Leadership Simplified-Part-21-Leadership Lessons from a Child-Part-3

 How can we pick up Listening Skills and Forgiveness from a child?

5) A Child is Great Listener

Can we ever forget those golden bedtime stories we heard in our life? Those stories are inseparable from our day to day life. 

A child demonstrates high order active listening skills while listening to stories.

A True Leader is a listener fist and a speaker next, keep reflecting on your childhood days to connect with the Listener in you.

Along with motivating speeches and advises, subordinates also expect their Leaders to listen to their views and concerns, by doing so the Leaders not only prove their Listening skills, they also understand their subordinates better.

Ask yourself what is the percentage of time you spend in talking vs Listening?

6) Child and Forgiveness

One of the greatest qualities a child has is the ability to forgive & seek Forgiveness. Child’s anger does not last a night, the next day morning the Child will come to terms with the parent.  am sure everyone of us would have experienced such situations in life.

As a leader, you might face conflicts and misunderstanding, but keeping the welfare of the organisation, you should come to a resolution as quickly as possible. A True Leader understands nothing is permanent in this universe and hence he lives with the principle of seeking forgiveness and forgiving others.

Ask yourself is there someone from whom you should seek forgiveness and is there someone whom you should forgive in your organisation

Let the child in you develop the listener in you; Let the same child in you help you seek Forgiveness and Forgive others

M.L. Narendra Kumar