Leadership Resources

We can teach principles of leadership, but we don't learn leadership unless we live it. Leadership is more effectively taught with a hands-on application. It cannot come out of a book, but must be drawn like steel, slowly and repetitively; working out the errors through actual experiences; tempering them with the fire of adversity through the elements of nature, and polished through sacrifice, service, and compassion.

Only then do the simple experiences of the outdoors become the proving grounds that we need to prepare ourselves for the greater experiences that will one day come our way. That is what the Scouting program is all about.

Our council sometimes offers Junior Leader Training, and we also conduct our own. Here are some materials when we do JLT:

* 3 Kinds of Leadership (pdf) (MS Word)
* Waite Phillips' Definition of Leadership (Also known as Leader vs. Boss)
* How to Be a Terrific Leader, something I put together after a roundtable discussion on leadership.
* A brief list of Troop Leadership Positions and responsibilities

Also check out Roman J. Smith's Wood Badge Leadership Skills