In essence, they learn to collaborate and communicate. The practices that move learning toward that kind of cooperative mindset fall under the term social and emotional learning.

When a student enters the door of the classroom, they are not there solely for the knowledge they are supposed to gain. All of those lessons, terms, definitions, concepts, tests, quizzes and assignments have a hidden goal behind them: social-emotional development.

But did you know that this approach can help your students develop leadership skills, too?

1. Make them Practice discipline
A good leader needs discipline. Developing discipline in your professional (and personal) life is a must in order to be an effective leader, and to inspire others to be disciplined as well. People will judge your capacity to lead by the amount of discipline you display at work.

Demonstrate discipline at work by always meeting deadlines, keeping appointments, and ending meetings on time. If you are naturally disorganized, then you may have your work cut out for you, but you can always start small: try implementing good habits at home, like waking up early and getting daily exercise, and work your way up from there.

2. Designing projects in which teams develop a single final product?
The greatest leadership challenge is presenting a project the entire team has worked on. When you have a group of students working together, who will be the one to write the paper or presentation?
Working together allows students to collaborate on the specific project as a team. This can prevent them from using assignment help and improve the leadership skills they will need in the future.

3. Make them realize learn to follow
A true leader has no problem yielding control to another person when appropriate. You should not feel threatened when someone disagrees with you, questions your thinking, or puts forth ideas of their own. Keep an open mind and give merit where merit is due. It won't always be easy, but make your students learn to value and respect others in the classroom, they'll be more likely to step up to the plate for you.

4. Social-Emotional Skills Lead to Intelligent Leadership
In leadership, emotional intelligence is extremely important. An authoritative leadership style is no longer effective. Once your students make the transition from the classroom to the real world, they will strive for leadership positions in different industries.

5. Empower your Students
No one is the best at everything, and the sooner you realize that, the sooner you can learn to be a good leader. Delegating tasks to others not only freeze you up for things you do well, it also empowers other people in your class.

6. Resolve conflicts
There will be conflicts in the teams. When individual students are asked to provide their opinions, you can expect differences. The point of SEL is to help students overcome those differences and come down to a common ground. That’s what good leadership is all about.

Pay attention to their decisions and look for patterns. Are some members of the team constantly being avoided or pushed away? What’s the reason for such an attitude? Try to engage the introvert students more in teamwork, and teach the overactive members to tone down their egos.

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