Being in Boy Scouts since I was 11 years-old has been a huge part of my growing life, it has taught me so many different skills and attributes about life that I would have never learned if I only grew up within a sheltered house life. Leadership is just one of the many important skills that I have developed through scouting. I am a Life Scout working towards Eagle and am currently and have been patrol leader of the Pirate patrol since I first joined Boy Scouts. I plan/lead patrol meetings and activities, know the abilities of each member, set a good example, wear the Scout uniform correctly, live by the Scout Oath/Law, develop scout spirit, etcetera. As a leader, it’s difficult to know what others are thinking about, what’s troubling them,
Being a leader is no simple task. During my Eagle Scout project, I lead a range of people, from adults to youth. It was my job to make sure everyone was working and, that everyone was capable of doing their task. I had many issues doing this throughout my project because I am only one person and I can’t be everywhere at once. Thusly made being a leader a drudgery. But I had an incredible set of adults guiding me along the way, who taught me that being a leader was not doing everything myself, being a leader
Leadership to me means helping and motivating others to help them excel in an activity. I would like to become a leader because my Muskoka experience in grade 9 was a great way to make me feel part of the school community. Muskoka helped me meet new people and create many strong and long-lasting friendships. I found that this experience made going to high school a lot easier and a lot less stressful. I feel as a Muskoka leader I would be able to pass on the same experience I had with the new students.
The scouts in the troop decide how, what, when, and where to do activities. Mostly, the adults are present for safety and to give advice. I served my troop as the Senior Patrol Leader, the highest youth leader. In filling this position, I was responsible for overseeing scout meetings, communicating with adults, and making and executive decisions.
Involvement in marching band, field hockey, and various other activities has given me many opportunities to show leadership. My first leadership opportunity was in eighth grade when I became a WEB leader. While I was a WEB leader, I helped incoming sixth graders get adjusted to middle school life and find their classes on the first day. I also met up with the sixth graders in my group once a month at lunch and got to know them while I asked how school was going and helped them with any issues they had. In marching band, this past season I was a marching captain for my section. I helped the freshmen learn to march, demonstrated proper marching techniques for others, and gave advice to anyone having trouble with part of our marching show. At the start of field hockey season I showed leadership by helping new players learn to play field hockey by demonstrating how
Leaders are usually the best people in your group, and usually not a kid. Kids are usually immature and don’t have priorities, which is why they are not fit to be a leader. A leader is someone who cares about other people, makes and enforces rules, and gains other people’s trust, which kids don’t usually do. Leaders typically don’t play around, or tease other people. In the Lord of the Flies, this is what happened to Ralph. He became the chief of a group of boys with no adults, and now has to care for everyone. At first, he isn’t like a leader, he kept fooling around and did anything he wanted to do. He didn’t care about anyone and just wanted to have fun. Later, he started to have priorities and rules and in the end, he became good leader.
To begin with, the scoutmaster is the leader of the entire troop. Among a long list of obligations, a scoutmaster’s job is to lead the scouts within the troop, be a positive role model, and prepare them to lead their fellow scouts. Followed by the scoutmaster is the senior patrol leader whose job is to lead the troop as a youth and prepare the meeting plans and activities each week. His role is vital in the troop because he keeps the morale of the scouts high in addition to teaching them to be prepared for life and all that may come their way. After the senior patrol leader comes the patrol leaders. Their duties in the troop are to plan individual patrol meetings, patrol campouts, and report to the senior patrol leader. Finally, there are all of the many scouts varying from ages eleven to eighteen. All of the scouts serve their roles in the vast array of troop positons. As Boy Scouts you learn to build lifelong habits, skills, and
After I completed new cadet training (NCT) at my previous school, New York Military Academy (NYMA), I was immediately selected to be the squad leader of ten girls. This was my first leadership position that I have ever undertook in a JROTC program. My role as a squad leader was to directly deal with my squad in order to get our duties completed daily for the success of our company. Some of my specific duties were to check their GI ( designated chores), rooms, uniform, and to take control of them during formations. During my time at NYMA, I have learned that leadership is not just delegating and giving orders. I have learned how not only to be a good squad leader, but in doing so, how to be a role model, trainer, mentor, and friend.
