Tips for Students: Leadership Qualities
When you observe the classroom, you’ll notice that most students fall in one of these four categories:
• Those who always have ideas to share. They get into discussions, ask questions and suggest solutions.
• Those who support the students from the first group. They might have ideas of their own, but they prefer following the lead of someone more confident.
• Socially anxious students, who are usually marginalized and unnoticeable, mainly because they want to stay that way.
• Students who are always ready to criticize. They never agree with someone’s opinion.
Take a moment to think: which of these groups produces leaders? Students who are passionate, committed, and confident in their opinions are capable of creating lasting impressions. Although they can easily inf...