Troop Leadership Training Mountain View UMC

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Troop Leadership TrainingMountain View UMC

• Dalton Muzyka
• Daniel Condon
• Bradly Jacquet
• Mr. Moultrie

Your first duty is to develop yourself so that
you can contribute more effectively - Peter
Drucker
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Welcome Introductions

• Name
• Patrol
• Grade School
• Hobbies

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Communication915-1000
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Introduction

• Sharing Ideas is another way of saying
  Communicating
• Communicating Well is one of the many important
  leadership skills
• You have already done some communicating today
• Play Who is on First DVD

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Aristotles Model

• Messages flow both ways- from sender to receiver
  and from receiver to sender
• Receivers and senders both have responsibilities
  for good communication

SENDER
RECEIVER
Message
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Body Language

• A speakers Neutral Position is standing
  comfortably with your arms at your sides
• Be aware of
• - Feet
• - Hands
• - Eyes
• - Ears
• - Mouth

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Body Language

• A large Part of Communication is body language
• It is important that your body language supports
  your message
• Be aware of your own body language
• Pay attention to the body language of the
  listeners

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Effective Listening

• Out of respect for listeners, a speaker will make
  sure he sends the message as well as he can.
• Out of respect for the speaker, listeners should
  make sure they understand.
• You can see it as a matter of following the Scout
  Law.

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Communicating with Adults

• Five-step process
• 1. Here is the reason I am asking for some of
  your time.
• 2. Let me share an idea with you.
• 3. Let me summarize the situation for you.
• 4. Reinforce the benefits.
• 5. Lets discuss the steps to turn this idea
  into action.

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Summary

• Communicating well requires thought and practice
• Effective communication has three parts

SENDER
RECEIVER
Message
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One More Skill

• KNOW WHEN TO STOP TALKING

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Break

• 5 Minutes

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Vision-Goals-Planning1005-1100
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What is a Vision?

• Vision is what future success looks like
• If you can see it, you can be it.
• Switch to video clip (Day One, 1-17)

The trouble is, if you dont risk anything, you
risk even more - Erica Jong
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Vision

• Nothing happens unless first a dream. (American
  Poet - Carl Sandburg)
• Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to
  inner growth (Unknown)
• No man that does not see visions will ever
  realize any high hope or undertake any high
  enterprise (Woodrow Wilson)

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Challenge 1

• Dream big. Dream about what is possible.
• Share the vision. Describe it. Put it into words.
• We know not where our dreams will take us, but
  we can probably see quite clearly where we will
  go without them. (Marilyn Grey)

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What is a Goal?

• There are many ways to think of goals
• - Rungs on a Ladder
• - Small footsteps of a long journey
• There are short-term goals -- things you can
  accomplish right away
• How do you eat an elephant?
• One bite at a time!

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Goals

• Vision is big its the picture of who you want
  to be.
• Goals are the steps for realizing a vision.

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Challenge 2

• Goals are
• Rungs on a Ladder
• Small footsteps of a long journey

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What is Planning?

• Goals can require that a lot of things be done.
• Planning helps you make sure that you havent
  forgotten anything and that everything is
  completed efficiently.

Plan your work then work your plan. The man who
makes no plans makes no progress in life. -
Robert Baden-Powell
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Planning Tool
What How When Who

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Challenge 3

• Planning is a means of
• efficiently fulfilling goals.

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Start-Stop-Continue

• Start What should we start doing that will make
  things better?
• Stop What should we stop doing because it isnt
  helping?
• Continue What should we continue doing because
  it is working well?

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Summary

• Vision is what future success looks like
• Goals are the means of fulfilling a vision
• Planning is a means of efficiently fulfilling
  goals.

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Summary

• The planning tool organizes reaching a goal into
  four parts
• - What has to be done
• - How to do it
• - When to do it
• - Who will do it
• Start-Stop-Continue is an effective tool for
  testing the effectiveness of your plans.

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Break

• 5 Minutes

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Developing Your Team1105-1150
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What is a Team?

• A team is a group of people who share a common
  vision.
• They work together to complete goals that will
  help them realize their shared vision.
• They support and depend on one another.

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Teams and Scouting

• The patrol method is not a way to operate a Boy
  Scout troop, it is the only way. Unless the
  patrol method is in operation you don't really
  have a Boy Scout troop.

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Valuing People

• How can similarities strengthen a team?
• How can diversity strengthen a team?
• Can diversity ever be a problem for a team?

Regardless of ability, no one individual can
accomplish and complete anything worthwhile
without direct or indirect cooperation from
others. Waite Phillips
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Leading Yourself

• Before leading others, you need to lead yourself.
• Begin by asking three questions
• - Where am I now?
• - Where do I want to be?
• - How do I close the gap?
• You are
• The person you lead most.
• The person over whom you have the greatest
  influence.

