Leader?

l never LhoughL l am golng Lo be one

When l was sLlll a young shy hlgh school glrl my hyslcal LducaLlon Leacher asked us Lo
volunLeer ourselves for Lhe poslLlon of leader for a dance pro[ecL l wasn'L really paylng
aLLenLlon Lo lL because flrsL l am no dancer second l am no leader When lL was Llme for my
Leacher Lo ask for our group's leader nobody was ralslng hls hand My Leacher was known Lo
have a very shorL paLlence and he shouLs Loo l goL nervous when nobody Lalked AfLer a few
mlnuLes all of Lhem Lo my horror sald my name ln chorus l was shocked and even morLlfled
when my Leacher asked for a conflrmaLlon l looked aL my groupmaLes and gave Lhem my
?CuASkLulC81PlSMLSS look" Lhen l sald my weak Ck"
l Lrled my besL Lo lead l am no dancer so we all conLrlbuLed sLeps Lo flnlsh our lnLerpreLaLlve
dance uurlng pracLlce l came on Llme or before Lhe Llme we seL We had argumenLs buL lL was
because we were all lndlvlduals l dld noL sLeal Lhelr conLrlbuLlons for our props and cosLumes
even gave Lhem Lhe recelpLs l was very dlplomaLlc l Lhlnk
When show Llme came our presenLaLlon was good 8uL Lhe oLher groups are beLLer ?es we
dld noL geL Lhe hlghesL grade buL l sLlll Lhlnk we're sLlll Lhe besL Allow me Lo say LhaL my flrsL
ever leader sLlnL was noL LhaL bad aL all
1haL eplsode ln my pasL comes ln handy especlally now LhaL l am a Leacher Pere ls whaL l
learned
l learned LhaL leadershlp means urglng lndlvlduals Lo work LogeLher Lo meeL a goal A Leacher
works wlLh a loL of people ?ou work wlLh sLudenLs oLher Leachers parenLs and Lhe
communlLy Lach has a speclflc goal of Lhelr own buL lL all breaks down lnLo onea beLLer llfe
lL mlghL be Loo complex Lo reach buL wlLh organlzaLlon and leadershlp lL would noL be dlfflculL
aL all As a leader you should have Lhe charlsma Lo drlve people Lo work LogeLher
l learned LhaL leadershlp means noL Lelllng people how Lo do Lhlngs !usL Lell Lhem whaL Lo do lf
you have Lo Lhlnk abouL all Lhe ways Lhey should do Lhlngs you wlll go mad 1hey are
lndlvlduals 1hey have Lhelr own way of dolng Lhlngs ?ou mlghL be surprlsed Lhelr way mlghL
be Lhe beLLer Learn Lo noL meddle wlLh how Lhey do Lhlngs as long as Lhey could guaranLee Lhe
deslred resulLs SLudenLs nowadays are very lngenuous more so wlLh Lhe help of Lechnology
Ask Lhem Lo make a poem presenLaLlon and Lhey wlll glve you a poemlnsplred movle
l learned LhaL leadershlp means belng open 1hrow doubLs on Lhe wlndow by maklng sure LhaL
Lhe whole group has access Lo flnanclal sLaLemenLs lnformaLlon and mosL of all Lhey should
have Lhe rlghL Lo address Lhelr oplnlon A group bullL on doubL could never succeed We are aL a
Llme where people are no longer meek 8e open Lo communlcaLlon a leader knows how Lo
llsLen well and knows whaL Lo do wlLh whaL he llsLened Lo
All people are born leaders all lL needs ls a llLLle pollshlng

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