Leadership

Throughout history humans have excelled when working in groups - and every group needs a leader. The ability to motivate, align and enable a group a people to perform optimally is what makes a leader stand-out, and this can be nurtured already at a young age.
Each of the coaching cards below takes no more than five minutes and requires zero preparation. Since they are broadly for 5 - 15 year olds, we have tagged them as easy / medium / hard to help you pick the most appropriate for your child.
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Motivate me

What motivates someone to do something?

Understand motivation
Hard
Guidance
Leaders need to motivate. But it is crucial to understand that different people respond to different motivational approaches and in different situations.
Prompts if stuck
1) Why do I go to work? (incentive - need to earn money)

Guidance

Leaders need to motivate. But it is crucial to understand that different people respond to different motivational approaches and in different situations. Some might do something because it makes sense (logic driven), others because of how they feel (emotion driven), others because they like you (socially driven), others because they benefit (incentive driven) etc

Prompts if stuck

1) I go to work. Why is that? (eg incentive driven)

2) Why do you watch TV? (emotion - it's fun)

3) Why does your best friend help you with your homework? (eg social - they like you)

Motivate me

What motivates someone to do something?

Understand motivation
Hard

Guidance

Leaders need to motivate. But it is crucial to understand that different people respond to different motivational approaches and in different situations. Some might do something because it makes sense (logic driven), others because of how they feel (emotion driven), others because they like you (socially driven), others because they benefit (incentive driven) etc

Prompts if stuck

1) I go to work. Why is that? (eg incentive driven)

2) Why do you watch TV? (emotion - it's fun)

3) Why does your best friend help you with your homework? (eg social - they like you)

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Lead by example

What example did you set for others this week?

Identify leadership qualities
Easy
Guidance
Leading by example is one of the best forms of leadership.
Prompts if stuck
1) What was your proudest moment of the week?

Guidance

Leading by example is one of the best forms of leadership. Simply have your child think back over the week for times they were in a public setting and they did something good / worthy / that they felt proud of.

Prompts if stuck

1) I bet you did something awesome this week. What was your proudest moment?

2) How did you make others feel when you did this?

3) What might you have inspired them to do as a result?

Lead by example

What example did you set for others this week?

Identify leadership qualities
Easy

Guidance

Leading by example is one of the best forms of leadership. Simply have your child think back over the week for times they were in a public setting and they did something good / worthy / that they felt proud of.

Prompts if stuck

1) I bet you did something awesome this week. What was your proudest moment?

2) How did you make others feel when you did this?

3) What might you have inspired them to do as a result?

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Feelings or Facts?

Do people remember more what you told them or how you made them feel?

Advice on telling good stories
Medium
Guidance
We remember how somone made us feel far more than what they told us.
Prompts if stuck
1) Why is it good to donate to charity?

Guidance

We remember how somone made us feel far more than what they told us. Stories are a good vehicle for this. Use any example where you are trying to convince someone to do something eg donating to charity.

Prompts if stuck

1) Let's say you were trying to get me to donate to charity. What would you say?

2) Can you tell me a story about a person who would benefit from my donation (fine to make it up)?

3) How will they feel differently after my donation?

Feelings or Facts?

Do people remember more what you told them or how you made them feel?

Advice on telling good stories
Medium

Guidance

We remember how somone made us feel far more than what they told us. Stories are a good vehicle for this. Use any example where you are trying to convince someone to do something eg donating to charity.

Prompts if stuck

1) Let's say you were trying to get me to donate to charity. What would you say?

2) Can you tell me a story about a person who would benefit from my donation (fine to make it up)?

3) How will they feel differently after my donation?

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