Leadership

Supporting, encouraging and motivating others to achieve a shared goal

This skill is about how individuals make things happen.

At the early stages of developing this skill, individuals understand their own responses to ideas, share those effectively, recognise others’ reactions, and allocate tasks reasonably.

The focus then shifts to beginning to lead others by managing time and resources to complete tasks, recognising their own and others’ strengths and weaknesses, and using this to assign roles.

Suggested activities to try at home to build the skill:

• Family Keep Fit Session. Ask your child to organise a short exercise session for the family. They will need to decide on some activities that everyone can do, how long they will take, and then show everyone what to do and encourage them to join in and follow the instructions.
• Organise a family games night. Ask your child to choose some games to play, to decide how long you will spend on them and encourage them to manage any disagreements.