Ways to Promote Leadership Amongst Students in College

The development of leadership qualities amongst the student in the colleges and the universities is a very difficult task, but is not impossible. Most of the renowned thinkers and philosophers have suggested that increased participation of the students in extracurricular activities such as leadership training and internships, thereby designed to promote the development of leadership qualities. These activities further help to strengthen self-confidence, self- perceptions of the ability of leadership qualities, and the skills related to public speaking and addressing a large mass.

IHM Mumbai

Leadership is supposed to be focused upon on the fulfillment of the mission and achievement of the set goals of a specific organization. The years spent in Institute of Hotel Management Mumbai are crucial for students' with respect to their personal, social, and professional development. The more there is involvement in the college activities more positive will be the outcomes related to development. The learning of a student and its development at a personal level is directly proportional to the active participation of the students in the activities conducted in the schools and the colleges resulting in the individual experiences of leadership qualities.

The student development accounts for the influence through three sources that are the backgrounds of the students; the characteristics of the organization belonging to some of the best management colleges in India, which the student has attended; integration at both the levels that are social and academic. The colleges can offer students leadership opportunities through organizing activities for students such as program mentoring, leadership courses, sports, and volunteer activities.

The Organizational hierarchies were designed, and to stress and categorize the decision making to centralize both authority and information, and to distinguish between the talents and their functions. This effectiveness of hierarchies is facing a threat by the overloaded information available on the Internet. This affected hierarchy is further affecting the dominance of the leader in any organization and thereby it has become difficult for the students to realize the necessity or the importance of the leadership qualities.

Today, the great demand for student community is not only to cope, to thrive in the pool of the knowledge available on the internet. New skills and expertise are required to be attained by the students so as to be at par with others of the same age group which automatically will be an added advantage for the students, the future regarding the acquirement of the leadership qualities.

In the end, this discussion leads to the conclusion that there is the need for an Effective Leadership Development with a new approach. An approach considering the re-evaluation of hierarchy, emphasizing diversity, complexity, and interdependence is important for the students. Further, the implementation of an effective student leadership development program will lead to a sustainable practice of leadership. Amongst many other factors, this factor is most important that the students should be taught about how to sharpen their skills leading to the identification of their own beliefs, values, emotion, and practices. Students who already have experienced an effective leadership as part of their education are expected to make changes in society as this commitment was inculcated in them from their universities and colleges.