State Leadership Seminar for GFWC

Sunshine Navarro Shively Registration and Outreach Manager

GFWC Partnership Manager

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To inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and innovation.

During this weekend, I pledge:

1. To be open minded; 2. To be actively engaged in the program; 3. To listen to others and share my opinions without judgment; 4. To reach beyond my comfort zone; 5. To be respectful of everyone, regardless of their role or opinion; 6. To explore, set goals, and take action throughout the weekend

and when I return to my community.

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Leadership Competence and Action

Knowledge of Others

Self Knowledge

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SOCIAL CHANGE

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Personal Leadership - To increase knowledge of self by identifying attributes, interests, morals and values encouraging dedication to individual leadership principles and the empowerment of others.

Group Leadership - To improve knowledge of others so that we may lead and act effectively in diverse group settings to reach common goals.

Leadership in Action - To develop a sustainable life long process of learning, goal setting, action, reflection and innovation to effectively create change.

Societal Leadership - To empower ourselves and others to lead positive change in the local and global community.

Leadership for Service – To bring everything together, understanding that leadership requires being of service to others in order to take action and actively practice and develop your leadership skills.

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A is one who inspires and motivates others to reach a goal. Ethical leaders ensure the goal reached is a positive social

change.

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“Couple”by Ramón Peco, © 2008

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Learning without action, action without reflection and reflection without innovation is leaving the job

of an active leader only partially complete.

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Leadership Competence

A process of taking action within the dimensions of personal leadership, group leadership and societal

leadership levels.

A Leader

One who inspires and motivates others to reach a goal. Ethical leaders ensure the goal reached is a positive

social change.

HOBY’s Leadership Philosophy

HOBY believes that effective positive leadership is ultimately taking action to serve humanity for the

betterment of the world.

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To increase knowledge of self by identifying attributes, interests, morals and values encouraging dedication to individual leadership principles and the empowerment of others.

Self-Reflection Who am I? What are my values and beliefs? What are my strengths and weaknesses? What is my leadership style?

Self-Transformation What type of leader do I want to be? How will my values and beliefs affect my leadership? What will I struggle with as a leader? How can I grow as a leader?

Effective leaders engage in a process of and

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Leaders act in accordance with their values and beliefs, moving towards a goal for positive social change.

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Personal

Values

Beliefs

Attitudes

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Personal Leadership

Speaker / Panelist Name, Title

Rationale

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Personal Leadership

Colors of Personality

Learn about your own personality

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Reflection What did I discover about myself through personal leadership? How are my actions influenced by my personal values, morals or beliefs?

Innovation How can I shape and further my actions using my personal values, morals and beliefs as a cornerstone?

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A leader engages in self-transformation

Act in accordance with their values and beliefs moving towards a goal of positive social change.

A leader engages in self-reflection

Effective leaders engage in a process of self-reflection and self-transformation.

The HOBY Active Leadership Cycle

Personal leadership concepts illustrate the importance of learning about yourself and solidifying your values

and beliefs in order to prepare to lead others.

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To improve knowledge of others so that we may lead and act effectively in diverse group settings to reach common goals.

The of a group relies on a common, shared purpose and

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Effective groups capitalize on the multiple talents and

perspectives of each group member and the power of

diversity to generate creative solutions.

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Consensus

Majority

Agreement

Group

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Group Leadership

Speaker / Panelist Name, Title

Rationale

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Group Leadership

Activity Name, Title

Rationale

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Reflection What did I discover about myself in a group setting? What role do YOU naturally take on in a group setting? What do you struggle with when attempting to make decisions in a group?

Innovation How will I approach group challenges differently after what I have learned about Group Leadership? How do I change the way that I act to best serve the needs of a group?

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Group Members

Rely on a common, shared purpose and synergy.

Effective Groups

Capitalize on the multiple talents and perspectives of each group member and the power of diversity to generate creative solutions.

The HOBY Active Leadership Cycle

Group leadership concepts illustrate the importance of learning about and utilizing the diverse talents of others as your group prepares to take action.

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To develop a sustainable life long process of learning, goal setting, action, reflection and innovation to effectively create change.

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Learn: Become educated on topics that interest you, that relate to an area of need in your community or to an action based goal.

Act: Plan and execute a goal based project, putting what you have learned into action.

Reflect: Question and analyze your actions, weighing your results against your knowledge, your expectations and your goals.

Innovate: Use what you learn through previous actions and reflections to innovate better solutions.

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Leadership in Action

Speaker / Panelist Name, Title

Rationale

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Leadership in Action

Service Project Name, Title

SMART Goal

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Reflection How did this project address the needs presented? Is there a similar need in my community? How can I use my leadership skills in service projects?

Innovation How can this issue/need be addressed further? What is my role in this issue?

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Leadership

You practice your leadership skills when you put them into action.

