Youth Formation

“Effective Management Skills for

Catholic Youth Leaders in

Ghana”

Catholic Youth Formation Center, Accra – July 2014

YOUTH OF

GHANA

ARISE AND SHINE

Introduction

Expectations

Welcome & Interaction Objectives

Ghana plays a key role in African

leadership. It was the first country in colonial

Africa to achieve its independence in 1957,

and is home to world leaders, such as Kofi

Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

and former UN Secretary General.

Rapid population growth amongst the youth

demographic in Ghana has made access to

education and employment training opportunities

increasingly difficult. Young women face many

additional challenges, with less than 60% finishing

primary school and the rate of HIV infection being

twice as high amongst young women as that of

their male peers aged 14 to 24 years. EMPOWER

NOW!!!

• Interaction Objectives

– To introduce elements of effective management

skills to Youth Leaders.

– To emphasize efficient time management as critical

for developing effective management skills.

– To highlight areas of effective management

applicable to leaders.

– To have fun!

Election of Interaction Leaders

Group Exercise

– Identify your top two skills necessary for Effective

Management

– Tell Us Why

– Questions, Comments, Contributions

• What are Management Skills?

– Attributes/Abilities/Competencies to address

change

• Complex Environments

• Times of Uncertainty

• Addressing Problems/ Challenges

• What are Effective Management Skills?

– Demonstrated Abilities that make the individual responsive to

• Directing

• Supervising

• Encouraging Others

• Inspiring

• Coordinating

• Support Leadership in-self and others – Guide Change

• Five Pillar Skills of Effective Management

– Creative Problem Solving Skills

– Communication Skills

– Conflict Management Skills

– Negotiation Skills

– Self Awareness and Improvement

Conclusion

Mathew 5:13 -16

“ You are salt of the earth…You are the light

of the world…shine before others that they

may see your good deeds and glorify your

heavenly Father.”

As a volunteer in Ghana you may:

Coordinate and work alongside local youth to implement HIV/AIDS, leadership and life skills

workshops and conferences.

Assist with entrepreneurship and technical skills training programs, helping young people to

gain vocational skills and earn sustainable livelihoods.

Mobilize youth to become active and engaged citizens in their communities by promoting

participation and identifying existing support systems, resources and opportunities to do so.

Work with young women to promote leadership, capacity building, income generation, and

involvement in community decision-making processes.

PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH

PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH

GHANA YOUTH

INSPIRE

CHANGE

INOVATE

PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH

References:

Youth Challenge International - Ghana. (n.d.). Retrieved July 6, 2014, from http://www.yci.org/html/where/ghana.asp

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