A skill set called leadership

  

A skill set called Leadership

I am not shy to admit that I have always been quite a forward person. I like taking initiative, taking charge and ensuring that tasks are completed on time and with utmost efficiency. I am a firm believer of the old phrase, “If you want something to be done perfectly, do it yourself”.

I am guessing this is the trait that led to me being recently elected as the team leader for Congolese residents in Cape Town soccer team. For the campaign, I and my teammates are required to plan and bring the Congolese community around Cape Town together by visiting different activities running by Congolese as churches, pubs, shops, and other businesses. If you ask me, this is quite a big task!

Prior to accepting this responsibility, I have never really considered myself as a leader. To be quite honest I absolutely had no idea what a strain it would be. My idea of a good leader has always been someone who makes sure that everything is completed on time. I never thought about the tactics to use in order to make sure of that.

So as I have learnt from my experience, these are the set of skills required for good leadership:

·         An amazing ability to make convincing threats,

·         High tolerance of nonsense,

·         Willingness to accept responsibility for other people’s faults,

·         A sharp voice to shout (you do that quite a lot),

·         A semi-permanent fake smile,

·         And most importantly, willingness to do the work when someone simply refuses to do it.

*sigh*

But I am a chosen leader; I have such an amazing team! Today, I am practicing what I have learnt from my studies despite being a good soccer player was not enough.