Youth Leadership Henry Team Building Day

The Youth Leadership Henry Class of 2019 Gets Cohesive on Their Teambuilding Day

By Don Dunlap Chair, YLH Board of Directors

The Youth Leadership Henry Class of 2019 assembled for their Teambuilding Day early on the morning of Monday, October 8, at the Fortson 4-H Center in Hampton. As participants arrived, they received their YLH polos and a copy of the book recommended to them by their speaker at last month’s reception, Mrs. Lori Harris. The book, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, was provided by our newest sponsor – “Story On The Square” bookstore in McDonough; we are grateful to Dr. Stephanie Gordon for her generous support.

We started our day with an intensive session learning to interpret the results of the Clifton Strengths assessment each member of the class took beforehand. Many business people have gained useful insights in how to learn their top 5 strengths and use them effectively in their organizations – our class members had the added benefit of having our session facilitated by the amazing Jenny Robbins, a trained facilitator provided by the GA EMC, whose Snapping Shoals and Central Georgia cooperatives are also sponsors of our program. These young people now know much more about themselves, and how they will most effectively interact with others to successfully achieve their goals!

The staff at Fortson prepared an excellent lunch for us to ensure we were “fueled” for the afternoon’s activities.

Nourished and re-energized, we broke up into groups and did some “on the ground” teambuilding activities, moved to some “lowropes” activities, then proceeded to the “high ropes” activities of Ziplining and Rock Wall climbing. Through the debriefings at each session, we learned how the activities we did applied to real-world team and leadership applications.

By the time we finished our day and the class members were picked up by their parents, they had really broadened their knowledge of themselves, their classmates, and how beneficial it is to “get out of your comfort zone” sometimes, and rely on your team to accomplish organizational goals.

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Reading about us in the monthly henrycounty.com newsletter is only one way to keep up with our class. You can also “like” our Facebook page (Youth Leadership Henry) and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@YLHenry) to see pictures and videos of each of our program days. We encourage you to join us “virtually” as we learn about our community and how this group of highschool sophomores is learning to make our community an even better place to live, work, and play!