West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership

Personal and Workplace

Productivity Skills

Leadership is about Leadership is about change. change.

It’s about taking people It’s about taking people from where they are now from where they are now to where they need to to where they need to

be.be.

Excelling In Excelling In A Changing A Changing

WorldWorld

The primary aim of education is not to

enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.

21st Century 21st Century Wheel of LearningWheel of Learning

Personal and Workplace Personal and Workplace Productivity SkillsProductivity SkillsThe student will exhibit The student will exhibit

leadership, ethical behavior, leadership, ethical behavior, respect for others, accept respect for others, accept responsibility for personal responsibility for personal

actions considering the impact actions considering the impact on others; take the initiative on others; take the initiative to plan and execute tasks; and to plan and execute tasks; and interact productively as a interact productively as a

group.group.

Why do we need to Why do we need to

focus on focus on integrating integrating personal and personal and workplace workplace

productivity productivity skills?skills?

What are What are employers employers

looking for?looking for?

Group Activity

Top 10 Qualities/Skills Top 10 Qualities/Skills Employers SeekEmployers Seek

Communication Skills (verbal & written)Communication Skills (verbal & written) Honesty/IntegrityHonesty/Integrity Teamwork SkillsTeamwork Skills Interpersonal SkillsInterpersonal Skills Motivation/initiativeMotivation/initiative Strong Work EthicStrong Work Ethic Analytical and Organizational SkillsAnalytical and Organizational Skills Technology SkillsTechnology Skills Embrace Diversity Embrace Diversity Creative MindsCreative Minds

What is your school What is your school doing to promote doing to promote

personal and personal and workplace skills?workplace skills?

Group Activity

Students must be Students must be empowered to have empowered to have a voice and to be a voice and to be leaders of their leaders of their own learning…own learning…

Are your students Are your students engaged?engaged?

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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

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Empowerment Empowerment EngagementEngagementLeadership Leadership DevelopmentDevelopmentGoal SettingGoal Setting

Social EtiquetteSocial EtiquetteTeam WorkTeam Work

CitizenshipCitizenship

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““It is not enough to be It is not enough to be busy. busy.

The question is: The question is: What are we busy about?”What are we busy about?”

Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau

Are we working on the right things?

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Unleashing The Unleashing The Potential In Potential In

OthersOthers

How Effective Are How Effective Are You?You?

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