Wood Badge Ticket Workbook 2012

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1 Wood Badge Ticket Workbook 2012 Five Central Themes and Leadership Skills The themes that follow encapsulate the course content of Wood Badge for the Twenty-First Century. 1) Living the Values Values, mission, and vision Aims and methods 2) Bringing the Vision to Life Listening to learn Communicating Giving and receiving feedback Valuing people and leveraging diversity Coaching and mentoring 3) Models for Success Team development model Situational Leadership 4) Tools of the Trade Project planning and problem solving Managing conflict Assessing team performance Managing change Celebrating team success 5) Leading to Make a Difference Leaving a legacy Learning the greatest leadership secret

2 Purpose The purpose of a Wood Badge Ticket is to help you realize your personal vision of your role in Scouting. Ideally, you will write your ticket around your primary job in Scouting. Four parts of a ticket A ticket consists of four parts: 1. A list of your personal values 2. A description of your Scouting role 3. A statement of your vision of success 4. A mission composed of five significant goals that can be attained within 18 months. Realization of your vision You should not expect that you will realize your vision immediately upon completion of the five goals; reaching your goals is an initial part of a long-term work in progress. Application of Leadership Skills Remember the old saying "Practice Makes Perfect"? Well that applies to your Wood Badge Ticket too. If you look at your ticket as the opportunity to practice using the Skills of Leadership presented at Wood Badge then there is a much higher chance that they will become a part of your leadership style. It is assumed that you will use most or all of the skills you learned during the Wood Badge course. In writing your ticket it will help if you list the skills you can use to accomplish your goals. It is not required that you incorporate all of the skills presented during the course into your goals. Diversity At least one goal must address the increasing diversity within the Boy Scouts of America. Self-assessment You may want to consider using the 360 assessment as a ticket item or as a tool for monitoring your ticket progress.

3 Vision and Values A Vision A Vision is a picture of the future. A Vision forms when we think far enough ahead to realize there will be important challenges that we can prepare for now, perhaps by doing something as simple as planting a few acorns. Here is how a Vision begins You can help facilitate the vision writing process by thinking about what we can offer young people through Scouting that will have a positive impact upon their lives in a decade, in 20 years in 30 years. Boy Scouts of America Vision Statement The Boy Scouts of America is the nation s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. In the future Scouting will continue to: Offer young people responsible fun and adventure; Instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as expressed in the Scout Oath and Law; Train young people in citizenship, service, and leadership; Serve America s communities and families with its quality, values-based program. Criteria for a Meaningful Vision A vision engages the heart and spirit A vision leads towards a worthwhile goal. A vision gives meaning to an effort A vision is simple A vision is attainable A vision can change over time Effective leaders have the capacity to create compelling Vision, but they must also be able to translate that Vision into reality. Personal Values Values are our core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate our attitudes and actions. List your values and the forms that they take; principles, standards, personal qualities, character traits, or codes of ethics. Keep in mind the values of Scouting.

4 Twenty Questions 1. What do I feel are my greatest strengths? 2. What strengths do others notice in me? 3. What do I most enjoy doing? 4. What qualities of character do I most admire in others? 5. Who is a person who has made a positive impact on my life? 6. Why was that person able to have such significant impact? 7. What have been my happiest moments in life? 8. Why were they happy? 9. If I had unlimited time and resources, what would I choose to do? 10. When I daydream, what do I see myself doing? 11. What are the three or four most important things to me? 12. When I look at my work life, what activities do I consider of greatest worth? 13. What can I do best that would be of worth to others? 14. What talents do I have that no one else really knows about? 15. If there are things I feel I really should do, what are they? 16. What are my important roles in life? 17. In each of those roles, what are my most important lifetime goals? 18. In five years, what role do I see for myself in Scouting? 19. What would I really like to be and to do in my life? 20. What are the most important values I use to guide and motivate my actions? Scouting s Values Scouting is a values-based program with its own code of conduct. The Scout Oath and Law help instill the values of good conduct, respect for others, and honesty. Scouts learn skills that will last a lifetime, including basic outdoor skills, first aid, citizenship skills, leadership skills, and how to get along with others. For almost a century, Scouting has instilled in young men the values and knowledge that they will need to become leaders in their communities and country. Scout Oath or Promise On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight Scout Law A Scout is... Trustworthy Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteous Kind Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean and Reverent

