In Room24 we are finishing up a unit about leadership entitled Follow My Lead. (Information on our Leadership Conference here.) Students are working on answering four questions in the process of developing leadership skills. Each of the four questions is a separate post. Room24 students: sign in and answer the questions as a comment, or ask a new question that comes to mind.
Visitors: Please answer the questions yourself, ask a question of my students or provide a comment rich with sage advice which will guide these young people down the path of leadership (no pressure).
Our first question is this: What is leadership? What qualities do I already have that are similar to that of great leaders?
Here's our discussion about the definition of
leadership:
leadership:
I think I would also add that leaders are intelligent, adaptable, flexible and empathetic. Most importantly, leaders have integrity.
ReplyDeleteAwesome comment Cathy. That word "integrity" was escaping me, but it is vital. Understanding why you are making a decisions is important and knowing how that supports the greater good helps.
ReplyDeleteTo be leaders set an example. They do not need to be vocal, sage, or great verbal communicators. Their actions need to prove they know what is right.
leadership is a person who is a negative leader or a positive leader. Also we have problems in the world.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is where you lead to help the world out so you can make it a better place.Also it helps other people out too.
ReplyDeleteleadership is when you do something for the world.also leader ship can be a person who leads a whole group of people such as Rosa parks, Martin Luther king Jr,Ruby Bridges,and last but not least Abharhm lincon
ReplyDeleteLeadership is where you're leading not following.Also where you have confidence in yourself and in other people.
ReplyDeleteLeadership to me is being a risk-taker,caring,thinker,inquirer and a communicator.I am similar to a leader cause I am a risk-taker and many more other characteristics.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is where you are sometimes mean but not always mean like Adolf Hitler. You have to be like MLK [Martin Luther King] and Rosa parks.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is about developing and conveying a strategy or a goal. Effective leaders are passionate about their purpose, and convey that to their teams.
ReplyDeleteGood leaders care about their teams, operate with honesty and integrity, and surround themselves with the best people possible.
A leader leads instead of following.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is about developing and conveying a strategy or a goal. Effective leaders are passionate about their purpose, and convey that to their teams.
ReplyDeleteGood leaders care about their teams, operate with honesty and integrity, and surround themselves with the best people possible.
leadership is some one that takes camand or stands up for some one or some theing.
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ReplyDeleteLeadership is when someone leads someone. Like your mom leads you.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is to work hard, be caring.The qualities I have that other leaders have is that I am respectful to other people and have good sportsmanship.
ReplyDeleteLeadership is when you stop a certain thing in life for example Mahatma Ghandi fasted for 36 days. And Martin Luther King Jr. stopped segregation and freed slavery.
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of the same qualitais as most of the leaders like thinker, or risk taker.
ReplyDeleteI have leadership in me because I wach my sister
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