Working with the community: Djamila Boothman

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BBC Learning English


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Leadership is having a vision of how things should work
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and ensuring that the entire community around
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are working towards that vision.
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It should be shared and it should be something
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that allows everybody to play a part.
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That it's really hard!
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That actually it's not just about telling other people what to do,
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but it's about walking the walk and it's about
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not doing anything that you wouldn't expect others to do,
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and it's about doing the things that you're asking others to do.
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You've got to be willing to listen,
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you've got to be willing to be wrong,
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you've got to be willing to learn something
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and you've got to be willing to put in the hard work.
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Leaders should not be arrogant,
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they should not believe that they have all the answers,
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they should trust the people who they pay and recruit
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to specialise in the things that they specialise in,
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and they should not ask for advice
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if they're not willing to consider it and take it on.
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Pleasing everybody. You're never going to please everybody:
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it's about maintaining that equilibrium
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in order to ensure that it all works
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and that every piece of the machine is running smoothly.
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