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  1. For the first time, I heard leadership described as authenticity. I didn't know that was an old representation. I wish I heard that representation 15 years ago. I think it's a great term around which to teach leadership and relate attributes of leadership. I think we as scouters can use the term "authenticity" as a teaching tool. For many years I've assserted BSA unit leaders should stop explicitly teaching "leadership" as so many leaders do an absolute horrible job at it. Often I see bad examples, demoralized scouts or explicitly the exact oppositve of what I view as good leadership
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  2. I agree. Authenticity is very important. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
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  3. I just read that the President and First Lady have tested positive for covid. My prayers go out to them for a safe and speedy recovery.
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  4. My son has been nominated for National Meritorious Action award. I have recently learned about the existence of this award (and a bit more from the form itself) but unable to find details on profiles of past winners from recent history, stats on how many scouts were awarded this honor by year, by council or state etc. I also would like to know how the National Court of Honor works. Some references on this forum for the award are from several years back so not sure where to look for what I described above. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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  5. The Lone Scout Memory Lodge Museum was constructed at Camp John J. Barnhardt (NC) and dedicated Aug. 13, 1970. It held a collection of pins, patches, books and other memorabilia that told the story of the Lone Scouts. It closed in 2006 and most contents transferred to the W.D. Boyce Scout Museum, now called Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum, in Ottawa, Ill. Source with photo and audio: https://www.thesnaponline.com/2020/10/03/peeking-into-the-past-lone-scout-memory-lodge-museum/
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  6. Good stuff. The challenge for adults influencing leadership in youth is taking what is learned and experienced, and applying it into actions. What I learned: -leadership doesn’t really appear until most of the team actually desires real goal. Most troops fail because Patrols don’t have true goals that require them to come together. And 3 or 4 Little goals is too many in my experience, even at work. 1 or 2 Real goals provides plenty environment for leadership development. We once took the new scouts to an indoors laser-tag center for a bonding exercise. Indoor laser-tag sessions
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  7. The article appears to be focusing on business managers. I am not a businessman, so I don't know much about authenticity in business management. I am a teacher. I can honestly tell you that things are going in the exact opposite direction in education. Teachers are not encouraged to be authentic. Schools are afraid of authenticity. Today's school curriculum is designed to teach to the test. Every minute of instruction time is accounted for. A classroom lesson plan must identify every teaching activity and match it up with a learning goal from the state curriculum. The teacher is
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  8. I too hope that the President and the First Lady, as well as the two Senators and others who work in and around the President who have tested positive, only experience a mild version of COVID and recover soon. The country needs them to recover. It would be easy to take a potshot at the President in this era of partisan politics. But politics aside, we have to remember that the the President has significant responsibilities to the defense of this nation and its well being, and we need a healthy Leader. It makes me think of the line in the Scout Oath, “to do my duty to God and my Countr
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  9. Your son must have done something very good. I commend him.
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  10. I don't see how depriving councils of funding is "excellent" unless (as I believe is your position?) all councils and the entirety of Boy Scouts of America should be disbanded which I very much disagree with. In the meantime, units that are within Boy Scouts of America and that wish to remain so should a) obey the rules while b) advocating for rules changes they want. Openly and knowingly disregarding BSA rules is no way to demonstrate adult leadership.
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  11. I would suggest just re-writing it if you can remember any of it. That's what I've been doing for various ceremonies and scripts. I just did the Webelos Tribe story at a den meeting, and I took what i found online and modified the heck out of it. A lot of this stuff was never official BSA programming, and was just written and/or edited by various scouters over the years. I use those documents as a starting point, but I re-write stuff as needed. Not just for cultural significance but also just to get the right kind of story, ceremony, or script for what I'm trying to do. I even edit c
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