Leaders can be found in all different types of organizations and groups. Leadership is about who you are, not what you do for a living.
Venturing is all about adventure, and leadership is itself an adventure will likely continue throughout the journey of your life. Leaders get better the more they practice. By starting to learn leadership skills now, you will gain a head start over others who will not have the opportunity to start practicing leadership until they are older. By learning now that leadership involves putting others first and developing a clear vision and goals, you will find many other exciting opportunities open to you in the years ahead.
Venturing is all about adventure, and leadership is itself an adventure will likely continue throughout the journey of your life. Leaders get better the more they practice. By starting to learn leadership skills now, you will gain a head start over others who will not have the opportunity to start practicing leadership until they are older. By learning now that leadership involves putting others first and developing a clear vision and goals, you will find many other exciting opportunities open to you in the years ahead.
Leadership is the tool you will use as you help the crew plan its adventures. As a Venturer, you will learn to lead the crew through the adventures of their choice. Leadership in Venturing is not just a position— it is an action, captured in the Venturing motto, “Lead the Adventure”. Even as you begin your Venturing experience, you learn leadership skills by observing crew officers and more experienced members of the crew as they lead the adventure.
Some smaller crews may have difficulty in delivering the training internally. For this reason, sponsoring an annual leadership training conference is encouraged.
From the list below, consider making several of these training courses available to Venturers in your council and helping them to develop the capacity to deliver this training in the future.
Some smaller crews may have difficulty in delivering the training internally. For this reason, sponsoring an annual leadership training conference is encouraged.
From the list below, consider making several of these training courses available to Venturers in your council and helping them to develop the capacity to deliver this training in the future.
- Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews
- Goal-Setting and Time Management
- Project Management Training
- Mentoring Training
- First-aid training such as American Red Cross (First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and the Community) or the American Heart Association (Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED)
- Other training as desired by Venturers: Leave No Trace, Tread Lightly!, and outdoor skills of interest
- Help individual crews lead annual crew officers seminar meetings.