Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Canteen Leaders Strategies and Tools to Help Prepare Ourselves For The Challenges of Life and Leadership!
1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Canteen Leaders
Strategies and Tools to Help Prepare Ourselves
For The Challenges of Life and Leadership!
CAN
2Glengarry Teaching Skills For Life
Kangaroo Valley
3Reflections Of My School Years
4Australian Cherub Dingy Champs
5Kayaking
A Dream come True!
6Performance
Under Pressure
7The Mountains
8Australian Kayak
Marathon Championships
Perth, Easter, 2000.
4 years of planning
9Outdoor Education Sport Psychology
NSW Netball Team Undergoing Outdoor Training In
Preparation For Their National Championships
10Profoundly Life Changing Read!
11Fostering Change In People Requires A New
Direction In Programming Facilitation At Our
Camps
TO CHANGE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES PROGRAM TYPE
Feelings New skills, energy, enjoyment, fun Recreational
Thinking New knowledge, attitude, awareness Educational
Behaviour New ways to act increase function Developmental
Misbehaviour New ways to cope decrease dysfunction Therapeutic
Matching program type with change requirements.
(Priest, 1996, p.23)
12Tools The 7 Habits Can Provide Canteen Leaders!
13The 7 HabitsOverview
Optimising Our Physical Mental Health
Teamwork Inclusiveness
Understanding Compassion
Respect Integrity
Inspiration Encouragement
Flexibility Initiative
Pride Accountability Positivity Celebration
14Habit 1 Be Proactive Overview
Is all about taking control of your life! It
means that you choose to act deliberately and
take responsibility for your actions and your
lifes direction.
- A proactive person
- Can choose their attitude to life
- Is responsible for their own happiness.
- Controls the things in their life that they can
control, and forgets about the uncontrollable. - Overcomes setbacks through proactive thinking
action. - Strives to be a change agent through proactive
actions. - Makes life happen to them rather than being a
passenger. - Makes smarter decisions. Thinks before acting!
15Good Leaders Make A Proactive Choice Proactive
or Reactive
Can-Do People No-Can-Do People Take initiative to
Wait for something tomake it happen. happen to
them. Think about solutions Think about problems
and options. and barriers. Act. Are acted upon.
16Self-Awareness Am I a Positive or Negative
Thinker?
- Monitoring self-talk on a tough expedition or at
camp. - At a given time, or at places dictated by the
terrain that could provide a teachable moment
have students complete a self-check for a few
minutes evaluating the following - Self-talk
- Talk with others
- Body language
- Enthusiasm levels at different spots during the
trip. - Evaluate this around the fire at night. This
leads to a tutorial on positive negative
self-talk. - As a leader what kind of thinker are you?
What do I see when I look inside myself? Do I
like what I see? All Change has to begin from
within!
17Positive or Negative Tracker
- What Kind Of Tracker are you?
- This activity links to the monitoring of
self-talk during an expedition or camp. - Around the fire students complete the tracker
questionnaire and calculate the kind of Tracker
they are. - Facilitation can involve partner sharing of
results. Then a discussion on how we can be more
positive in our daily lives.
18Make Your Own Weather!
- We have the ability to see sunshine even when we
are surrounded by storms! Its all about attitude!
19Press Pause Between stimulus and response we
have a split second where we can pause and learn
to be proactive with our decisions!
- Think Before Speaking or Acting
- Monitor your dialogue with others. Is it how you
would want to be treated. - Am I about to do something that I will regret, or
is negative? - Good Leaders are self-aware, and roll model
proactive behaviour. - Look for opportunities to use teach the pause
sign!
203 Blessings! 3 Things I Am Thankful For Today!
- Around the fire at the conclusion of each day,
participants are given time to reflect on their
day, focusing on the good things that happened to
them! Things they are thankful for. - EG 3 things I am proud of 3 things I did well
today. - This activity, on its own, has been show to
significantly reduce negative feelings and
emotions. - Where possible focus on the positives.
