Help NOW Please - Leadership concepts

[CNYScouter]

I just found out that I will be teaching Leadership concepts (along with other topics) for Scouts (youth) at our Scouting Unversity tomorrow morning.

I also found out that I need to prepare a lession plan for this for a 40 min. class.

 

Here is the couse outline:

Leadership concepts I What is the difference between a manager and a leader? This course will teach the skill-concepts needed to become a leader.

 

Can anyone out there help me with this?

 

[drakmund]

Here is a link to a website about Leadership Development. I read thru the page and it has a lot of useful information that you could use for your course.

 

http://www.impactfactory.com/gate/leadership_skills_training/freegate_1159-9103-25758.html

[Venividi]

Grab a copy of the Patrol Leaders Handbook. Use Page 8 as your lesson plan, and cover what each of those PL responsibilities entail; i.e., what would comleting the responsibility look like. Most likely there is more than 40 minutes of lesson right there.

[Eamonn]

I'm guessing that this has to do with the new NYLT?

Sad to say I have not had the opportunity to read up on this yet.

I have clicked around at:

http://lpcylt.org/TR_nylt.htm

There is a lot of good stuff there.

But given the little time you have I would fall back on the 11 Leadership Skills:

1. Communicating

2. Knowing and Using Resources

3. Understanding the Characteristics and Needs of the Group and Its Members

4. Planning

5. Controlling Group Performance

6. Effective Teaching

7. Representing the Group

8. Evaluating

9. Sharing Leadership

10. Counseling

11. Setting the Example

Spending a few minutes on each skill will kill 40 minutes in next to no time!!

There is a lot of stuff on the net that you could use to make a power point presentation.

I think the OA site has some good stuff as well.

Good Luck

You might want to ask the organizer to sit in and listen to point 4 !!

Eamonn

 

[seabear]

I'm a strong believer in White Stag concepts of leadership training, http://www.whitestag.org/. I believe NYLT is a grand place to begin also. The Leadership Corp booklets if you have then can be useful, as stated the Patrol Leader's Handbook too. Not much time to given

Best of Luck