Leadership Program

Leadership Program

Introduction

Learn to Lead program is one of the best leadership programs I have ever attended. The course is important element in the development of comprehensive and profound understanding of the leadership related method and issues. I joined this program primarily to gain firsthand experience of leadership skills. Before engaging in this course, I was not much aware of what leadership in itself entails. However now I can say that his program has cultivated some basic leadership skills in me that will be very helpful in long run. The best part of the program was to get engaged with students from all around the world and to learn to leadership in the international environment. The document will focus on what I learned in my Learn to Lead program.

What I learned

Before joining this program the vision I had of leadership was pretty much phony, clouded. It was like an impression that you get from movies and soaps around. A leader is a person bossing around, dressed in suit and making people follow him. However after this course I figured out that there is a lot more dimensions associated with the word Leader then what one perceives to be. A leader is indeed a person with perfect blend of many leadership qualities. Leadership skills are actually blended of tools, capabilities and behaviors that an individual requires with the aim of being triumphant in directing and motivating others. Leadership requires influencing people towards a mutual target and goal. However the true meaning of leadership is far beyond this. It also requires the capabilities of nurturing and advancing your own abilities. A successful leader drives others to achieve his/ her success.

To examine leadership from several perceptions is what one needs to get a hold on leadership qualities and this is exactly what this course offered. A superior leadership is an outcome of the vigilant application of various proficiencies that anyone can be trained to use. To explore what exactly leadership is, on the very first day we all were given a task to present our personal reviews on what leaders entail. The task was simple; write whatever you think about leaders in clear simple words. It was shocking to see how diversely people view this word to be. Indeed exploration of this word brought about several comprehensive insights regarding leadership dynamics.

Furthermore I learned that leadership and managements that are often used as synonyms are completely distinct areas. Even though leading and managing are closely linked terms, one cannot identify the irony of differences between “leading” and “managing” till he or she is actually involved in these two tasks simultaneously. Management is all about maintaining the status quo, managing the things around and organizing the framework. Leadership on the other hand is about motivating and directing people working under you to meet the goals and objectives. On the other hand for effective leadership, management is needed. Hence they both strongly depend on each other. Managers lead and leaders manage, however these ...