THE REASON They don’t appear to know how to lead. WHAT’S HAPPENING Scouts are elected to leadership positions but are doing a lackluster job. They don’t seem to appreciate the opportunity and are very slow to take things on. THE Read More →
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Experience, maturity and skill are not prerequisites to leadership; they are the traits produced as we practice leadership. We often get email or comments from Scoutmasters with a troop of young Scouts wondering how they can be anything like Read More →
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Earnest Shackleton set out to cross the Antarctic on foot in 1914. When his ship Endurance became trapped and subsequently destroyed Shackleton and his crew spent the next two years rescuing themselves. Shackleton’s leadership has been closely studied Read More →
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Bruce Tuckman first offered a theory of group development in the mid 1960′s. Tuckman’s model has been a part of Woodbadge training for about a dozen years. Here’s Tuckman’s three stages: Forming Individuals want to be Read More →
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EDITORS NOTE – Here’s a something that should be in our minds every time we interact with our Scouts. I am often focused on problems and missing opportunities to support them positively. We all have a memory of a Read More →
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Here’s the PowerPoint presentation I use at troop leader training. Please feel free to use and adapt it as you see fit (you do not have to credit me.) Here’s the article explaining the concept Before Read More →
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Is there really a job description for Scout youth leaders? Every First Class Scout is a leader by definition. Three requirements for advancement are common to every rank after First Class: 1. Merit Badges 2. Service Read More →
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William “Green Bar Bill” Hillcourt is the man who wrote the book on Scouting, literally. His Patrol Leader’s Handbook is, without a doubt, his best and most influential work. His understanding of scouting was simple, but Read More →
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One of my Scouts was out last fall for a while playing football and was thinking about not coming back. His dad encouraged him, he came back, and in February he was elected Patrol Leader. This Read More →
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Leadership is not all about ticking things off the ‘to do’ list – or even having the list in the first place. Leaders possess the initiative, sense of purpose and skill that motivates others. They are able Read More →
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Our perception of learning shapes the way we instruct and lead. Here are four common models of learning and the corresponding methods applied: Learning Model – EMPTY VESSEL - BLANK STATE Students are empty vessels that Read More →
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If the Patrol Leader’s Council (PLC) is supposed to be responsible for planning meetings and outings for their Troop how does this happen in practice? There is no universal model, agenda or method but there Read More →
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Imagine you are 13 and have just been elected patrol leader. What resources do you have to call on to do the job? Well, maybe you’ve watched how all this works for a year or Read More →
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