Keynote, Full Day or 1/2 Day

On location, Conference, Virtual

Participants 12 -250

Australia Wide + International Virtual Delivery

Student Leadership Keynote and Conference Speaker | Emerging Leadership Student Workshop | In-person and Virtual Australia

Authentic Leadership : Youth and Student Leaders

Adelaide
Brisbane
Canberra
Darwin
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Australia Wide

Contemporary School Student Leadership Training for Prefects, University or Youth leaders

This is an empowering and insightful workshop that covers key contemporary leadership skills. This workshop is designed to stimulate positive leadership practices actively and delivers
a team-building experience. Guarantees Aha moments and practical skills and strategies student leaders can implement immediately in the school environment.

Authentic Leadership is a contemporary leadership foundations course

Leadership starts with self-development, and participants will have the opportunity to better understand and appreciate their authentic leadership style through strengths discovery. We also review the foundations of building strong one-on-one
relationships built on trust.

Participants will be better able to:

Enhance their personal leadership presence and authenticity through discovering their strengths. This helps to build trust.
Discover research-based strategies to grow their emotional intelligence.
Identify their strengths and ‘hot buttons’ and the shadow side to their strengths
Identify personal strengths couplings that fuel optimum performance
Understand the benefits of a coach vs critic mindset
Give positive and constructive feedback with the clarity of positive intent
Develop a clearer leadership vision of how they will authentically lead in their role as student leaders or school prefects.

The Positively Charged and Resilient Leader

Intro and Icebreaker: Ball toss story
The Big Picture Australian Trends: Why do people follow?
Leading a positive culture: Strategies to build emotional intelligence
Self-Awareness card activity Why mood matters: broaden and build theory
Self-Management Activity: Habitual emotional language
Collective Reflection to support holistic and group resilience

Harnessing Authentic Strengths: energy, engagement and building trust

VIA character strengths: Creating trust you at your authentic best Trust foundations = Character + Competence
The whole student leadership collective signature strengths are graphed to appreciate collective strengths
Discover alignment with the student body strengths and personal alignment with the school values?
Discussion: story reflection in small groups and shared with the whole group.
Identify personal strengths couplings that fuel optimum performance

CONSOLIDATION ACTIVITY: leadership legacy statement: 3 things you’d like to be known and remembered for.

Coaching Conversations: delivering feedback with positive intent

Self-reflection Activity Awareness of our own experience in receiving positive and constructive feedback in the school environment and the impact it had on behaviour
Positive relationships: positive communication ratio
Courageous conversations: Recognise the signs that it is time to talk about a situation. Identify our own barriers that prevent communicating.
Golden rules for the first 30 seconds
Use techniques to constructively initiate a feedback discussion with a team member, peer, teacher, lecturer, manager or parent.
Prepare for a coaching style feedback situation relevant to your situation or one that will likely arise. Establish clear positive intent to enable confidence in what you are saying. Identify practical strategies to assist when responses to feedback are unexpected.
The power of praise: strengthens appreciation of others in the leadership team
Reflections on the day and personal relevance

Desired Leadership Team Culture

Team agreements development aligned with the school values. This includes identifying acceptable and unacceptable behaviours of how they would collectively like to work together.
Development of a Leadership Team vision statement
Reflections and close

VIA PROFILE TOOL and strengths VIA Institute on Character

The profile evaluation is the only scientifically validated online strengths tool relevant to all cultures and is used in over 190 countries. Over 15 million people have taken it.

Jane Wundersitz is the Australian Master trainer for SMCOV/ VIA Institute on Character Premier Programs.

This is What Our Clients Thought

"We could feel your energy beaming through our screens."
"It was such a positive, engaging and insightful session. Can’t wait to put it all into practice!"

Ellie Scanlon Seda College: Melbourne Student Leadership Team

"Interactive, Informative and helped me grow. Enjoyed it all, the presenter was zest, kind and open to listening."

Sara| Student Leader 2022 SMT Queensland Academy

"An enjoyable explanation of key points of leadership. Liked the atmosphere and that it was interactive an showed me who I am."

LC | Student Leader 2021 SMT Queensland Academy

"An enjoyable and important workshop for our leadership team."

Jack The Scots College : Sydney

WHO IS THIS FOR?

University leadership programs
School Student Leadership development
Youth and council leadership development workshops

TEAM FLOW ON BENEFITS

Student Leadership Team flow-on benefits include

Increased engagement levels
Build morale and improved trust and respect for each other
Team members feel valued; understand how they contribute to the big picture
Create a more fertile environment for contribution.

EXPERT FACILITATORS

This workshop is delivered by our dynamic team of Expert Facilitators. A collective of seasoned professionals committed to empowering your organisation. Drawing on extensive real-world experience in positive psychology, strategic team development, and leadership, our facilitators deliver highly engaging, evidence-based workshops tailored to your team’s unique needs. Every session is designed to inspire growth, build resilience, and elevate performance.

PROFILE OPTIONS OR PRE-WORK

VIA Strengths or VIA Me student report

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Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.

Jane Wundersitz