Entrepreneurship Leadership Forum

Aims & objectives

Self-Discovery Trainer - Show the delegates the importance of self discovery as a starting point for personal leadership (leading of one’s own life) and leading of others. Give the delegates a tool to find out what they can do in life – show them a way of finding their life purpose and vision. Find the topics of external environment delegates care about.
- Provide space for the delegates to discover themselves – understand their current reality, life story, their values and desires, strengths, talents and passions. Participants experience a space where they can retreat, reflect, share and listen to their inner voice.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

The target group was students which are finishing their studies and this track was enabling youth to think about their future career steps. The training was international and there were people from 15 countries.

Training methods used & main activities

- Techniques: creative problem solving, games and ice breakers, situational simulations logical problem solving, listening, questioning, summarizing, goal setting, managing emotions.
- Tools: conceptualization, visualization, presentations and ect.

Outcomes of the activity

Delegates got the input of importance of Self-discovery or leading their own life on the examples of life stories of external guests, who speak about topics such as how they found their life purpose, how they got to do what they do, what they love and how they combine what they are good at with what they do. Delegates got inputs on the Leadership topic from externals who share their understanding of LDS, how they demonstrate LDS in daily life, which LDS concepts they favour, what is their life philosophy and such.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- creation session development
- Delivering sessions
- Observe each participant (e.g. behavioural patterns, group dynamics, interaction, emotional state etc)
- Ensure that your participants stay in between the comfort- and panic –zone (stretching/learning zone).
- facilitate the process and challenge delegates but never manipulate towards your ideas of leadership and self-discovery
- Flexibility and informal education teaching and learning adaptability in respond

I worked on this training for 4 days days as a full time trainer.