Are you a Leader?
Do you know that a mom and a teacher are both leaders? They both need to lead and direct others.
There are many different types of leaders in this world, however I will break it down into two simple categories. There are successful leaders and there are unsuccessful leaders. Leaders who lead without thought or direction are insufficient. They do not leave much impact nor cause much change. To be a progressive and powerful leader you must be clear in your role, in what it means to be a leader.
Do you know how to lead? What does it mean to be a leader?
What are you supposed to do, what is your job?
A leaders job is to take care of their direct charges, simple as that. Nothing more, do not be busy with things that are not in your domain or your responsibility. Put your energies in your charges. By doing, so a leader accomplishes much more and has the energy to do so! Leaders do not worry about other parents, friends and people not in their direct care.
How to be a leader:
1. The first step is to take care of yourself, your charges leader= self care.
Think about it, you want to make a difference to many and want to help all your students however before you can even do that you must take care of yourself. That sounds much simpler than it is – if you need your sleep and you deny yourself that you will be a much less efficient leader the next day! Take care of yourself and then you can care for others.
2. The next step is care for your charges. When you show your charges you care it will have a trickle down effect. Sitting down with a child and helping them reconstruct their artwork means so much more than telling them you are terribly sorry that it is ruined and going on in your day. You show you care, you do not say it.
When showing that you emphasize and truly care, students and children will feel their needs are met. There will be less badgering that they need a band aid or so and so hurt them. They know if that is truly the case you are there for them and will step in when need to. They do not need to seek outside or irrelevant attention, they are getting what they need.
When you as a leader have your priorities straight and practice true care, you know how to lead. Such as when you give your co teacher or spouse that extra few minutes to get to themselves after an incident they will come back so much more refreshed and ready to help you, instead of badgering them that you need help.
When you show your children or students that you care for their well being and see that they need some more play time instead of doing a task, chore or craft you show them you care. Showing them that you are taking their needs into consideration and not just checking things off your checklist. You understand you may send them home with less crafts, yet you know they needed that extra time for play. You are building trust and relationships by indicating that your charges are your priority through acts of caring.
Caring for others, is truly being there for them. That shows you are a strong and powerful leader. Leaders care, they lead the world with caring.