Present Your Leadership Well
Be open to opinions and active participation of your team. When discussing plans or issues with your fellow colleagues, teachers or prefects, be respectful of others inputs and seek to better them instead of putting them down. See yourself not as a person of high authority but as someone of equal level to your peers. That way, they will not be afraid to speak about their opinions and suggestions, which will be valuable to the discussion. Be decisive at the same time, however instead of being easily carried by the variety of views. Be sure of the direction the discussion is going and guide your teammates through. Know the objectives of discussions and ensure that these are achieve ultimately.
Serve With Your Heart.
Have a heart of compassion. This way your actions will be spurred by this passion to reach out to those in need. Your fellow colleagues, teachers and students need a voice, someone to speak up for them and make their interest known. Be ready then, to take the initiative to make a difference. Don’t be afraid of starting small. Event the most seemingly insignificant action will mean something to somebody.
The possibilities are all around you. All you have to do is to take initiative. Remember you are never too young to make the difference. Age does not determine wisdom. Being the head of department, school prefects is a great task and you may not be able to get a set of instructions to make you successful. As you are about to find out, school prefectship and leadership is more of dealing with people and no matter how experienced no one can give you all the answers. You can be guided but you still have to work out the details yourself.
Be Dependable ” Execute your duties properly.
Be responsible for your actions and for all that you promise to undertake. In other words be reliable. This way, you will be able to gain respect and trust others of others who work with you or come into contact with you. In return, respect them as well. This builds up the relationships you have with these people, which will make it easier to connect with them in the future.
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