21Can Do Proactive People In History
Everest
22Habit 2 Begin With The End In Mind Overview
- Deals with developing a clear picture of who you
want to be and what you want to accomplish in
your life. - What are your values?
- What is your mission?
- What are your goals?
- How to set them
- Systems to support your goals
- Identifying your talents and developing them
through out your life. - Making your life extraordinary!
- How can you use your extraordinary talents as a
leader at Canteen?
Where do we want to go in life? We better draw a
map to get there.
23I Need 4 Volunteers
- In 2 minutes you need to assemble this jig saw
puzzle. Off you go! - Would it have been easier to put the puzzle
together if youd had a picture to look at? Why
or why not? - Having a picture provides you with a clear vision
of what you need to accomplish, which gives you
direction and saves you time, and makes you more
efficient.
24Mouses Magic Paints
25If You Could Achieve One Impactful Thing At
Canteen, And You Could Paint This, What Would It
Look Like?
26Paint Your Own Masterpiece
27The Great Discovery
- This online activity takes you through a series
of questions that helps you pinpoint the
priorities in your life. - Teen Mission Builder click to open webpage
- It will email you back a print out that you can
then use to formulate your own mission statement
for your wall at home or work.
http//www.franklincovey.com/cgi-bin/teens/teens-m
sb/part01/index.html
28Mission Statements Single Sentence
Sam
29Setting Goals
Steps That I Need To Take To Help Me Live My
Lifes Mission
- Count The Cost
- Put It To Pen
- Just Do It
- Use Momentous Moments
- Rope Up
30Step 5 Roping Up
- Climbers rely on each other for safety,
motivation support. The rope bonds them and
keeps them together in their common quest! - They are also there to support you if when you
fall! - When you set goals, rope up with someone else
with a similar vision or motivation for life. - In real life if you rope up with someone or a
group your energies and enthusiasm will drive
each other to success. - You will also have people to support you through
the hard times along your journey to success,
which are naturally part of life!
31Habit 3 Put First Things First Overview
- Managing Your Time later session.
- Not Letting fear control your life and make your
decisions. - Comfort zones Courage Zones.
- Overcoming the hard moments in life.
32Courage Zone
- Habit 3 is about putting yourself your best
interests ahead of your fears. - Putting first things first will often cause you
to stretch outside your comfort zone. - And Venture into your Courage Zone!
33Click Picture To Go To Story
34Courage Zone Looking For Opportunities To Sew
The Seeds Of Change.
- It could be argued that fear is one of the worst
emotions that people can possess because of its
ability to hold us back in life. - Fear can paralyse us, limiting our achievements
and reducing enjoyment in our lives. - As a leader at Canteen your time with
participants is full of opportunities to look for
that small teachable moment that may have a BIG
lasting influence on a persons life!
35Okay Now Lets All Experience The Courage Zone!
- Everyone on your feet
- Make a circle
- Renee is going to demonstrate how to step into
your courage zone by dancing for us all in the
circle. - Well each one of you has to do it to the music.
- Now I want you to monitor your self talk, your
thoughts, your muscle tightness, your belief in
yourself. - How are you feeling right now? look at the body
language of those around you, ask them what they
are thinking!
Remember The key to overcoming our fears is to
worry less about failing, and more about the
chances we miss when we dont even try.
36Large Hard Moments
- Occur every so often in life include things
like - Peer Pressure Alcohol, drugs.
- Dropping people who were friends when they wont
respect your values. - Getting dumped by a girl/boy friend.
- Your parents get divorced.
- Someone we love passes away.
- These moments will come in your life, they are
part of the cycle of life. - You can prepare for them and meet them head on
like a warrior and come out victorious. - Be courageous at these key junctions in your
life. Canteen operates to foster this courage! - Just REMEMBER this!
I should check the weather before heading to the
mountains!
37Thumb Wrestling!
