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Now
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| Now that you have considered some new ideas and have had a chance to practice them, it's time to put them to work! complete at least one of the following exercises that will challenge you to apply and expand these new ideas to other aspects of your family, school, and/or community. |
 Application
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| Leadership
at the Sports, Community, and National Levels |
Take a moment to find a colored highlighter, plus a copy of today’s or yesterday’s local newspaper. Now, turn to the front page of Section 1 or to wherever the national and world news are reported. Scanning that page and using the marker, highlight every place you find the words “leader” or “leadership.” How many did you find? Now, turn to the local news section or to wherever local and city/town news are reported. Scanning that page and using your marker, once again highlight every place you find the words “leader” or “leadership.” How many did you find this time? OK – one last time. Turn to the sports section or wherever national, state, and local sports are reported. And once again…. Well, you know the story. Scan for and highlight every place you find the words “leader” or “leadership.” How many did you find on this third and final try? Go back and re-read each instance where you found the word “leader” or “leadership.” Think about the definition of leadership you have developed, as well as the five challenges of leadership. |
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Identify
Leaders and Leadership in the News |
Now, go to your Reflection Journal, enter the date, and write a letter to yourself about how the ideas of leader and leadership as used in the national, local, and sports sections of the newspaper relate to your ideas as well as the five challenges. |
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| Application
and Expansion Exercise 2: |
| Interview
a Leader |
| Identify a leader in your community or a business that you admire but do not know personally. Working with the help of your parents or TRY-IT! Team coach, contact the leader by telephone or by writing her/him a letter. Introduce yourself and explain why you are studying leadership, then ask if you may schedule a 30- to 60-minute interview to share your ideas about leadership and learn this person’s ideas in return. |
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Schedule
an Interview with a Leader |
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| During the interview, thank the leader for her/his time. Begin by briefly sharing your various completed leadership worksheets from your TRY-IT Personal Leadership Portfolio, as well as your Personal Leadership Mobile. Explain to the leader how you have come to view a leader. Then, ask the leader you are interviewing how he/she defines a leader, and how this person believes he/she demonstrates the five leadership challenges. Take good notes during the interview, and you may even want to jot down exact quotes from the leader that are important to you. Remember to thank the leader for her/his time when the interview is completed. |
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Conduct
Your Interview with a Leader |
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| When you return home, go to your Reflection Journal, enter the date, and write a brief summary about what you learned about leaders and leadership from the leader you just interviewed. Start your Journal entry by identifying the leader you interviewed and why you respect that person as a leader. Be certain to include quotes from the leader that were especially important to you. |
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| Application
and Expansion Exercise 3: |
| Developing
a Local Leadership Case Study |
| Talk to your friends, parents, and neighbors. Ask them about specific problems or issues in your local neighborhood or community that involve leadership and that are important to them right now. Based upon all of the problems or issues people share with you, select one for which to develop a Local Leadership Case Study. |
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Developing
a Local Leadership Case Study |
| Now, go to your Reflection Journal, enter the date, and describe in writing the specific problem or issue in as much detail as possible. You may want to interview people who are involved in the issue or go online to research the situation. Keep adding to your written Journal entry whenever you have additional information, ideas, or insight to include. This is how you are developing your Local Leadership Case Study – it’s an in-depth, detailed description of a local situation important to you involving aspects of leadership. |
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| Once you’ve completed your detailed Case Study, apply your definition of a leader as well as your ideas about the five leadership challenges to the situation. If you were making important decisions about the Case Study, what would you do as the leader? How do the five leadership challenges help you think about the whole situation? What advice would you give the real leaders involved? In fact, you may want to share your written Case Study and the insights and advice you would give with the real leaders by writing them a letter offering your insights and advice. |
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