2014-2015 GRIP Leadership Secondary Conference Workbook by GRIP Leadership

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Welcome

A special welcome to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference! Congratulations on being selected as a student leader. Your position is both an important responsibility and a fantastic opportunity to have an impact on others, whilst growing as a leader yourself. GRIP Leadership presents a number of student leadership events each year, and it is our privilege and pleasure to have you with us today. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program has been developed to prepare you in practical ways for the role of a leader at your school. We invite you to become fully involved in all aspects of the conference and we are sure that you will enjoy what lies ahead.

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Program

8:40am Doors Open & Arrival 9:00am Session 1 Building GREAT Team DNA 10:30am Morning Tea Break

Optional Session: The House Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Resource Kit

10:55am Session 2 Stand Up: Making the Most of Leadership Opportunities Electives (choose 1)

Option 1: How to Maximise the Impact of Your Events

Option 2: How to Maximise the Impact of Your Communication

12:30pm Lunch Break 1:00pm Session 3 Electives (choose 1)

Option 3: How to Lead in Different Situations

Option 4: How Leaders can Maintain Momentum

1:45pm Q&A with GRIP Leadership Team and Final Review 2:30pm Close

(Program subject to change at any time)

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elective sessions Morning Tea Optional Session “The House Captain’s Resource Kit” ( Room) House captains naturally want their house to succeed and are often keen to find new ways to involve and inspire the students in their house. As the year gets busy it can be hard to find time to come up with new ideas and it can be tempting to simply repeat the activities of the house captain from the previous year. This session helps house captains to plan ahead and create their own ‘resource kit’ with the ideas, materials and strategies that can take their house to the next level over the year ahead. Elective Session #1 (choose one) “How to Maximise the Impact of Your Events” ( Room) Many student leaders find it enjoyable to organise events, but the real goal of an event is to make sure that it has an impact on the attendees and the school community. This workshop is packed with fresh ideas for reaching maximum attendance, maximum enjoyment and having a maximum impact on others. This workshop is for anyone that wants to organise events that run smoothly, attract a large crowd and are memorable for years to come. “How to Maximise the Impact of Your Communication” ( Room) Student leaders regularly communicate with their peers through speeches, posters, online and various other methods. Such communication might be aimed at passing on instructions, advertising events and even setting school culture. Regardless of what is being communicated and the method being used, a leader needs to make sure that whatever is communicated is interesting, inspiring and appealing to those they lead. This practical workshop will lay out a valuable process to make sure that whatever is being communicated has maximum impact. Elective Session #2 (choose one) “How to Lead in Different Situations” ( Room) No two leaders are exactly the same and all leaders have their own natural leadership style. Whilst focusing on individual strengths is important, effective leaders are able to adapt the way they lead in order to get the best outcome in every new opportunity and challenge. This practical workshop will help student leaders understand more about their own natural leadership style, and also how to adapt this to be able to lead effectively in different situations. “How Leaders can Maintain Momentum” ( Room) A challenge for student leaders is to maintain momentum for an extended period of time. It is easy to be excited at the beginning, but as the year progresses many student leaders find that their leadership role is fading into the background. This practical workshop focuses on traits such as attitude, resilience, focus and enthusiasm. During the workshop student leaders will develop strategies so that they can maintain lasting momentum both individually and as a team.

Pre-Conference activities For those who arrive early, compete against your friends to be the first to complete these two sukodu puzzles. Using the numbers 1-9, complete each puzzle below by using every number once in each row, column and 3x3 square.

Sudoku Puzzle #1 Difficulty Level: Easy

7 5

8 9

3 9

4 2

1 5

7 4

Sudoku Puzzle #2 Difficulty Level: Tough

9 5

5 7

7 7

3 2

4 6

5 6

Introduction Activities

Three things we can learn from Paper, Scissors, Rock are:

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Connect Four

I can juggle 3 balls at a time

I can sing opera style

I am allergic to something

I can make a boat out of paper

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I can jump at least one metre off the ground

I live more than one hour away from here

I can do a handstand

I have more than one animal as a pet

BUilding Great Team DNA Student leaders cannot rely on great _______________, there must be a great _____________ DNA.

EA TT

Celebrity Initials

A B

C D

E F

G H

I J

K L

M N

O P

Q R

S T

U V

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Looking at Our Team For each statement, write the number that fits your leadership team the best. 3 = That’s our team! 2 = That’s probably our team 1 = That’s probably not our team 0 = Definitely not our team 1.

Our team has clear goals that we are all working towards.

Our team could be described as a group of good friends.

Everyone in our team contributes ideas during team discussions.

