7. Imaginize
8. Sincerity and Punctuality
9. Teamwork

Leadership Skills Series #9

Leadership Skills Series #9 ~ Teamwork

 Teamwork..... A word, or rather a quality schools try to develop in you. Isn't it? But there are rarely a few cases in which they succeed. Tell me.... why not all? The answer to this question is as simple as that teamwork, comes from inside. You cannot force it into one. In a team, there is never "I" or "me", there is only "we" and "us".

 A team should work together in harmony, efficiently, rather than spending all their time quarrelling and back stabbing.

As the leader of the team, you must be responsible enough to break fights and make peace. When you manage properly, teamwork is your gateway to success. It will be really difficult for one person to do all the work so you must divide it properly and equally. That is why teams are made, plus, you all will always be there to cover each other's backs and this may otherwise turn into friendship.

You can read my previous posts on the Leadership Skills Series ~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect
4. Mind Making
5. Ability Awareness
6. Confidence 
7. Imaginize
8. Sincerity and Punctuality

Leadership Skills Series #8

Leadership Skills Series #8 ~ Sincerity and Punctuality

To be a succesful group, all of the group members ( including you ) must be sincere and punctual. Now, we all know thet these are two seperate topics, but somehow, these topics are interconnected. I will tell you how. 

You should show sincerity in all your work. Some of the things you can do to show sincerity are doing things on time, applying extra effort in work if possible, and adding multiple media resources to the disired project. For example, you could display some information through a powerpoint presentation, a model of a structure, tabular chart on paper, or a skit. However, it depends on the project.

Switching over to punctuality. One of the most important things in sincerity is to not wait for the deadline and do things as soon as possible. Which leads to being punctual in your work. So, like I said in my last post, set a time line for everything according to time limitations.

You can read my previous posts on the Leadership Skills Series~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect
4. Mind Making
5. Ability Awareness
6. Confidence
7. Imaginize

Leadership Skills Series #7

Leadership Skills Series #7 ~ Imaginize

Having troubles achieving goals again? Don't worry, I've got your back. Whatever is the desired target, before starting it, imagine how you want your finished project to be, and then do it. It is very important to do so as you will know every detail of how you want to do it. But, like I said in my last post, don't be confused between two things. 

Another thing you can do is to sit down for a minute, and brainstorm ideas. Just think about your project, and don't rush, let the creative juices flow.

Also, not to lose track of time, set a timeline for every thing. Lets say you have 5 days to complete a project. So the first day, you can collect material and information, next, you can make changes and think if any other media resources are required, and so on.

You can read my previous posts on the Leadership Skills Series~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect
4. Mind Making
5. Ability Awareness
6. Confidence

Leadership Skill Series #6

Leadership Skills Series #6 ~ Confidence

Out of all the previous leadership skills, this one is something you need to really work upoun. You must appear confident in front of others, whether it is your team members, or your assistant. This will help you in gaining trust of your fellow mates as they will think that you are confident enough to save their back at hard times and support them. This will also inspire best effort from others and make the other team members confident.

However don't get so confident and supportive that they get totaly dependent on you. All this is very important and cannot be taught at a workshop. Remember, confidence comes from within. Some of the ways to increase your confidence are to be positive and remove negative thoughts. If you believe and trust in yourself and revise and practice, you will surely succeed.

You can read my previous posts in the leadership skill series ~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect
4. Mind Making
5. Ability Awareness

Ladership Skills Series #5

Leadership Skills #5 ~ Ability Awareness

Ability Awareness, Hmmmm..... a complex word, isn't it ? Well, the meaning behind it very simple and possesing this skill is even simpler. All you have to do is observe and make a list of the abilities and limitations of your fellow members of the group. Then use the abilities in a way that is related to your project and try to avoid giving them a task related to thier limitations.

However, don't forget that even if you are the boss, keep a note of YOUR own abilities and limtations. If you are daring enough, try to ask the group members for their views on your abilities and limitations and how you could improve.

You can read my previous posts in the leadership skils series ~

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect
4. Mind Making

Leadership Skills Series #4

Leadership Skills #4 ~ Mind Making

To be an effective leader, you must be a mind maker. set your mind on one thing and follow it and only it. You shouldn't be confused between two things - like either this or that. Be confident, firm, and sure about the the thing you have chosen, now you don't want to wrong later on. 

Remember, never doubt on the decision that you have taken, believe in yourself. However, this doesn't mean that you are not open to new ideas. You can totally rock some changes, but again, don't be confused between 2 things.

You can read my previous posts in the Leadership Skills Series:

1. Time Management
2. Be Calm
3. Respect

Happy Leadership !!

Leadership Skills Series # 3

Leadership skills #3 ~ RESPECT

Respect, is one of the most essential things that gets you everywhere in the field of leadership. You must respect each and every individual in the group. This will help you be more frank with all your colleagues, plus, they will also respect and honour you as a leader.

Though, always remember that you might be in charge, but we're all born equal. Ensure that there are no fights in the group for any possible reasons, may it be the division of work, or the matter of who is worth what. So always remember, respect, relax, and sometimes, reconsider.

I hope that you guys learnt something from this post and will be eager for more. So don't forget to check out my last post, Leadership skills series #2, and I will see you next time. Bye guys!

Leadership Skills Series #2

Continuing with my leadership skill series, here is the 2nd lesson.

LEADERSHIP #2 ~ BE CALM

It is very important that leaders have a sense of natural calmness. It doesn't mean that you should not get excited, but leaders face many stressful and irritating problems. At this time of distress and uncertainty, most group members look up to leaders for help.

You must be calm and gentle to your fellow colleagues because unwanted scolding and arguments lead to bad results as well as bad relationships with team members. You may want to take some time off to unwind and relax, even if a deadline is approaching. For this, my post on how to relax will help you. 

So keep a smile, believe in yourself and trust each other and your group will too.

HAPPY LEADERSHIP!

Leadership Skills Series #1

Introducing the Leadership Skills Series

Hey guys! Everyone wants to be a group leader, but when it comes to actual leading, many people, even the experienced ones aren't able to handle the problems. So today, I would like to share a few basic tips on leadership skills for kids as well as grown-ups~

#1 - Time Management

One of the most important skills of leadership is to know how to manage your time. You should learn this, as most projects require a lot of hard work and time. You must make sets of time for everything. Try not to be behind schedule and inspire your mates to do the same.

'Better three hours too soon than one minute too late' , a beautiful quote by William Shakespeare tells us about the importance of even a single minute lost. Time is very precious, once it is lost, it cannot be regained. Everybody has equal time and the one who uses it the most productively is worthy of being a leader. So, to conclude this brief explanation, here is a one line tip-

 You should use your time judiciously and that will make you a better leader.