What is KidLead’s philosophy of leadership?
Our working definition is: Leadership is the process that allows us to achieve together, what we could not as individuals. Leaders are people who help make sure leadership happens. We believe in the value of the servant leader, whereby the leader’s primary role is to serve others by establishing direction, organizing people to leverage their strengths, and assisting the group in removing barriers for its success. Can all kids learn how to lead? We use a more narrow definition of leadership as we just mentioned. This pertains more to organizational leading. Personal leading has to do with responsibility, taking a stand when needed, serving as a model to others, and influencing with your life in general. We believe everyone can become a leader in terms of personal leading. Managerial leading is a smaller category than personal leading. It has to do with learning skills that help a person lead a small group of people, whether it be a family, a class, small business, or an office or commun