Holy Order™ - RF Online Philippines | Empowering Members with Leadership Skills

There's a saying that leadership can never be taught, and it can never be learned in any book. Most say that the only way you can sharpen your leadership skills is by trying to lead a group, and then ask for feedback. But, in my honest opinion, the best way to gain leadership skills is by finding a mentor -- a good leader.

Actually, I heard this particular statement while I attended "The Feast," a religious gathering of a community/family, last Sunday. I won't go into the religious aspect of the statement much (I'll do that in my own blog next time), but that statement is applicable for any person. Yes, practicing is a really good way to sharpen your leadership skills, but what skills are you going to sharpen if you have no idea what they are? Having a mentor who will teach you his skills as a foundation for yours is ideal.

There are different types of mentors though. There are those who give you tasks and let you do them yourself, while there are those who teach you skills, give you tasks, and let you do them yourself. But, there are those mentors who walk with you and guide you as you go through the different daily tasks that you usually have to do. It's up to you to choose which type of mentor you'd want, but I'll have to say that the last one would be the best.

No non-hands-on training can prepare you for what you'll experience as a leader. Those skills or techniques taught to you in the classroom are all theories and concepts. The exercises and tasks that you do inside the classroom are all ideal scenarios. Yes, they can prepare you in some way, but it usually just gives you a feel of what can happen and what may be done. Going through your own scenarios in real-life situations, watching your mentor, and analyzing his actions is the best thing because you are sure that those would really happening. It's happening right in front of your eyes.

Such mentors would let you make the decisions, or ask you what you would want to do in a certain scenario, then offer you suggestions or probable outcomes of your decision. This would allow you, as a budding leader, to learn your mentor's leadership skills, and then you can improve or work from it to create your own styles and technique.

I think I'll try this out with the guild sometime this month, starting from the party level. There are a lot of potential leaders in the guild, and I think it's time that their potential be brought out.

Praises!

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