The ABCs of Leadership

The ABCs of Leadership

A: Always be open to everyone’s ideas.

B: But, you should establish your state of power.

C: Choose the ideas you see fit.

D: Don’t exclude.

E: Eventually get to work on your task.

F: Favoring people will end in a problem.

G: Go relax when the work gets started unless extra hands are needed. (your job is getting it organized).

H: Have at least some sense of fun and enjoyment or productivity rates will drop.

I: It is important to have specific tasks that only one or two people complete.

J: Jump from station to station, making sure work is getting done.

K: Kick anyone out who is dampening the mood or refuses to listen (if you have to).

L: Listen to complaints or suggestions and then improve the project or work environment.

M: Make sure any commands you give are simple and not hard to remember.

N: No straight up bossing people around; make it sound like it is to their benefit or that it’s easy.

O: Overprotect your position and if you lose it, your only goal should be to get it back.

P: Priority is important (get whatever is most urgent resolved).

Q: Questions should be answered; nobody wants anything to do with something they don’t understand.

R: Remember everything, what people prefer, what needs to be done, who’s doing what, etc.

S: Slip in occasional rewards to keep people interested.

T: Two leaders is not a problem; you can have advisors, but don’t let them weasel their way into your spot

U: Unless you don’t want anything done, get all the help you can get and try not to turn any offers down.  

V: Verify what everyone needs to be doing every once and a while to keep them on track.

W: Why not have multiple projects going if you can manage it?

X:eXtra supplies should be taken into account, some might get lost or break (use where applies).

Y: You are the only one who makes the choices, don’t let people manipulate you.

Z: Zen mentality is essential; don’t get easily stressed out.