Taking Action

Action comes in many forms, you can practice your leadership skills when you put them into action in all areas.

Complete the Process

Learning without acting, acting without reflection and reflection without innovation is leaving the job only partially done.

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To empower ourselves and others to lead positive change in the local and global community.

Leaders have a responsibility to the larger community and society:

School, Family, Town, State, Country, and the World.

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Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to draw upon business techniques to find solutions to social problems Example: TOMS shoes, Heifer Project International, etc.

Citizenship: performing duties and obligations as a member of your society Example: Voting, paying taxes, etc.

Service: Action that aids the community and its members Example: Habitat for Humanity, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, etc.

Innovation: Creating new solutions to existing problems that lead to improvements in society Example: Digital and Social Media Application, Geo-Fencing to assist Seniors, etc.

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Societal Leadership

Speaker / Panelist Name, Title

Rationale

Societal Leadership

Activity, Title

Rationale

Reflection What opportunities for leadership have you identified within your society? How can you improve your action based goals by relating to diverse groups of people within your community?

Innovation How can this issue/need be addressed further? What is my role in this issue?

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Leadership

Service to humanity for the greater good.

Taking Action

Societal leadership is taking action within society - service, social entrepreneurship, citizenship, innovation.

Serving Society

Leaders have a responsibility to the larger community and society - ex. school, town, family, country, state, world.

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Set smart goals that lead to smart actions.

Smart Goals lead to

A is a desired result that an individual, group or organization envisions, plans and commits to achieve.

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Smart Goals lead to

Consider your goals, both short term and long term, in your life and in your community.

What are you passionate about?

What do you want to improve?

What problem do you want to solve?

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Youth leadership. Education. Preparing tomorrow’s leaders.

More leadership opportunities offered to youth. Youth engagement in our community.

Having effective, ethical leaders to lead our communities, cities, and nation.

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Smart Goals lead to

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Specific - State exactly what you want to achieve. Who? What? Why? When? Where?

Measurable – How will you determine achievement? This should be a yes/no, true/ false or a number.

Attainable - Is the goal realistic: Is it possible to accomplish? Will it keep you motivated?

Relevant - Is it meaningful to you? Does your goal fit in with your overall values and beliefs?

Time-bound - Set a date for completion.

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Our Club will volunteer at a HOBY seminar in the spring to meet the youth of our community and help them in their leadership journey. We will ensure the students we sponsor remain inspired to improve our community by participating in their volunteer service project.

At our next Club meeting, I will share what I’ve learned here from the awesome presenter about HOBY. I will lead the efforts to raise at least $350 (HOBY sponsorship for one student) to send one or more students to HOBY.

In September, I will call the sophomore guidance counselors in our local high schools to tell them about HOBY and encourage them to register sophomore students to participate.

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Take vague goals to SMART, active goals!

Group Goal I will get my club to

help students.

Society Goal Our Club will help

students.

Personal Goal I will support the

youth in my community.

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Create your SMART goals.

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Smart Goals lead to Smart Actions.

Reflection What will be the most challenging part of creating SMART goals? In maintaining the SMART goal process?

Innovation How will using the SMART goal process increase the chances of success of a project or goal? How will it help me innovate better solutions in the future?

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The HOBY Active Leadership Cycle

Leadership is a continuous process of learning, acting, reflecting and innovating.

Taking Action

We take action based on our understanding of ourselves, our communities and our resources.

Serving Society

Community service is a common and fulfilling way to hone leadership skills, but you can take action in many ways.

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Leadership requires taking action to serve others in order to practice and develop your leadership skills.

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To lead is to serve humanity - in all aspects of life.

Leaders take action in many ways – social entrepreneurship, citizenship, service, innovation, etc.

Service is an effective way to demonstrate leadership and hone skills.

HOBY values service and challenges every ambassador to engage in the HOBY Active Leadership Cycle.

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To reach your goal of completing the L4S Challenge, you have to complete your 100 hours of service and

… But, logging your hours gets you more: • You help the If each of the 10,000 2016 HOBY Ambassadors

completed and logged 100 hours of service, that’s ONE MILLION hours you’ve given to your communities, that’s a pretty serious impact!

• You become eligible for the President's Volunteer Service Award. • You keep a record of all of the service hours you have completed when filling

out college, scholarship and job applications.

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Join your local alumni organization

Represent your Seminar at the

World Leadership Congress

Set and achieve your personal SMART Goals

Pursue the Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Attend the Advanced Leadership Academy

Complete the HOBY L4S Service Challenge

Participate in HOBY’s Global Experiences

Program

Plan a CLeW for your local community

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Reflection How does the Active Leadership Cycle change how you think about leadership?

Innovation What new action will you take after leaving HOBY? How will you serve once you return home from HOBY?

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Please contact me with any questions: shivelys@hoby.org 818-851-3980 x321

Being Mommy to my 3-year old, Kiana