Through Women the Nation Rises Training Kit

Training kit on 'By Them the Nation Rises'

Young leaders play an ever-growing role in our world today in all fields, and attention to developing leadership competencies and investing in those available has become a matter of great importance, given what is hoped for from it at the level of management and production.

Modern literature discusses how the concept of youth extends to many scientific perspectives, where the biological perspective emphasises the age stage of the youth category, in which organic, mental and psychological maturity come together.

Leadership:

This is the ability to influence others and direct their behaviour to achieve shared goals. It is therefore a responsibility towards the group being led, in order to reach the set objectives.

The leader:

This is the person who uses their influence and power to affect the behaviour and orientations of the individuals around them in order to accomplish specific goals.

The importance of leadership:

• It is the connecting link between employees and the institution's plans and future visions.

• It is the crucible within which all concepts, strategies and policies are fused together.

• Reinforcing the positive forces within the institution and reducing the negative aspects as much as possible.

• Controlling and resolving work problems, settling disputes, and weighing up between opinions.

• Developing, training and caring for individuals as the institution's most important resource, as individuals also take the leader as a role model.

Leadership styles:

Leadership styles vary, and they cannot simply be classified as "good" or "bad", because each style has its advantages and disadvantages. The choice of the appropriate style depends on the leader's personality and abilities, on the characteristics of the individuals they lead, and on the nature of the working environment.

The most important traits and skills of a leader:

• Innate personal traits: such as thinking, planning, creativity and the ability to visualise.

• Human (social) skills: such as relationships, communication and motivation.

• Technical (specialist) skills: such as problem solving and decision making.

Self-confidence:

• Self-confidence is believing in oneself, relying on oneself, and having faith in oneself.

• A person's faith in their goals, decisions, capabilities and potential, that is, faith in themselves.

• It is a person's respect for themselves, and the greater the respect, the greater the self-confidence.

• That an individual should have a sufficient feeling that they are capable of succeeding in the matter they wish to undertake.

The most important features of a self-confident person:

• They understand themselves: they notice their own development and are aware of their points of weakness.

• They know what they want: their goals are clear and their hopes have no limits.

• They think and act positively: with people in general and with peers in particular, even if they have problems.

• They act skilfully and have a sense of being able to face life's problems in the present and the future.