Habitudes are an interesting series of books (and resources)
aimed to help students learn leadership.
There are 6 books in the series, which have the full title of
Habitudes: Images that form leadership habits and attitudes. These books were developed by Tim Elmore thru his company
Growing Leaders,
which aims to help students (high school and college age) develop as
leaders. Each Habitudes book has 13
images (the communications one has 16 images).
With each image is a short article on the leadership concept tied to
that image. This is then followed by a
short Reflect and Respond section, then a self assessment, then an
Exercise. The communication volume uses
different terms, but it’s the same purpose.
Additional resources available are teaching materials and a
DVD for several of the books.
Be advised that there are 2 version of the books and
accompanying resources. One is
values-based and the other is faith-based.
The faith-based materials are for Christian youth groups and the like,
while the values-based is for all others.
Keep this in mind when ordering the materials.
The 5 books published are:
- The Art of Self-Leadership
- The Art of Connecting with Others
- The Art of Leading Others
- The Art of Changing Culture
- The Art of Engaging Communication (For Communicators)
If you work with you, these would be a great
resource for you, and a creative youth advisor could use these materials
for several leadership reflections programs in meetings and events.
Volume one focuses on the concept of “self leadership”,
which we have touched on in other Notes.
Self-leadership is about how an individual “leads” themselves. The focus is to improve oneself so that one
can be a better leader of others.
The next two volumes are kind of flip sides of each
other. One is about connecting with
others, and the other is about leading others.
Are they the same? No, but they
are related, as you can’t lead others if you cannot connect with them.
The fourth volume is on changing cultures. This is a concept we have not really touched
on (yet) in this series. Many times as
leaders we may need to change the culture of the organizations we lead. Some groups may have cultures or practices
that hold them back, and so changes much be done if the group is to move
forward and be successful.
A recent video was also released in conjunction with the
Communication volume that is making the rounds:
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