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I’ve never really given much thought to leadership. I guess it’s because I’ve never really had to lead anyone before. Most of my academic career was all about me getting me through the next exam, or completing the next paper. Recently though I have started to think about it. I now lead a team in my work, and the concept of leadership has started to hover around the edges of my mind, and is starting to press itself into my thoughts. This is mostly because I suspect I’m not a very good leader. Most of the time I’m struggling with the work I have to do myself and I feel I have little bandwidth left to guide others in their own tasks. The trouble is, as new members join my team I know they are looking for me for guidance, and though I try my best to help them out and get them started on what they have to do, I’m beginning to feel there must be more to my role than offering technical help. I suspect this is where leadership begins. Read the rest of this entry »
