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While the sites you gave me links to show pretty complicated, well-built versions, I've seen a simple version built with a U.S. Army shelter-half and a bunch of brush in an hour or so. But I suppose I better test it before I inflict it on my program participants. Thanks again. Brian

That is the word for it, "coracle." Thanks for the reminder!

I saw it done a couple of times when I was much younger: Take a sheet of canvas, wrap it around a doughnut-shaped pile of branches, and make a boat that would float one or two persons across a small pond or pool. I've searched the 'net for a few minutes and cannot find a reference to this challenging activity. It's pretty simple, but I'm wondering how big the canvas (or these days, a waterproof tarp) would have to be. Anyone recall this activity and /or have any instructions? Thanks! Brian Phelps

Came across this info, written by Bela Banathy in his 1963 master's thesis, Parameters of a New Design in Leadership Development, which I thought I'd share. "In his book Scouting for Boys, Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, established the principles of training junior leaders when he suggested that the Scoutmaster should select 'a party of six to eight youth or bright boys, and carefully instruct them in the details of peace-Scouting.' These boys, he then says, could act as patrol leaders in training each five to six more boys in Scouting.(1) "Based on this philosophy, the

Kudu, you are obviously a man of seasoned opinion. I would love to hear what you've learned from writing a leadership development curriculum and then recruiting adults and youth, funding, designing, developing, planning, and implementing a leadership development experience for youth based on the principles you advocate. Forward, upward, onward, Brian Phelps Co-director, White Stag Leadership Development Monterey Bay Area, California "The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers." Thomas Sowell (

Kudu, I'm not sure where to you have gained your expertise on "White Stag's academic "Telling-Selling-Consulting-Delegating-Joining" but your derisive comments are out of bounds. I do not feel compelled to necessarily explain the program to you specifically. You do not seem to ever alter your opinion. But for all those who read your words and would like to be acquainted with a few facts, let me elaborate. You cannot lump the White Stag program in with NYLT and by a broad swipe of your hand accuse it likewise of abandoning the patrol method and outdoors leadership education bas

The concept of Be * Know * Do has been well defined in the book "Be * Know * Do: Leadership the Army Way, Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual," available here http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0787970832/techpros/ Here are a few more links to sites with information on leadership that I have found interesting: Air Force Strategic Leadership Studies Competencies and Skills http://leadership.au.af.mil/sls-skil.htm Air Force Strategic Leadership Studies Humility as a Leadership Attribute (PDF) http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/milreview/doty.pdf Edu

Due to continued interest, I've reopened the JLT needs assessment to continued voting: http://www.phelpstek.com/jltsurvey.html I've temporarily blocked access to the results until the survey closes again at the end of August. YIS, Brian

Due to continued interest, I've reopened the JLT needs assessment to continued voting: http://www.phelpstek.com/jltsurvey.html I've temporarily blocked YIS, Brian

My apologies to all who did not get to take part in the survey. If there is enough interest, I will consider paying for an additional month and reopen the survey. Let me know! To see the questions asked and results, see the link in my previous post. Brian

Sorry about the closed survey. I didn't realize my month subscription was up. A total of 28 people responded. You might like to see the results: http://tinyurl.com/56dcqo I think the most interesting finding is-- 75% think their boys are not adequately trained for their position 41% send 1-3 boys to junior leader training each year; another 50% send 3+ boys 52% say JLT did NOT meet their needs and expectations What's missing from this picture? I am interested to know what you think. Brian Phelps as in "Michael Phelps"

I posted an invitation to a JLT survey a week or two ago. A total of 28 people responded. You might like to see the results: http://tinyurl.com/56dcqo I think the most interesting finding is-- 75% think their boys are not adequately trained for their position 41% send 1-3 boys to junior leader training each year; another 50% send 3+ boys 52% say JLT did NOT meet their needs and expectations What's missing from this picture? I am interested to know what you think. Brian Phelps as in "Michael Phelps"

John-in-KC, emb021, thank you for the clarification. I did plow through many of the posts, but the brotherly chit chat between BW and K gets a bit tedious and redundant. I absolutely did not pick up on the subtle parody embodied in the "White Stag is evil" comment. Thanks for educating me. As to the two books you mention emb021, I am grateful that you find them useful enough to keep around. I am embarking on slowly updating the two books, enlightened perhaps with a more mature and practical understanding of boy leadership, and will re-publish them in hard copy, as the cost of small volume

Wadahoot, I'm sorry your son had a terrible experience at White Stag in the Crossroads Council. However, you have confused the web site for "White Stag" in California with the CrossRoads Council's web site: http://www.crossroadsbsa.org/FunctionsofScoutingMenu/Training/CouncilTrainingEvents/WhiteStag/tabid/139/Default.aspx White Stag in Monterey, California http://www.whitestag.org and in the San Francisco Bay Area http://www.whitestagcrew122.com The Cross Roads council program currently utilizes the standardized nationally-mandated NYLT program. The White Stag

Ever new idea is to be used to insult people. White Stag is evil. -- emb021 Whoa! Where did this come from in the midst of thread about Situational Leadership? White Stag has nothing to do with Situational Leadership, nor the rest of this thread. If you want to be informed about White Stag, see their web site www.whitestag.org. You will see their Sharing Leadership is based on Telling-Selling-Consulting-Delegating-Joining. So watch those careless, un-thought comments. Brian