Effective Leaders.

What I found interesting in Ch. 3 of The Essential Guide to Group Communication was the small section titled, “Effective Leadership.” The book says that an effective leader must be able to inspire and motivate members to attain their goal, which requires them to be verbal, as well as open through communication. There are 3 factors for effective leadership:

Brings about desirable outcomes

Enhances credibility with the group

Inspires/motivates group members to participate

This made me think of the leaders that I’ve had in the past. Did they really do a good job in leading a group?

Recently, I joined a choir group with a few of my friends from church. We were working on a performance for a few days, but we didn’t really have an established leader that would tell us what to do and what we should work on. Luckily, one person stepped in and started leading us.

This person told us that we should put on a performance that the audience would never forget, so we needed to work a lot harder in what we were doing.

This person was also a credible leader because they worked on performances like these in the past, so they knew what they were talking about.

Lastly, this person always motivated us to keep going in our work with the performance. Even if our rehearsals lasted late into the night, they continued to be extremely energetic, which bounced onto all of us who were sleepy and getting tired of the song we were rehearsing. I can definitely say that this person was an effective leader. When we performed that song, the audience was extremely pleased with what we did. Hopefully this person continues to be the leader of this group.

Have a good weekend, everyone!!! :D Go out and hug a puppy.