- Working with the person next to you, you have 1
minute to thumb wrestle with them. In that 1
minute you have to see how many times you can pin
the other persons thumb down for the count of 3.
- How many of you were engaged in a competitive
mindset when you started the activity? - Did anyone simply communicate with each other and
work together to get as many touches as possible? - We all too often go into an activity with this
win lose mindset, when Win Win can help achieve
much more.
38Habit 4 Think Win-Win
- Thinking a Win-Win philosophy for life is the
foundation for getting along well with others. - It not only means you both get something out of
what youre doing, it means you try to plan ways
for both of you to win. - Win-Win is not an accident it is a deliberate way
of thinking!
39Lets Learn a Little More About Each Paradigm.
40Your Relationship Bank Account
- How you feel about yourself others is like a
bank account! - You can make deposits and withdrawals into this
account through the things you think, do, and say
to yourself others. - When I make a commitment to myself or others and
stick to it Cha Ching, its a deposit. - When I break a promise to myself or others, I
feel disappointed and make a withdrawal.
41Relationship Bank Account
RBA Deposits RBA Withdrawals Keep promises. Break
promises. Do small acts Keep to yourself.of
kindness. Be loyal. Gossip and break
confidences. Listen. Dont listen. Say youre
sorry. Be arrogant. Set clear expectations. Set
false expectations.
42Small Acts Of Kindness
RBA Deposits RBA Withdrawals Do small acts Keep
to yourself.of kindness.
- Leaders be on the lookout to facilitate small
acts of kindness! It fosters win-win positive
feelings within the group and individuals. - While working with your Canteen colleagues look
for ways to create a Cha Ching moment. - Lets hear it Cha Ching!
43Saying Sorry Can quickly restore an overdrawn
relationship account
- A great activity for sitting around the fire near
the end of a trip, or with groups that you know
have had some conflict. - As a group, there have been times when we have
made withdrawals from our relationship bank
accounts, this has been at the expense of others
feelings. - Look around this circle. Who have you done
something to that requires an apology? - Take 2 minutes to look around the circle and
reflect on your past actions. - Offer turns of going around and saying sorry to
the person that you have wronged.
44Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, then to be
understood.
- Habit 5 is about being good communicators.
- It teaches about listening first, then talking
second. - It is about seeing things from another's point of
view before sharing your own. - For young men giving them opportunities to talk
about their lives, fears, challenges is a real
positive! - Feeling secure socially is a buffer to depression
and an area that we in outdoor education can
foster!
455 Poor Listening Styles
If we want to be effective communicators during
our lives we have to learn to be good listeners.
Good listeners are aware of poor listening
styles. Lets take a look at 5 poor listening
styles and check in to see if you have any poor
listening characteristics.
- Spacing Out
- Pretend Listening
- Selective Listening
- Word Listening
- Self-Centered Listening
46Group Campout
- Students are grouped into camp groups of 4
students. - Groups are made to separate friends and cliques.
- They spend the weekend camping together on campus
with roving staff supervision.
47Walk a Mile In Someone Elses Shoes
- After getting organised at camp have students
head off in pairs for half an hour of Duo Time. - Make groups up with people they do not know too
well! - Their task is to conduct an interview as if they
were a reporter for the local newspaper. - The article they are writing will be read around
the fire that night! - Partner sharing around the fire that evening.
48Walk A Mile In Their Shoes
49Name Game
- Partner Retell. Pair people up complete the
following - Tell us how you came to get your name or nick
name. - 1 goal you have in the future.
- 1 person you have in your life that is special
and that you can talk to them about anything.
What makes this person special and approachable? - Name one skill you possess that helps you cope
with the low points in your life. How do you use
it? - Noble, (2007)
50Something In My Life I Need Help With..
- Often we do not know how to ask for help, this is
especially the case for young men. - This important life skill can be practiced around
the campfire. - I need help with.
