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The Worthy Cause
As I was driving home from work I was listening to a local Classical Music station.. it sooths me. What I like about the Classical station and most talk radio stations is that they do not play a lot...
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The power of Why
Hey, it’s been a crazy week and now I am heading out of town for a little mini vacation with the wife. So we will get back to blogging this weekend. A couple things I am looking forward to this...
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Why?
Last night at our Patrol Leaders Council meeting we discussed the most recent camp out, or I should say camp out attempt. To recap, the weather got real bad, gear got wet, we assessed the risk and...
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Troop Leadership Corps
From 1972 to 1989 the Boy Scouts of America had a program called the Troop Leadership Corps. This program was designed for Scouts 14-16 to serve their Troop in leadership roles. They were not a...
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Scouts that join our units begin their walk on the Eagle Trail through our program forest. This forest of Scouting has much to offer the passer-by. When you enter the forest the trail is clearly...
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Your Legacy – Mentoring
When teaching leadership to both our youth and adults, we spend a fair amount of time discussing what it is that leaders do. Being a Teacher, Coach, Trainer, and Mentor is found within the job...
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Setting your bar higher
I always tell the Scouts of my Troop that mediocre is never good enough. Expect more of yourself and always do your best. Don’t just do good… Good may not be good enough and if you start early in...
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Delivering the scolding… or promise?
“The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.” “The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of another brother.” “The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and...
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Conservative Values?
The other day I got into a debate or more a less a discussion about Scouting and it’s Values with a co-worker of mine. He contended that Scouting was too conservative in its values and that is what...
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Learn to Lead Yourself
I have spoken about the five principles of leadership that we use in our Troop to develop both our Junior Leaders as well as our Adult Leaders. To recap, those five principles are Learn to Lead...
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Looking back
Camp Cooper, 2005 Troop is 2 years old. I have been digging through my collection of Troop Pictures and wanted to find some good annual pictures of our Troop, you know, the Summer camp shots that...
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Leadership according to Me.
I have been receiving emails lately requesting information about leadership. I have been pretty heavy on the leadership subject matter as of late. New youth leaders in the Troop, a batch of great new...
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Competitive Choice
I think sometimes that you need to go through some time of reflection, ranting, and deep soul-searching before one can come to clear resolution or insightful solution to a problem. With any luck this...
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The Little Stuff
One of the big misconceptions in leadership is that the leader needs to worry about the big stuff. Yes, the leader has to know or have vision and that requires a look from the 1000 foot view, but when...
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Star, Life, and Eagle- Service
Once a Scout has completed all of the requirements and has achieved the rank of First Class, he can be expected to know all of those skills that make a good Scout. Camping, First Aid, Citizenship, and...
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Action Required
When we teach leadership to our Scouts the best way to demonstrate that leadership is to be an example of expected behavior. We show them how to lead by being good examples. And we expect the youth...
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Obstacles to Objectives
In an effort to “fix lazy” it dawned on me that one of the problems is that our young men, and I am not just talking about Scouts here, tend to get caught up in the obstacles rather than focusing on...
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Come along side
Yesterday we “Celebrated” Presidents Day… Not sure what that means, but lets go with it. To me Presidents day is the day that we recognize two great leaders. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I...
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Finding the Arrow
I do not talk much about the Order of the Arrow on this blog, and maybe I should. I have not received a lot of requests for OA topics, but over the past few months I have been giving the Order of the...
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Why do we do this?
“Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. At the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth...
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