Developing Leadership

We need people who have leadership qualities and the time to be leaders. Moreover, we need to develop leaders from within our ranks.

Why Do We Need Leaders?

Leadership Qualities

Ability to communicate.
Ability to train others for leadership roles.
Ability to motivate others.
Ability to understand the issues.
Ability to understand the political process.
Ability to see a problem and develop a strategy to solve it.
Ability to understand the workings of your organization and where it fits in the big picture.
To have a vision of where we should be going and what needs to be done to carry out this vision.
To have confidence.
To have respect.
To be a good listener.
To have sense of humor.
Ability to be flexible in making decisions and to understand other points of view.
Ability to recruit others to the organization.

Developing Leadership

The potential to recognize leadership qualities in others.
Caring about what concerns us.
To see how much responsibility people can handle and create chances for this to happen.
Pump people up-challenge and affect people to stay committed and engaged.
Start small and easy. As a person shows more initiative "pile it on." Some situations do not allow us the luxury of easing into a cause.
Know when to hold someone's hand and when to let go.
Build a sense of community. Everyone likes to belong somewhere.
Focusing on the goals-always develop people who have skills and experience. But remember the goal is to cultivate and develop others. It's called building leadership to form coalitions from the bottom up.