- The facilitator gives an example from their life
to the group to get started. - Break off into smaller groups of 2 or 4 and share
the issues they are having problems with. - Come back to the circle. A partner shares the
issue with the group. - The group listens and then tries to give
solutions and support to the person.
51Habit 6 Synergise Overview
- Habit 6 is about valuing and celebrating
differences. Its about knowing that two or more
people can work together to create better
solutions than any one of them could alone. - Flow activities to promote synergy.
52Synergy In Action
- Working individually, take 1 minute to try and
write down the names of as many body parts as you
can think of that have only 3 letters in their
name. - There are 10 of them.
- No slang or rude words!
- Now, pair up, share your list with your partner,
and take another 1 minute to see if you can come
up with any additional names. - Did any pair get all 10 body parts?
- If not, join up with 2 more people, can you get
all 10. - Lets check your list against mine!
5310 Body Parts With 3 Letters In Their Name
- Toe
- Lip
- Gum
- Rib
- Arm
- Leg
- Eye
- Ear
- Hip
- Jaw
Gum
54We Are All Special A Minority Of One!
- We are all different.
- We learn differently
- We have talents in different areas.
- Some are good at sport
- Some are good at music
- Some are good at science
- We see the world through different coloured
glasses. - This gives us many differing perspectives!
55We See The World Differently!
- Group 1, put your hands up!
- Okay turn around so you cant see the board.
- Group 2 I will now show you 2 pictures. Look at
them and keep the answer to yourself regarding
what the pictures were. - Look at picture 1
- Now look at picture 2
56Seeing The World Differently
- Group 2, now you turn around so you cant see the
board. - Group 1 I will now show you the 2 pictures. Look
at them and keep the answer to yourself regarding
what the pictures were. - Look at picture 1
- Now look at picture 2
57What Did You See?
- Group 1?
- Group 2?
- How can two groups looking at the same thing, get
two completely different views of the world. - We all see things differently, we can use this to
our benefit if we synergise!
58Entrance to B 31 Argyle Cave
59The Squeeze
60Synergy In The Cave
Synergising With My Peers Focussing on things
within our control.
Lights Out Work To Get Out Of The Cave
61Habit 7 Sharpen The Saw Renewing Ourselves. It
is Me Time
- I am sure all of us at one time or another have
the feeling that our life is out of control. We
feel - Out of balance
- Stressed out
- Empty on the inside
- Habit 7 is designed to reacquaint us with the
concept of renewing our lives. - Why is it called Sharpen The Saw?
62Exercise Healthier Brains!
63Four Dimensions of Sharpening The Saw
Brain
Body
Heart
Soul
64Why is Balance so Important?
- Balance is important because what we do in one
dimension will affect the other dimensions. - In modern society many people are finding
themselves out of balance. - I would imagine at Canteen many of the folks you
are working with could be struggling with one or
more of these areas. - Camp can be a real healing place, restoring
balance and perspective, or teaching how to
strengthen untapped areas in one of these four
areas.
65Taking Time To Stop and Open Your Senses Brain
Research The Sounds Of Nature
66Meditation
Mental Preparation For Sport or Life
Visualisation
67Meditation And The Brain
Meditation has the ability to decrease stress and
increase feelings of wellness and happiness.
68The End But Hopefully The Beginning!
I didnt get a Canteen Bandana
69The End
70Letter Writing To Yourself
- During solo which takes place near the end of
their time at Glengarry, students write a letter
to themselves - What were the 3 most significant events you had
at Glengarry? - What were the 3 most significant lessons you can
take away with you after Glengarry? - What way have you changed the most during your
time at Glengarry? - Which one of the 7 habits had the most impact on
your life? How will you continue using this after
GG? - Imagine you could see into the future 12 months.
- What will you be like?
- What goals will you be chasing?
- What will your attitude be like?
- How will you have used the learning you had at
GG? - What would your perfect world look like?
This letter is collected sent 12 months later!