How am I a leader? The best place to find examples of me being a leader comes from the Boy Scouts. As a boy scout I was the SPL (Senior Patrol Leader) for my troop for a year and a half. What it means to be a Senior Patrol Leader is that basically you run the troop because Boy Scouts prides itself on being boy lead. An example for what I would do as SPL was I would plan out the meeting agenda for each of our weekly meetings. To go along with this process I would have to either delegate one of the older scouts to teach a skill each week to the younger scouts or teach that skill myself. I would also have to keep the boys from getting out of line because I primarily led middle school aged boys. Another Example of my leadership skill is my journey
I have also been a part of student council all four years of high school, and have participated in three leadership conferences, and been apart of secret Santa shopping. From those things i have learned how to be able to take charge in a situation and be a leader.
Not everyone is born to be a natural leader; some may find it difficult to make decisions for others. Being a leader is a lot of responsibility, and not everyone can handle the job. This is why, both inside and out of school, I have practiced leadership skills to prepare for my future. Over the summer of my junior year, I attended the National Youth Leadership camp. It was held at the ASU Polytechnic campus, and educated the participants on how to become good leaders. During this event, I was able to test my skills as a leader and learn ways to become a better
Over the last three years that I have been in the Marching 200, I have learned many great lessons that have made me into a strong leader. For example, punctuality. I always try to be half an hour early to band practices because it allows me extra time to get onto the field and have all of my supplies. Even if I am coming to practice late due to a field hockey practice, I will be running to get on the field to get as much time in as possible. Another example of leadership I have learned this year comes from leading our clarinet choir. I would always remind everyone of the rehearsals and I would encourage the other clarinets to practice with fun rewards like gold star stickers. When we rehearsed, I would set a metronome and listen to the others
Leadership is a personal trait that holds great importance in our society, yet many people struggle with it. My leaderships skills amount with other skills were greatly enhanced in Boy Scouts, specifically during my Eagle Scout Project. The project lasted over a year and had many moving parts. The objective was to replace the sign at the local elementary school, which was not an easy task. Due to the challenges this project presented, my leadership skills were tested in many ways. I’ve worked with my fellow scouts for years, but when it came to leading adults and family friends it was a whole new experience for me. However, leading the scouts did come with the issue of needing great supervising skills as a younger boy will try to do something
Leadership is an interesting subject as so many of the general population are leaders in one form or another, yet a majority of us only consider leaders to be people who do great things. It is easy to forget the fact that a leader doesn’t have to lead a large group or a commit to an expedition of sorts. The reasoning for my mentioning of this is the fact that I am one of the day to day leaders that you will encounter. I have unfortunately lacked the opportunities to showcase my leadership on a large scale, yet I have still shown my leadership capabilities on smaller scales, particularly with my friends in Parrsboro. Living in a small town a distance away from other places to enjoy activities in, it takes a fair bit of coordination for these
"A leader is an individual (or, rarely, a set of individuals) who significantly affects the thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors of a significant number of individuals” (Gardner, Howard 2012). An essential part of a leader lies in their ability to motivate and influence people to follow their lead. Leaders are both men and women who have the ability to influence others in a community, control situations, connect with others and persuade others to follow them or the goals they define. To be a good leader one must set a good example and make correct decisions for difficult choices. I myself am implementing leadership skills into my every day life. Leadership skills are all around us. They can be applied to any situation where one may be required to take the lead. This can be
I joined Girl Scouts when I was six years old and continued with it until my senior year of high school. Without Girl Scouts, I know I would not be where I am today. By the time I entered high school, my troop consisted of a mere eight girls. Despite that small number, we were able to take on big projects that our leader gave us entire control over. It is because of these events—Girls Night Out, the Father Daughter Dance, and Spa Night to name a few—that I learned how to be a leader. Planning these events taught me how to organize, manage my time, and delegate tasks. Being a leader was never something I was thrilled to do, but Girl Scouts forced me out of my comfort zone and taught me skills I will use for the rest of my life.