Future Leaders Program
Ready to SucceedThe Rap 4 Change future leaders program ‘Ready to Succeed’ focuses on teaching youth to identify their strengths & weaknesses and overcome their own personal barriers so they can become inspiring leaders, positive role models & active community members.
The program is ideally delivered as a weekly, two hour workshop over a period of ten weeks however it can be modified to suit individual school or organisation needs.
Target participants:
Current or future school representative councils, youth who have displayed leadership qualities, who have a desire to take on more responsibility in leadership roles or who are ready to make changes in their life to reach their full potential.
Program Outcomes:
- Develop advanced communication & public speaking skills
- Become an inspiring & passionate leader
- Increase self confidence & resilience
- Identify who you really are & what your purpose is
- Set short & long terms goals and develop skills to effectively achieve them.
- Learn behaviours that push yourself and the people around you to achieve your full potential
- Build stronger, trusting relationships
- Develop an understanding of how your behaviour can impact others
- Hold yourself to a higher standard of accountability
- Identify your strengths so you can utilise them in the future
- Acknowledge your weaknesses and develop skills to overcome them
- Participate in team building activities that you can use in the future
Below is example of a structured ten week program
Week 1
Introduction – Speaking with confidence & enthusiasm, projecting your voice, hot seat activity, bucket list activity.
(team work, encouraging others, fixing others crowns)
Week 3
Plan Your Change – Make positive steps to living your best life.
Week 5
Respect – Building positive trusting relationships.
Interact in situations with plain clothed enforcement officers to build positive relationships.
Week 7
Leadership – What are your beliefs about leadership? Good and bad leaders. What makes a good leader? How do I want to lead?
Week 9
My time – Small groups to develop a presentation/video about the Future Leaders Program, the impact it had on you & where you will go from here. (to be played at Graduation)
Week 2
Who am I? – What’s my purpose? What’s my destiny? Where do I want to be? What do I need to do to get there?
Bucket list continuation
Week 4
Goal Setting – Set S.M.A.R.T goals to achieve and succeed
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Week 6
Problem Solving – Developing capabilities to solve problems creatively in real-world situations
Week 8
Emotions – Identify and overcome characteristics and situations that could hold you back. Developing the skills to have courageous conversations.
Week 10
Reflection, Presentation & Graduation.
