Leadership Development | The School of Skerj

DISCOVER YOUR YOURSELF

Leadership, in any context, is impossible without first understanding your life project, and defining your essential moral pillars.

LEAD ON

Leading from Many Angles

Leadership is a skill as old as humanity, and one that can be learned, refined, and practiced by those with a principled vision. It's for parents, community members, even kids.

When it comes to leadership "training," I work with you to first figure out how you view yourself and your purpose. You can't be expected to help others without knowing your own life project. After that we figure out the what, who, and how of your vision. Our conversations can immediately be converted into exercises to be used in your daily life.

Additionally, I'll help you develop your own "community handbook," a guide to understanding the unique culture, ideas, customs, and practices of your organization. It will be an essential tool in fulfilling your goals.

Here's what you can expect:

1. YOUR SELF

No great leader has won the hearts and minds of their follows without understanding themselves at the most fundamental and ultimately moral level. We'll work to discover that makes you tick.

2. YOUR PRINCIPLES

By understanding your life project, you can develop concrete principles you live by, and by which you will lead. If your life project is the foundation then your principles are the pillars.

3. YOUR VISION

If you don't know where you're going, why would others come along? Having a vision provides not only an idea of how the world should be, but an all-consuming purpose and reason to act . Your vision will make your leadership attractive as someone worthy to be followed.

4. YOUR COMMUNITY

The hardest part of leadership is other people. We're here to make a leader out of you, not a boss. You need buy-in and commitment from others. Understanding the communal nature of those you would lead is critical to implementing your vision. We'll develop a personalized handbook for understanding your community.

5. YOUR PLAN

No vision is good enough without a solid plan. Plans don't need to be complicated or exhaustive to be compelling, but they need to be complete and whole. If your vision is worthy, others will want to follow it. If your plan is firm, others will execute it for you.

6. YOUR ACTION

Leadership ought to be considered a verb more than a noun. The final step to changing your community is getting out there and doing it. I'll continue to mentor you through the first steps of actually engaging your would-be followers, and help refine your skills.