What Working With Children Can Teach Us About Leadership
“Adults may listen to you because you’re their boss, but children have to like you and trust you to even consider what you’re telling them to do.”
Working with people can be difficult. Those who have ever found themselves in a leadership position know that people can have different types of work ethic, different habits, different preferences or completely different reality perception. They might not respect deadlines, avoid work or start conflicts for reasons that elude your comprehension. There are different kinds of people and working with them can present all kinds of challenges. However, if you think that adults can be difficult, you should try working with children.
A different kind of leadership
The first day you start working with children, you will notice one thing — they have a lot of energy. You start wondering how a body so small can fit so much energy. And it just keeps coming. You’ll never hear a child say “I’m a little tired, think I might call it a day now.” No, they never stop. This, combined with their lower threshold of inhibition can pretty much drive you out of your mind. Children will keep asking you questions — from general, through personal, all the way to questions about the deepest mysteries of life — they will tell you stories that sometimes have very…