At team meetings we go through tasks we discussed last time to ensure they were completed.

Everyone in our team sees our leadership group as an important part of the school.

Before we start organising things we always define our actual goal first.

I believe that everyone in our team deserves the place they have been given.

All of the members of our team are reliable at showing up to meetings.

It someone has not completed a task we will politely bring it up and remind them.

10. I can recall many times when the student leadership team has made a big difference at the school. 11. Everyone in our team is positive about the goals we are working towards. 12. During leadership team meetings people treat each other very well. 13. When our team is working on something everyone pitches in to help. 14. Members of our team know that if they do not contribute then they will let others down. 15. Our team discussion usually focuses on how we can positively influence others. 16. We are good at taking our ideas and turning them into proper goals. 17. Members of our team work together well instead of competing with each other. 18. All members of our team put their hand up to help with things they are good at. 19. It is rare for people in our team to give excuses for not doing things as they usually do them. 20. Everyone in our team seems passionate about their leadership role.

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Tabulation Step 1: Put the number (0-3) of your response to each statement next to the appropriate number below. Step 2: Add up the numbers in each row (reading across) and record the Total. Step 3: Wait to be instructed on what to write in the GREAT DNA column. Total 1.

11.

16.

12.

17.

13.

18.

14.

19.

10.

15.

20.

GREAT DNA

Reflection Questions Which two elements of GREAT DNA did you score the LOWEST? Do you agree that these need improving in your team? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ What ideas or strategies can you think of to improve the two elements of GREAT DNA you mentioned above? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

stand up: making the most of leadership opportunities Program 1. Stand up when

2. Stand up for

_________________________________

3. Stand up for

4. Stand up for

_________________________________

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How To maximise the impact of your events Two difficulties when conducting events are: 1. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________

In my opinion the event that had the greatest impact at our school was: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

Three Ways to Maximise the Impact of Your Events 1.

maximise _________________________________________

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how to maximise the impact of your communication Good leaders are also____________________________________________________________________

Five Ways to Maximise the Impact of Your Communication 1.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Communication Activity _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

how to lead in different situations Two things to consider: 1.

What is my ___________________________________ leadership style?

What leadership style is needed in a given _______________________________________ ?

Looking at My Leadership Styles For each statement below, write the number that fits your leadership style the best. 5 = Always

4 = Often

3 = Sometimes

2 = Rarely

1 = Never

____ 1. Make a ‘to-do’ list of things that need to be done. ____ 2. Try to make the work fun for others. ____ 3. Urge others to concentrate on the work at hand. ____ 4. Show concern for the personal well-being of others. ____ 5. Set timelines for when the job needs to be done. ____ 6. Help group members get along. ____ 7. Keep a checklist of what has been accomplished. ____ 8. Listen to the needs of each group member. ____ 9. Stress to others the rules & requirements for the project. ____ 10. Spend time exploring other’s ideas for the project. Tabulation Step 1: Put the number (1-5) of your response to each statement next to the appropriate number below. Step 2: Add up the numbers in each row (reading across) and record the Total.

Total 1.

Directive

10.

Supportive

20–25 = high range

Score Type

15–19 = high moderate range

10–14 = low moderate range

5–9 = low range

The Leadership Style Matrix 25 24 23 22 21 20 19

Supportive Behaviour

18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Directive Behaviour

_______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

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how leaders can maintain momentum What is Momentum? Momentum involves _______________________________ and _ _______________ .

Going FAR with Momentum 1. _ ______________________________________________ What do you see? 1. _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________________________________

2. _ ______________________________________________

3. _ ______________________________________________ Definition: The ability to keep going during very hard times.

Reflection Questions 1. Think of the plans you as a leadership group have for the coming year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what are some of the obstacles that might stop you from achieving your goals? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

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2. How can you overcome these obstacles? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

3. How might you help each other maintain a good attitude even when things are not going well? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

THE HOUSE CAPTAIN’S RESOURCE KIT

RESOURCE KIT

connecting with other leaders NAME:__________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT:_______________________________________________________________________

NAME:__________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT:_______________________________________________________________________

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Q&A With GRIP Leadership Team My Possible Questions to Ask 1. _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Notes from Questions Answered ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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Moving forward Write some basic responses to the statements below. This will assist in ensuring that today has maximum impact for you and those you lead. Something new I learned about leadership today is: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ One way our leadership group can build GREAT team DNA is: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ One way I will stand up this year is: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ One way I can help others in the school personally is: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ A leadership skill that I need to work on is: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ During my time as a student leader I am most looking forward to: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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