Leadership, heart and informal education: support for the book and CD - Born and Bred?

'Leadership, for us, is not about influencing groups and communities to follow a particular person’s vision, but rather working so that people may come together, flourish and build better lives.'

Born and Bred? The CD

Born and Bred? Telling stories of leadership – an extraordinary CD by Peter Cutts opens up the work of informal educators striving to deepen people’s experiences of leadership in different settings. Each of the seven tracks focuses on a particular group and highlights the issues arising.

Listen and enjoy

Born and Bred? The book

Born and Bred? explores some key themes for educators about leadership. These include:

• The idea that leaders are people with special qualities.

• The experience of leadership as a shared process.

• The place of heart in the work.

• The centrality of service, association and well-being.

• The relationship between animation, formation and education.

• The special role informal educators can play in developing environments where people can take responsibility and have a concern for each other.

Download the book (pdf).

Activities

A collection of games and activities contributed by agencies within the Rank Charities youth work network:

climbing the mountain

find the fruit and eat it

paper houses

physical brainstorm

river terror

talk show

team steeplechase

web cocoon

the web dough game

© Michele Erina Doyle and Mark K. Smith. First published July 1999.