Promotion of Life Skills | Civics Form Three
Good leadership
Good leadership refer to proper
leadership which adheres to the important characteristics of a good leader.
A
leader is a person who guides or directs others in a group, an institution, a
company, a village or a country.
Importance of good leadership
1. Earns
trust from the people by involving them in decision-making
A
good leader involve people in decision making, this builds trust in people as
he or she trust them, so they trust him too.
2. Increases efficiency and effectiveness in a community
Because people like their leader, they are willing to
work to reach their goals.
3. Enhances people’s confidence
Especially
when leaders are transparency and accountable to their decisions.
People feel confident when they have a
transparent leader. They see performance and that increases their confidence.
4. Reduces conflicts in a community
With
good leadership neither the people nor the leaders shall be involved in
conflicts. The community do have proper channels to forward their problems
through democratic ways based on decision making-procedures.
5. Good
leadership translates to long-term success
Success
come because of high morale and a high rate of employee retention.
Teamwork
A team is any group of people with a
common purpose. The most effective teamwork is produced when all individuals
work together to achieve a common goal.
For instance, at school both teachers
and student are supposed to live and work as a team. This will help in building
student discipline and academic performance.
Importance of teamwork
1. It
increase productivity
When
people work together as a team, they increase productivity. For example, when
farmers join and farm together, their yields increase.
2. Teamwork
improves quality
When
people work as a team, the quality of the product improves because they have power
which helps them to have a better product.
3. It
encourages innovation of product or services
Creativity
increases as people work as a team. This is because they can contribute all
together to ideas and find themselves innovating bigger things.
4. It
help students to perform better in their studies
Students
who work as a team consistently perform better than others. Best example of
team work at school is group discussion.
Positive relationships
Positive relationships is the state of
having meaningful, loving and supportive relationships between two or more
people.
Importance of positive relationships
1. It
maintain a sense of good among ourselves
When
people are in a positive relationship, they feel good. For example, when one
person is helped by a friend, he/she feel good and enjoy the relationship.
2.
Source of success in every area of life
The positive relationship helps people
succeed because in positive relationships, people work together and help each
other hence success.
3. Help
people to make right decision
People
in a positive relationship are more likely to make the right decisions because
their friends will advise them wisely.
4.
Positive relationships add more meaning
to our life
Positive
relationships enrich our life story. They fulfill our need to belong in a
community and they give us a stronger sense of identity. Without this sense of
belonging, we can often feel isolated and disconnected with ourselves. But once
we find our place in society, we become more comfortable in our own skin.
Self-worth
Self-worth refers to a feeling of confidence
in yourself that you are good and useful person. It’s a favorable estimate or
opinions of oneself. Worth refers to how much we value something, how important
it is for us and how much priority we give it compared to other things.
Self-worth is a measure of our
unconditional self-love. High self-worth means loving ourselves unconditionally
in all areas of our lives. To have a higher degree of self-worth, we must love
ourselves even when we make mistakes.
Importance of self-worth
1.
It eliminates
the possibility of committing suicide
If you love yourself, you cannot harm
yourself. Lack of self-worth, has made many people commit suicide, so it is
important to have self-worth.
2.
It give
happy life
One who value himself/herself, lives not
only a happy life but also a health one.
Self- confidence
Self-confidence is a belief in one’s own
abilities to do things and be successful. People with high self-confidence
typically have little fear of the unknown. They are able to stand up for what
they believe in, and have the courage to risk embarrassment, such as delivering
a presentation to a large group of people.
Importance of Self-confidence
1.
Self-confidence
help to understand our limitations
This is important because it make us
knows how to make up and find resolutions.
2.
It
helps to do things that other people believe are impossible
There are people who are scared to do
some things because they lack confidence, if you are confident, you can do
things that seem impossible and you will succeed. For example, people felt that
it was impossible to have something floating in the air like birds, but because
of confident people we now have planes in the world.
Revision Questions
1. Answer
the following questions by choosing the most correct alternatives.
I.
Teamwork can only work when_______.
A you work for your own life or husband.
B you try to work for your parent’s goal. C individuals work towards
accomplishing personal goals. D individuals work towards a common goal. E
individuals work towards accomplishing their colleague’s goal.
II.
The means or ways an individual can manage
properly his/her life and of others is referred to as_________.
A teamwork. B life skills. C leadership.
D culture. E self-worth.
III.
_________ is limitative and willingness to
serve others.
A leadership. B teamwork C self-worth D
self-confidence E life skills
IV.
The following are leadership styles
except_____________
A distortional leadership. B autocratic
leadership. C leissez-faire leadership. D charismatic leadership. E Democratic
leadership.
V.
The following are aspects of teamwork
except______________
A integrity. B strong leadership. C goal
setting. D communication. E commitment.
2. Answer
the following questions by writing True for correct statement and false for incorrect
statement.
I.
Teamwork is only found in places where there
are educated people.
II.
Good leaders always seek for leadership.
III.
Life skills are interpersonal influence of an
individual.
IV.
Charismatic leaders are well versed in public
speaking.
V.
Autocratic leadership involves subordinates
consultations
3. Write
short notes on the following terms:
a. good leadership b. teamwork
4. Explain
the importance of good leadership.
5. Mention
and explain leadership styles.
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