To become competent in governing others, we must
first learn to govern ourselves - Waite Phillips
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Be, Know, Do

• Be who you are.
• Know understanding something about yourself.
• Do using personal strengths to improve your
  ability to lead

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Summary

• A team is a group of people who share a common
  vision.
• Both similarities differences are important to
  the success and development of a team.
• Before leading others, you need to lead yourself.
• Be, Know, Do

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Lunch One hour including cleanup!

• Communication
• Vision-Goals-Planning
• Team Diversity
• Remember your training.
• Use your resources!

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Problem Solving100-155
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Introduction

• What happens when things dont go according to
  the plan?
• What does an individual or a group do when
  roadblocks slow progress toward a goal?
• Problem solving is what you must do when your
  plan no longer works.

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Planning Tool
What How When Who

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Problem Solving

• Problem solving is planning when the facts have
  changed.

Nothing worthwhile was accomplished without the
will to start, the enthusiasm to continue, and
regardless of temporary obstacles the persistence
to complete - Waite Phillips
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Decision-Making Tools

• Brainstorming
• Consensus
• Multivoting
• Parking Lot

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Brainstorming

• Encourage everyone to participate.
• Think outside the box.
• Piggy-back ideas.
• Consider similar problems.

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Consensus

• Consensus occurs when a discussion leads to
  agreement without resorting to a vote.

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Multi-Voting

• Allows a team to consider a number of options.
• Each team member has an equal vote.
• If sorting a list, members rank the items
• If reducing it, members vote to toss out the
  poorest choices.
• Cast votes and total scores.
• Repeat, if necessary.

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Parking Lot

• To save suggestions that do not apply directly to
  the matters at hand, a note of each good
  suggestion is placed in the parking lot for
  later consideration.

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Leader Responsibilities

• In emergency problem solving, a leader directing
  a team toward a solution should try to stay a
  step back from the action to keep an overall view
  of the entire situation.

Learn how to be ready and how to be able to do
the right thing in an emergency for the good of
the rest Robert Baden-Powell
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Summary

• Problem solving is what you must do when your
  plan no longer works.
• Some decision making tools are
• Brainstorming
• Consensus
• Multivoting
• Parking Lot

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Break

• 5 Minutes

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Conflict Resolution200-245
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What is Conflict?

• Conflicts occur when people disagree and seem
  unable to find a solution.
• As a leader, you sometimes will need to
  resolve conflicts.
• Conflicts can be minor or so large that they
  can damage troop spirit.

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Resolving Conflict

• Be aware of yourself.
• Be aware of others.
• Listen.
• Use your EAR

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Be Aware of Yourself

• If you are upset or angry, it affects how you
  relate to others.
• Be aware of your own emotions.
• You may need to call a time-out to let your
  emotions cool down.

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Be Aware of Others

• Being aware of others helps you adjust the
  situation for a good outcome.
• Be aware of their physical comfort and other
  factors that might be affecting their emotions.
  Consider taking a break if necessary.
• Consider the location. Meet away from the rest
  of the group if possible.

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Listen

• The better the information you have, the greater
  your chances of finding a solution
• Listen carefully to what others are saying, not
  judging until you hear everyones story. Be
  aware of tone of voice, body language, and other
  clues.

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EAR

• EAR is a tool for resolving conflict. Ask the
  people involved to
• Express what you want and what you are doing to
  get it
• Address Why it is working or not working
• Resolve What ways there are to solve the
  situation.

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Communication Skills

• Listening is the most important communication
  skill for conflict resolution.
• Use your ears more than your mouth.
• Encourage others to talk but offer no judgments.

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Communication Skills

• Make sure you hear the message, and put it in
  your own words.
• Use EAR Express, Address, Resolve to find
  answers to conflicts that work for everyone.

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Look out for the Little Guys

• A healthy Scout Troop will have your members of
  different ages.
• Age differences can be a source of conflict.

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Look out for the Little Guys

• Leaders need to be aware of the experience of
  younger Scouts.
• Speak up any time you become aware of older
  Scouts picking on younger boys.

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Bringing Others In

• When your best efforts cannot resolve a conflict,
  discuss it with the Patrol Leaders Council and
  with adult Scout Leaders.
• Serious problems involving drugs, alcohol, hazing
  or harassment should be reported immediately to
  the adult leaders of your troop.

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Summary

• Even with the best leadership, there are bound to
  be conflicts among people.
• Steps in conflict resolution
• - Be aware of yourself.
• - Be aware of others.
• - Listen
• - Use EAR Express, Address, Resolve

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Leader Training Continuum

• Other Training Opportunities
• JLT- Junior Leader Training
• NYLT- National Youth Leadership Training
• NAYLE- National Advanced Youth Leadership
  Experience

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only
be learned. Harold S. Geneen
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Closing

• QA
• Final Announcements
• Recognition
• Participants
• Staff Trainers
• SM Minute(s)
• Cleanup

Leadership is action not position - Donald H.
McGannon