Skills, Attitudes, Knowledge,

and Values
Personal Development
as a Trainer or Leader
in WAGGGS

My Personality
Is my own very special
combination of my

SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE
ATTITUDES
VALUES

based on my experiences in life up

to now
and as I experience every day,
my personality is growing all through
my life.

Skills, Attitudes, Kno

Skills

SKILLS
What I am actually cabable of doing
What I physically am capable of doing
What I mentally am able to manage
What I have trained to improve

I can sing
I can put English words together to
make an understandable sentence
I can drive a car
I can use a compass
I can watch TV and relax

? Which skills do you have?

? What can you do?
? What training do you need?

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Attitudes

My opinions about life

What I like and do not like
My prejudices
My willingness & motivation

I like international events

I am happy with my family
I am afraid of spiders
I always think positively
about guides
Men feel more sick than
women!

? Which attitudes do you have ?

? Do you have any prejudices?
? What would you like to do next
summer?
? Does teamwork challenge or frighten
you?

Skills, Attitudes, Kno

Attitude game
Fear

Happiness

Love

Pain

Surprise

Disgust

Hate

Ignorance

Grief

Sadness

Adoration

Shyness

Skills, Attitudes, Kno

Knowledge
What I actually know or have read,
heard or believe
I cannot decide to forget on
purpose
I know at least 50 English words in
Danish
I know the Guide Law by heart
I know the names of the Training
Committee
I know what I should do in case of
an accident
? What do you know about your
neighbour?
? What would you like to know about
what?

Skills, Attitudes, Kno

To know or to believe??
A business man had just turned off the
light in the shop, when a man
appeared and asked for money.
The owner opened the money box; the
contents were taken out of the
money box, and the man
disappeared.
The Police were informed immediately.
Skills, Attitudes, Kno

Values
My play rules in life
My reasons for choosing
My personal law
I will try to keep the
Guide law
I will be positive
When I fail, I must find
at least
5 positive experiences
about it

? What are your values?

Skills, Attitudes, Kno

Self image
How I look at and
imagine myself
Who I feel I AM (a
guide, a wife, a
citizen with rights)
Do I accept myself
as I am - or do I not?
(Am I OK or not?)
My backbone

To be or not to
be that is the
question!
Skills, Attitudes, Kno

SELF CONFIDENCE
How I believe in my
own qualifications
What I actually DO
Visible results of
my existence
What others
recognize
What others
appreciate or not
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SELF ESTEEM.
My self esteem is my
self-image + my self
confidence together.
If one of these is
negative, I do not
feel OK.
My self esteem is
influencing my
behaviour, and how I
look at other people.
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Experience/Training
I am a result of my life until this very
moment.
Every second many thousands of little
signals reach me most of them I do
not sense consciously.
My bag of experiences is like a computer
where all the signals are filed.
2 or 3 signals with the same result make
You cannot
me generalize, and soon I will have a new
teach a man
attitude.
We do not learn any knowledge or skill
anything you
without an attitude towards or against it.
can only help
him to discover
it for himself.
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Training..
..is gradually changing a
persons behaviour
through a change in the
persons
skills
knowledge
attitudes
values
or a combination of these.
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Trainers mirror
Fill out the handout Trainers
mirror individually
Plenary/group discussion:
Which.
Skills
Attitudes
Knowledge
Values
are important for a
trainer today?
How do we train on this?
How do we motivate the
trainer to personal
development?

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