My host family in Ecuador.
Where are you going? What are your past experiences? I wrote down these two questions because I believe the first is a question that every group needs to ask themselves and the second question is what helps get them there. A personal example of when I saw these two questions in action was when my group at LeaderShape had to develop a form of inspiration for the theme of the day, "Challenging what is and looking for what could be." We knew where we wanted to go- we had to develop a skit, song, or dance, but we had no clue how to get started. Our group spent hours trying to come up with any ideas for an inspiration. Eventually, we all started naming skits that we had performed at camps when we were younger. The final product was a mock competition: LeaderShape's Best Dance Crew, where two teams, THE Ohio State Buckeyes and the university of m!ch!g@n's wolverines competed for the title. The team up north had always performed the same dance with flawless accuracy and had brought home the gold for 10 years in a row. They executed their dance on stage with serious concentration... The Chicken Dance. The Buckeyes always challenged the wolverines at their same dance but this year, they decided to go out on a limb and perform a risky dance that could change the future of the competition forever. They executed their dance with roars of delight from the audience... The Stanky Leg. Somehow, we had all come together to create a cute skit by using ideas from our different experiences. I think the reason it took us so long to create this skit was because no one had stepped forward as a leader and helped bring our group together. So in my limited experience, I think that it is a leaders job to bring groups together to achieve a task.
The m!ch!g@n wolverines, LeaderShape's Best Dance Crew's announcers, and THE Ohio State Buckeyes.
