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Youth Formation “Effective Management Skills for Catholic Youth Leaders in Ghana”

Youth Formation “Effective Management Skills for Catholic Youth Leaders in Ghana”. Catholic Youth Formation Center, Accra – July 2014. YOUTH OF GHANA. ARISE AND SHINE. Introduction Expectations Welcome & Interaction Objectives.

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Youth Formation “Effective Management Skills for Catholic Youth Leaders in Ghana”

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  1. Youth Formation • “Effective Management Skills for Catholic Youth Leaders in Ghana” • Catholic Youth Formation Center, Accra – July 2014

  2. YOUTH OF GHANA • ARISE AND SHINE

  3. Introduction • Expectations • Welcome & Interaction Objectives

  4. Ghana plays a key role in African leadership. It was the first country in colonial Africa to achieve its independence in 1957, and is home to world leaders, such as Kofi Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former UN Secretary General.

  5. Rapid population growth amongst the youth demographic in Ghana has made access to education and employment training opportunities increasingly difficult. Young women face many additional challenges, with less than 60% finishing primary school and the rate of HIV infection being twice as high amongst young women as that of their male peers aged 14 to 24 years. EMPOWER NOW!!!

  6. Interaction Objectives • To introduce elements of effective management skills to Youth Leaders. • To emphasize efficient time management as critical for developing effective management skills. • To highlight areas of effective management applicable to leaders. • To have fun!

  7. Election of Interaction Leaders

  8. Group Exercise • Identify your top two skills necessary for Effective Management • Tell Us Why • Questions, Comments, Contributions

  9. What are Management Skills? • Attributes/Abilities/Competencies to address change • Complex Environments • Times of Uncertainty • Addressing Problems/ Challenges

  10. What are Effective Management Skills? • Demonstrated Abilities that make the individual responsive to • Directing • Supervising • Encouraging Others • Inspiring • Coordinating • Support Leadership in-self and others – Guide Change

  11. Five Pillar Skills of Effective Management • Creative Problem Solving Skills • Communication Skills • Conflict Management Skills • Negotiation Skills • Self Awareness and Improvement

  12. Conclusion • Mathew 5:13 -16 • “ You are salt of the earth…You are the light of the world…shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”

  13. PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH • As a volunteer in Ghana you may: • Coordinate and work alongside local youth to implement HIV/AIDS, leadership and life skills workshops and conferences. • Assist with entrepreneurship and technical skills training programs, helping young people to gain vocational skills and earn sustainable livelihoods. • Mobilize youth to become active and engaged citizens in their communities by promoting participation and identifying existing support systems, resources and opportunities to do so. • Work with young women to promote leadership, capacity building, income generation, and involvement in community decision-making processes.

  14. PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH GHANA YOUTH INSPIRE CHANGE INOVATE

  15. PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH References: Youth Challenge International - Ghana. (n.d.). Retrieved July 6, 2014, from http://www.yci.org/html/where/ghana.asp Images of Ghana Youth https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+ghana+youth&client=firefox-a&hs=62y&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&t

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