Student Leaders: Deciphering The Right Combination

By Author: Vijay K Shetty
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The general trait which is said to be lacked in many students inclusive of those who posses good academic record or achievement record in sports is leadership skills. Every talk to the student by any guest addressing hundreds of students always ends with a note to them on developing leadership abilities. Undoubtedly, every recruiter in the mission of building his team with efficient people looks for pupil with better leadership abilities than people with academic excellence records alone. Without any doubt, not just CEOs of corporations or managing directors of organizations alone are expected to exhibit leader attributes but also students in this regard.

Putting the broad term ‘Leadership Ability' in better sense, it is the ability to engage effectively with the community so as to work for the betterment of it. When discussed about the traits of a leader, qualities like creativity, magnanimity, commitment, honesty, vision, sense of humour and fairness are pronounced.

A self-made is not necessarily a leader. A leader is expected to be multi-talented along with an ability to communicate with his peers placidly. ...
... Besides being committed to a vision himself, a leader is anticipated to bring out the best in his peers working hand in glove with them. The term magnanimity in brief is the ability of a person to act humbly among his peers.

Righteousness is considered a key virtue for a leader. Only an honest leader can attract followers who are faithful to himself and the contingent. He is supposed to be fair in any dealing with a sense of what is wrong and what is right. Or briefly he is expected to be conscientious.

A leader is expected to be assertive, defining assertiveness as the boldness is pursuing the right path. Many students fail on acting as the leader owing to the fact that they tend to be on the extreme ends of the scale rather than having the right measure is assertiveness.

These traits or skills can never be taught and instilled in a person by a secondary element and are developed by the individual on his own. However, colleges and schools try to bring out the traits in every pupil by instituting a number of varied activities and spawning different organization that are addressed to the students.

Leadership can be witnessed at different levels by students assuming various roles starting from a volunteer to a community helping the blind or a student chairman governing the student activities. Not necessarily only higher positions such as the general secretary narrate the leadership qualities, even a volunteer can exhibit the traits of a leader in his domain. The openness to accept responsibilities and acknowledge them sparks the traits of a leader.

Vijay K Shetty, Platinum Level Author.
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