5 SMART You should make sure that your ticket goals are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely) Specific - Describe this Ticket Goal in enough detail so that you and your ticket counselor now specifically what is to be done; how it is important, or how it will have an impact on the program. Is it challenging? Measurable - Describe how this Ticket Goal is Measurable. How will you know when the goal has been accomplished? Attainable - Describe how this Ticket Goal is Attainable. Can it be accomplished? Relevant Describe how this Ticket Goal is Relevant. How does it relate to your Scouting job? Timely - Describe how this Ticket Goal is Timely. Can it be accomplished in a reasonable amount of time? A Goal Without a Deadline is Only a Dream! Defining your Ticket Goals An effective way of defining your ticket goals is to use the Who, What, Where, When, and Why steps. By describing each step for each goal, you can be assured that you will have a well-defined ticket goal. Then, after you have completed your ticket goal, perform a self-assessment to evaluate your goals. This is a good time to review your goal with your troop guide or ticket counselor. Who Person or groups who will be affected by this goal? The Team that will benefit from my Leadership. What A brief description of the action you plan to take to help make your vision become a reality. Where The setting where will you work on the goal? When Time-frame when you will work on the goal? Why Tell why this goal is important to you and how it relates to your vision for your group. How measured Describe the steps you will take to complete this action item. Details and descriptions should reflect the SMART guidelines. How do you measure the completion of your goal? How verified Describe how you and your troop guide will know when this action item is completed. How do you verify whether your goal helped to achieve your vision?

6 Values 20 Questions Job Description In Your Unit Statement Of Vision Success Mission Statements Goal #1 Goal #2 Goal #3 Goal #4 Goal #5 Mission Who? What? Where? When? How? Why? Verified S- Specific M- Measurable A- Attainable R- Relevant T- Time Based

7 Wood Badge Ticket Cover Sheet Name Patrol My personal values (what s important to me): My long-term goal (why I m in Scouting): My Scouting position on which ticket will be written: My responsibilities within this position: My Vision for the next 18 months (picture of future success within this position): My Mission (action plan of 5 goals to make my vision a reality) (1 or more diversity items):

8 Name: Wood Badge Course: Patrol My Current Scouting Position The Team that will benefit from my Leadership SMART Goal Item # (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely): My vision of success and the related plan of action: Who: What: When: Where: Why:. How: How Verified:

9 Name - Joe Scouter Wood Badge Course No. Cambridge My Scouting Position - Spiritual l Maintenance The Team That Will Benefit From my Leadership Worshipers SMART Goal (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely): My Mission is to provide resources for future generations to use in the maintenance of the chapel Who: Me, my fellow brothers, university grounds keepers What: Plant acorns Where: On the university grounds, near the chapel When: In the fall of 1308, after (or during) the chapels construction Why: Acorns grow into oak trees, which someday can replace the chapel beams How: Collect acorns from the great forests around Cambridge. Then Plant acorns along the paths of the university grounds. How Verified: I will keep a journal and illustrations of the chapel construction and the landscape plan

10 The Wood Badge Ticket Idea Sheet Wood Badge for the 21 st Century is a Leadership Course As a participant of this course you will be writing a Ticket, to be completed within 18 months, containing goals that will be beneficial to your Unit, District or Council depending on your position in Scouting. Your ticket will consist of five (5) different goals. One (1) of the five goals will have to deal with diversity in Scouting. We want you to take this opportunity to extend or challenge yourself while making sure your ticket is attainable. Use leadership skills that you learned here at Wood Badge, and use these skills to deliver the promise to the youth of America. Use this sheet as a worksheet to jot down ideas for Goals / Items for your ticket. As you participate in different Troop and Patrol presentations you may come up with some ideas that may be good Goals / Items for your ticket. This is a worksheet... You will not be turning in this sheet. It is for you own personal use to aid you in the Ticket writing process. Don t wait until the last weekend of this course to start writing your ticket! Start writing down some ideas today. Keep these sheets in your binder so that you can jot down ideas as they come to you. Refer back to the Precourse Assignment Twenty Questions. Those questions were developed to help you focus on your Values, Personal Interests, and your Visions for the future. You may find it helpful to refer back to your answers to those 20 questions when developing you ticket. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10)