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Business Leadership Requirements

Business leaders must be able to:

Create and Execute a Business Plan– Determine Business Vision/Objectives– Create a Plan with Achievable Goals to Reach the Objectives– Manage the Plan Using Project Management Skills– Handle Unexpected Situations

Inspire and Lead People– Understand and Appreciate Diversity– Engage Using a Variety of Leadership Styles– Motivate Each Person– Create a Team From Groups of Individuals– Set a Personal Example

Create a Climate of Trust and Accountability – Integrity in All Matters– Accountability for Results– Independent Action in Support of the Team’s Goals

Scouts Are Prepared to be Business Leaders

Developing Leadership Through Scouting– Vision → Goals → Planning = Success– SMART Goals — Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely– Planning and Problem Solving: What, Why, How, When, Who– Assessment: SSC→ Start, Stop, Continue

Learning to Inspire and Lead People– Practical Leadership Skills

• ROPE: Reach out, Organize, Practice, Experience• Resolving Conflict

– EAR: Express, Address, Resolve• The Training EDGE™

– Explain: The trainer explains how something is done.– Demonstrate: The trainer demonstrates while explaining again.– Guide: The learner tries the skill while the trainer guides him through it.– Enable: The learner works on his own under the eye of the trainer.

• Team Building– Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing

Instilling Lifelong Values: Integrity, Trust, and Accountability

Cub Scout Promise

I promise to do my best to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people, and to obey the Law of the Pack.

Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Venturing Oath

As a Venturer, I promise to do my duty to God and help strengthen America, to help others, and to seek truth, fairness, and adventure in our world.

Business Leadership That Works

Scouting produces leaders that are:– Trained, capable and experienced– Trustworthy and accountable

Support Scouting– Improve your business: Hire a Scout!– Contribute to your local Scout council– Become an adult Scout leader