Misconceptions & Key Principles of Leadership
CPD: Leadership for Teachers (by Sam Strickland), topic 1.1.1
Misconceptions & Key Principles of Leadership
There is a lot to think about when you consider being a leader. Are you strategic? Are you someone who strives for excellence? Are you an operational manager?
The reality of being a leader
- Being a leader is tough. It can be lonely, you can feel like an island operating in isolation.
- Sometimes as a leader, you have to keep your powder dry, you have to keep your doubts to yourself and you have to abate negativity.
- Equally, leading can be highly rewarding, exciting and you can feel very much like you are creating a team.
- Just remember, Rome was not built in a day!
3 common misconceptions
- This course will show that the following three statements are misconceptions:
- You have to change your leadership style on a regular basis, according to a situation.
- You should operate as an island.
- Being busy as a leader makes you visibly effective and making lots of regular changes is a positive and what people want.
Principles of strong leadership
- This course will show that the following principles are key for strong leadership:
- Stay true to yourself and be your own person.
- Do not allow negativity, fear, the worry of failure and the views of others to suffocate you.
- Do not allow mistakes to consume you.
- Build a team, not carbon copies of yourself.
- Taking your time over decisions can be extremely powerful.
Test yourself on Misconceptions & Key Principles of Leadership
Which of these is NOT a common misconception about leadership?
Which of these are preferable strategies for leading a team?