So, Who Wants to Be a Leader Anyway? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Victor Gray, Speaker, Trainer, and Coach of Lead Change With No Fear \u00ae LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USA Today Claims, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The love is gone.\u201d Middle-management\u00a0jobs are…being seen as\u00a0handcuffs that require long hours with\u00a0 [little] reward. A onetime career goal\u00a0 now being shunned in large part by\u00a0 the newer generation of workers now\u00a0 entering the workplace. Who could\u00a0 blame a young person? Leaders in\u00a0 business, non-profit organizations,\u00a0 ministry and government almost daily\u00a0 appear in the media as being stupid,\u00a0 shortsighted, unethical and maybe even\u00a0 crooks!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, there are ten reasons why you should seek a leadership role: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Influence actions that you care about. <\/strong>Leadership is the process of influencing the activities of an individual or a group leading toward goal <\/p>\n\n\n\n achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Now is a great time to put into practice the skills of personal integrity. <\/strong>\u2022 To visualize the role of the leader, picture a three-legged stool. The first leg of the stool is people skills, which includes a variety of good communication skills, including listening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The second leg of the stool is <\/p>\n\n\n\n competence. In other words, a good leader must know and employ the skills to get the job done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The final leg of the stool is may be the hardest\u2014integrity. Although many leaders may perform well over the short term by way of their charisma (people skills) and competence; however, a lack of integrity will bring down skillful leaders and perhaps their organization as well. Integrity means being consistent or being the same all the time. Leaders with integrity act in the same manner when people are observing and when they are not observing. Unfortunately, it\u2019s easy to find examples in the media of leaders who were exposed for acting different in private than in public. A good <\/p>\n\n\n\n leader must sacrifice some of the rights followers have to rise to a leadership role. The Society of Human Resource Management conducted a survey of 415 international corporate chief executive officers (CEO\u2019s) concerning the characteristics employees want from their leaders. Eighty-five percent of the CEO\u2019s said performance and accomplishment of work (skills) were most important. However, eighty-two percent of the CEO\u2019s said character and integrity were the second most important traits for effective leadership. Skills and personality may get you the job, but a lack of integrity will eventually cause a leader to lose respect, or perhaps their job. A wise leader realizes that \u201cwhat goes around comes around.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Expand your own skills and talents. <\/strong>As a follower transitions to the leadership role, the ability to delegate remains an underdeveloped skill. Resisting the temptation to do it yourself, rather than \u201cletting go\u201d and allowing team members perform, while using good follow-up skills, is a frequent pitfall for new leaders. Former President Dwight Eisenhower defined this aspect of leadership as, \u201cThe ability to get people to do things that you want done because they want to do them.\u201d Proverbs says, \u201cThe mark of a good leader is loyal followers; leadership is nothing without a following.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. You can begin to develop leadership vision. <\/strong>Vision is how the leader thinks and perceives reality, which ultimately affects the leader\u2019s actions. The leader must begin to think differently than her or his followers, see things followers do not, see beyond where followers see, and see things bigger than followers see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Teach new skills to others. <\/strong>There are few things in life more satisfying than watching someone use a skill that you have helped them to master. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Make new\u00a0friends. <\/strong>Not\u00a0only will\u00a0you form\u00a0friendships\u00a0with others, but you\u00a0will also form\u00a0new friendships\u00a0with other\u00a0leaders.\u00a0Building friendships can\u00a0\u00a0easily occur when you participate in the\u00a0 excellent training available at FBLA\u2019s\u00a0 and PBL\u2019s state and national leadership\u00a0 conferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. You help FBLA-PBL, your school and community. <\/strong>You provide service through your organization\u2019s service projects and by helping members become better business professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. You will gain personal insights. <\/strong>Leadership is a continuous test. You get a report card on your weakness and your strengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. You get more back than you put in. <\/strong>Serving as a leader may be one of the toughest jobs you may have, but the personal satisfaction and occasionally the gratitude from others is immeasurably. \u201cIt is better to give than to receive.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Your contribution is greatly needed. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Victor Gray is a results-oriented speaker, trainer and coach with over twenty years of experience. Victor has planned, developed and presented over a thousand speeches and workshops for 30,000 participants nationwide. He offers customized and cost effective speeches and workshops that tackle the tough issues leaders and workplace professionals face. <\/em>\u25a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, Who Wants to Be a Leader Anyway? 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