Leadership is an important skill we try to teach our girls. After a week where our new Year 7 leaders were commissioned and our Years 6 – 12 leaders attended the Combined Leaders Forum, we caught up with some of our leaders and asked them ‘What is Leadership’.
Leadership Skills For the Future
Leadership skills that are important today, may not be as important in the future, and the best leaders are those open to growth and change.
This week, student leaders from Years 6 – 12 came together for a leadership forum that explored the topic of vital leadership skills necessary for the future. Students were encouraged to examine further leadership skills with fruitful conversation, problem-solving tasks and an inspiring presentation by the IWD Keynote Speaker who asked to spend more time with our student leaders.
Students then participated in a Gallery Walk to decide upon the top seven topics for future action. From these discussions, each Year group has now chosen three topics they would like to pursue to a proposal level for action. The Student Executive leaders will assign projects for each SRC leadership team. Students will await their decision ready for action.
Year 12 leader Stephanie Tory said, “One thing I will incorporate into my own leadership style is to be passionate and authentic. I learnt these two skills from our guest speaker who reminded us to be unapologetically us. She also reminded us to do what we are passionate about as this will bring us success, happiness and joy.”