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VIEWPOINT: LEADERSHIP
“Showing others the right thing to do.”
“You can’t be afraid to fail.”
“Requires patience, perseverance and practise”
“Using actions rather than words.”
EDWARD HOPE
TIM MOULDAY
CAMERON WALLACE
JAMES HORWILL
Year 5
Year 7
Year 12
BBC 2002
Sandpit Supervisor
House Representative
School Captain
Wallaby Captain
Leadership means helping others when they are sad or in pain, but it also means showing others the right thing to do like do not run on the concrete and don’t bully other students.
I believe leadership is in every
To me, leadership is an ongoing
For me leadership is all about
man, woman and child but it
learning process; a continuous
setting an example – using
is whether he or she wants to
development of an individual’s
actions rather than words. The
use this quality. One of the best
personality. Put simply, leadership
leaders who work most effectively
qualities is trust. In other words
does not come naturally to most
rarely say I, it’s about the team
your yes must be your yes and
people. I believe it is developed
whether it be on the field, at
your no must be your no. If you
through maturity and experience
school or within an organisation.
have committed to something
and like most things, requires
A good leader understands the
you cannot back out because
patience, perseverance and most
team, drawing out the best in
you don’t like it. For example
importantly, practise. I believe a
each of its members and can
if you were coming first in a
leader is someone who sets an
provide guidance in a time of
marathon you wouldn’t stop and
example that others will want to
challenge, when tough decisions
quit because it is hard; you would
follow. A leader is someone who
need to be made. It’s about doing
keep going. It's the same if you
shows respect to others and in
everything you can to get the
were coming last you would
turn, earns and receives that
best out of those around you.
want to back out, but you have
same respect. With experience,
committed to the marathon, so
being a leader becomes a natural
you should finish the race. As a
reaction. A leader in my opinion is
leader you can’t be afraid to fail.
a person who puts others before
As Albert Einstein once said, “Try
themselves; a person who provides
not to become a man of success
another with the opportunity to be
but rather a man of value.”
successful and achieve their goals.