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The Importance Of Trust In Leadership Skills

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Through the LEAP3 lessons, I have learnt that trust is an important factor for a leader and most leadership required courage and good judgement.
During one of my project, I was tasked to be the manager of a team of 10 other classmates which I have never worked with before. Initially, it was difficult for me to manage the team as we were all strangers.
I chose to lead my team with fairness. I allowed them to pick the tasks they prefer to work on instead of allocating it directly for them as I do not want to force unwanted tasks on them. I placed myself in the position of a member instead of a leader and tried to understand their situation when the tasks were submitted late. I also informed the team to approach me or message me when they need to clarify or have any doubts for their parts. I had also provided an update report after each submission to keep them informed of the project progress. …show more content…

For example, there was once when we were required to meet up to rush out an important task, a few members came before their event in the afternoon to help to rush out the task and head off later. After their event, they also came back to help the team and we were able to complete the task on time. I have learnt that trust is important and hard to build. It requires a long time effort but when achieved, it can help the individual to achieve many possibilities as the other party will be willing to offer extra mile assistance when they know you need help. We should be respectful and accept each other differences in terms of skills, values, opinions, views,

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