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How to Become a Leader

Author: Elizabeth Saas Author Ranking Bronze | Posted: 02-01-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 179 | Rating:  (52) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Before you even got to college, you probably concerned yourself with demonstrating some capacity for leadership. Maybe you were in student government. Maybe you started a band. Maybe you were a tutor, or perhaps you were/are a patient and loving older sibling or cousin.

At one time or another, all of us have been called upon to display the leadership skills we possess. Perhaps the situations above or similar ones are familiar to you or maybe your brush with leadership was more fleeting. Maybe you can recall a time when you were asked for your opinion, and though it would have been easier to save feelings and tell a white lie, you were brave and told the truth.

Even if you don't think of yourself as a natural leader, you can probably think of a time when circumstances demanded you demonstrate some leadership skills. How can you draw on what you did in those moments to go on to assume a leadership role in college and beyond?

Talent Imitates; Genius Steals.
Think about the great leaders you personally know. Perhaps thinking about what they would do in certain situations inspired your leadership moments in the past. Great leaders have great leaders for role models. Maybe your role model is a parent, a teacher, or a friend. If you know someone whose opinions and actions you respect, emulate them.

Play To Your Strengths
In what areas will you lead? That depends. What are you good at? What do you love? If you have a passion for politics, go to work for a candidate you respect and become a leader of volunteers. Or run for student government. If you love theater, become a director. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. When you identify what you're good at, what makes you special, then you've identified an area of your life that you have leadership potential in.

Play Well With Others
There's a business aphorism that a manager is only as good as her people. The same is true for leaders of every type. To be a great leader, you have to be able to motivate and inspire those around you. You have identified the area or areas in which you should lead -- they are areas that you care deeply about and feel confident of your abilities in. To lead effectively, you must convince the people around you that they should be just as passionate about getting your candidate elected, electing you as their student representative, or participating in the production of your play.

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Review more industry related articles by Elizabeth Saas at CareersandEducation.com. Elizabeth Saas is a CareersandEducation.com feature writer that often covers topics relating to Campus and Online Degree Programs and Career Planning.

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