Hmm...a bit of leadership?

Now that the test is over, blogging season is in again.=)

Hmm..for these pass few months and days, issues and subjects related to leadership seems to be popping up in front of me..ceramah, LTC...and so on. Therefore today, I would like to discuss with you guys on leadership and the best way to lead.(but not the easiest).

Now, we shall take two examples of leaders who lead in different ways for the same cause and no, i'm not gonna take Winston Churchill or Adolf Hitler. Instead I will be taking X and Y as our example for today.

Now, i'll give you the situation.

Imagine you are a student. and one fine evening, your hormones weren't in the right place and you happen to start doing weird stuff like I don't know..selling drugs?joking. And as you were doing something stupid, Teacher X comes near you and you yell(in a jokingly manner) at him, " Sirrrr!! Can gimme your car keys ah?..I wanna go vrooom vroom...". And before you can come to your senses, you are in the middle of the detention room with your parents sitting next to you on your left, and the disciplinary master on your right. Both look angry. You look stupid. You go home and you get pain.

Now, repeat the same situation above but instead of cruel serious teacher X, comes teacher Y instead. And when you yell(in a jokingly manner), "Sirrrr!! Can gimme your car keys ah?..I wanna go vrooom vroom...", he laughs at you and says, "yaya..sorrreee...got no insurans brudder!(in a jokingly manner)" and walks with both of you smiling. Both are happy. You look even more stupid. You go hom and you get no pain.

Now.. If I were to ask you, if you are given a choice to choose either one as a leader. Which would you choose? Y or X?..X or Y?(both are the same). I'd bet you would choose the less tense teacher Y as a leader because he is more cool, funny and more relaxed. No?.

Now lets compare both of them in a more formal way:-

Teacher X:-
a. serious
b. will not tolerate jokes
c. strict
d. heavy punishment
e. very formal

Teacher Y:-
a. relaxed
b. easy
c. cool
d. joker
e. not so formal
f. manipulates situation based on environment, feelings and etc.

who would you choose?
I would go for Y.

Now..whats the secret of teacher Y? What system is he using? How can he be so easy and relaxed? and why do people like him more?..

Its because of this:-

Teacher Y knows how to bring his standards down to the level of the student eventhought his standard is of a higher ranking. What do I mean by this?..this means, that teacher X handles the students by approaching them as a friend and not as a teacher. This will in turn, make the students realize that he has come as a friend and not as a teacher. And i'm sure that the students would rather listen and joke around with a friend instead of a teacher. Wouldn't you?..

See...problem settled..bring your standards down to the person you want to do what you want. That is probably why we feel more comfortable and relaxed when we're around Mr. Rajan compared to Pn...Chemy teacher..*cough*

So when they listen to you, you can lead and at the same time those being led will willingly let you lead them. You happy, they happy, all happy, job done with smil on face..=)..

adios~