What makes a Leader ?

Following are some of the qualities of a good leader:

• bold
• risk takers
• good planners
• inspiring
• courageous
• good listener
• decisive, make good decisions
• visionary
• passionate
• motivator
• good organizer
• critical thinker

Toastmasters club offers members the opportunity to learn some of these leadership skills and more, enabling members to become a leader in their respective business and community.

This manual will guide you through the learning process and give you practical leadership experience. This manual focuses on leadership skills you can learn by serving in various Toastmasters meeting roles. You can learn how to listen , think critically , plan, organize, manage time, facilitate, motivate, mentor and build a team. These and other skills , including visionary thinking, establishing values and strategic planning, makes an effective leader.

• Determine your current listening skills
• Identify the seven steps to better listening
• Practice listening skills in various club meeting roles

• Speech evaluator

• Table Topics Speaker

• Ah Counter

• Grammarian

• Determine your current thinking skills
• Practice critical thinking skills in various roles

• Speech evaluator

• Grammarian

• General Evaluator

• Determine your current skills in giving feedback
• Identify the steps in giving feedback effectively
• Practice giving feedback as you serve in various meeting roles

• Speech Evaluator

• Grammarian

• General Evaluator

• Determine your current time management skills
• Identify steps to effectively manage time
• Practice time management skills in various club roles

• Timer

• Toastmaster

• Speaker

• Grammarian

• Table Topics  master

• Determine current planning and implementation skills
• Indentify steps in planning and implementation process
• Practice planning and implementation skills in various club roles

• Speaker

• General Evaluator

• Toastmaster

• Table Topics master

• Determine current skills in organizing and delegating
• Identify steps in organization and delegation process
• Practice skills in organizing and delegating during various club roles

• Help organize a club speech contest

• Help to organize a club special event

• Help organize a Club membership Campaign or contest

• Help organize a club public relations campaign

• help tp produce the club newsletter

• Assist the club's webmaster

• Determine your present facilitation abilities

• identify facilitation strategies

• practice facilitation skills in various meeting roles

• Toastmaster

• General Evaluator

• Table Topics Master

• Befriend a Guest at a club meeting

• Determine your current motivational skills

• identify conditions that motivate people

• Practice motivational skills while serving in club roles

• Club membership campaign or contest chairman

• club public relation campaign chairman

• Toastmaster

• Speech Evaluator

• General Evaluator

• Determine your current mentoring skills

• identify the steps in being a good mentor

• Practice mentoring skills in various club rules

• Mentor a new member

• mentor for an existing member

• Guidance committee member for someone who is working on High Performance Leadership Program

• Determine your current team building skills

• Identify the steps in building a team

• practice team building skills while serving in various club roles

• Toastmaster

• General Evaluator

• Club membership campaign or contest chairman

• Club public relations campaign chairman

• club speech contest chairman

• Club special event Chairman

• Club newsletter editor or webmaster