New year’s Resolutions are basically lists of things we want to do, better in the next year. On that note I have updated a few of my personal development blogs, that are centered around leadership, leadership training and development.
My most significant leadership training experiences were those that I learned from being a member of Junior Chamber International, A Worldwide Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
I started out as a member of a local chapter, then eventually pursued training as a calling. As a trainer, I traveled to different cities and countries to conduct workshops and seminars for other JCI chapters and members. Eventually the highest position I ever attained was of National Executive Vice President for the country, JCI Philippines.
It is very different when in a position of leadership in a voluntary organization, that when leading in the corporate setting, which I have also done so. The lessons you learn in a voluntary organization are priceless, and if you are able to master these leadership skills and put them into use in the corporate setting or even if your personal life, you will not just be a very effective leader, but an effective person and human being.
So why is it easier to be in a position of leadership in the office?
Well, to begin with, people at work, people who are your subordinates will simply do what you ask them to do for any of the following reasons: because it is probably their job description; they are getting paid to do what you ask them to, and finally… simply because you are their superior and it is part of their job to simply follow your orders.
In a voluntary organization, you are working with people who are: not paid employees, not your employees, and certainly are people who in their own right have had some measure of success that you cannot simply boss them around. How do you get volunteers, people who just like you volunteer your time and energy, to work for something?
Here is another question, how do you make people work hard for something without getting paid?
This is where true leadership skills are mastered, in motivating people to work for a goal, above and beyond what is probably simply expected of them; to make them believe in something and strive towards it even in the absence of pay or financial remuneration.
Here are two leadership training blogs to check out.
www.jcipleaders.info
www.jcileaders.info
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