De1stBeast

I've been involved with the White Stag program since 1995. The program was first developed in 1958, in the Monterey Bay Area Council. The founders of White Stag developed 11 leadership competencies. The national council heard about the program and used the leadership competencies in the national JLT program. The skills were in use by the BSA until the creation of NYLT. However, the focus of the program is not on teaching leadership skills, but ensuring that participants LEARN the leadership skills. A lot of attention is placed on developing challenging activities in which participants ca