Kids shouldn’t have to wait until they are adults to learn to lead themselves through life’s inevitable challenges.
Join an interactive 75-minute session to learn how successful people lead themselves through life’s inevitable challenges. Learn about how self leaders think and the skills they master and deploy.
Student Self Leadership teaches the leadership concepts developed by Ken Blanchard including the most taught leadership model in the world, SLII. Leaders, managers and employees in all sectors worldwide have been trained in these concepts by the Ken Blanchard Companies.
You will learn the mindsets held by effective self leaders
- Challenge Assumed Constraints
- Activate Points of Power
- Be Proactive
And the skillsets utilized by self leaders
- Setting Clear Goals
- Diagnosing Development Level (SLII Model), Understanding What You Need
- Matching Leadership Style to Development Level (SLII Model), Understanding How to Ask for Help
What if students learned these skills and ways of thinking early in their lives? How would the school culture and the classroom experience improve if students were self leaders?
Trainer: Jennifer Zingg
Jennifer Zingg has been with The Ken Blanchard Companies and Blanchard Institute for 20 years. Jennifer is currently in her 34thyear as a certified public-school teacher. She has taught both academic subjects and physical education. She enjoyed the position of Director of Activities and AVID coordinator for four years. She was an adjunct professor at Brandman University for 12 years, teaching five different courses in the teacher education program.
Jennifer has a unique understanding of how students learn and how to best support teachers and youth leaders who serve the community in multiple ways.
Trainer: Cathy Huett
Cathy Huett has had a successful career in the for-profit sector at The Ken Blanchard Companies for 35 years. Her career began as a human resources and administration professional before moving into operations management, direct sales and sales leadership. Still growing, Cathy mastered the world of training, consulting, keynoting and writing before taking a senior leadership position in professional services.
Her current role is Director of Blanchard Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Ken and Margie Blanchard. Blanchard Institute’s purpose is to bring Blanchard's proven self leadership concepts and skills to students worldwide. Cathy brings her experience, energy and a sincere desire to teach students practical skills that create better lives in school, and home and in work.
