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11 DO YOU LEAD WELL?
UMP 大學廣場
OCT 2013
Student Leadership Development Programme 2012-13
New Asia College
New Asia College organized
a student leadership training
programme in June with the aim to
develop students’ leadership skill
through various activities in a 7-day
Outward Bound camp. Let’s listen
to one of the participants’ sharing!
Throughout the camp, we were required to manage our daily
routines from cooking, cleaning to setting up tents. Two of us
were selected to become leaders in turn so as to learn through
practices. The jobs of leaders were increasing as we got familiar to
what should be done. Model of ‘plan, do, review’ was extensively
used to get ourselves always improving and working towards
aim. Our instructor inspired us by telling that challenges include
main activities (which were hiking and kayaking) and also the tiny
parts which you sometimes do not notice. Everything can be a
challenge. Nothing can be learnt until one leaves the comfort zone.
Training on leadership is not totally about being a leader. If there is
an ideal group in which everyone is prepared for work to be done
and understood the way to do it, leader is not even necessary.
In contrast, we learnt to become a participant. People can only
become participant when they get fully engaged by actively taking
care about self, work and whole group. Throughout the camp,
there was no room for you to leave jobs to others and just became
passive followers. Everyone got to be efficient and helpful.
One more thing worth noticing is that communication is a big part
in leadership. We usually
had some small tasks which
we had to discuss among
ourselves for practical
methods which fit everyone.
There were times of frustration
when we tried and failed again
and again. However, keeping
the morale and focusing on how we could improve is important.
Smooth communication is needed in this case.
After the camp, we have learnt a lot more than leadership. We
learn to recognize our weaknesses and improve on it. We become
more open to experience because we know it is rewarding to step
out from comfort zone and enter learning zone. We challenge
ourselves as we never know our limits unless we go from strength
to strength. It is satisfying as we have been improving.
PoWing Ho (Psychology / Year 2)
Wong Shun
MA in Comparative and Public History / Year 2
你可能長於營造團隊氣氛，或長於調整組織架構，或長於
改善工作流程，或長於設計行動策略。然而這些都是管理
行為，真正而直接地與工作對象接觸，才是領導的靈魂！
領導並不是催逼別人工作，而是喚起別人生命的動力。
Lolitta Ho Yan Yee
Integrated BBA / Year 3
Leadership, to my mind, is ‘the ability to lead other
people’. I think it can be both an inherent trait and an
educable ability.
Leaders always share the human touch – humanistic
compassion.
Everyone should try and learn leadership – if not
inborn, you could always learn it in life!
Chu Hiu Ling
Music / Year 2
Leadership is more than to simply lead a
crowd. All societies need leaders to make
our world a better place to live in.
Chiu Shun Yu
Global Business Studies / Year 3
Leaders are change-makers. Leadership
is the prerequisite of making change in
the world.
Yeung Kun Woon
MBA / Year 2
一個有責任感和勇氣的領袖切近人性，因
而更有感染力，更能鼓勵下屬，激發鬥
志。其基礎在於樹人、誠實和公明。
EADERSHIP IS
...
Iris Chong
JD / Year 2
“The most difficult person to lead is yourself.” -
John C. Maxwell
Leading yourself will always be a challenge.
But once you can lead yourself well, you can
lead anyone well.