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The West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership focuses on equipping students with personal and workplace productivity skills through leadership development, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Discover strategies to empower students and cultivate key qualities employers seek. Are you working on the right things to unleash potential in others?
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West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership Personal and Workplace Productivity Skills
Leadership is about change. It’s about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be.
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
Personal and Workplace Productivity Skills The student will exhibit leadership, ethical behavior, respect for others, accept responsibility for personal actions considering the impact on others; take the initiative to plan and execute tasks; and interact productively as a group.
Why do we need to focus on integrating personal and workplace productivity skills?
Top 10 Qualities/Skills Employers Seek • Communication Skills (verbal & written) • Honesty/Integrity • Teamwork Skills • Interpersonal Skills • Motivation/initiative • Strong Work Ethic • Analytical and Organizational Skills • Technology Skills • Embrace Diversity • Creative Minds
What is your school doing to promote personal and workplace skills?
Students must be empowered to have a voice and to be leaders of their own learning…
Empowerment EngagementLeadership DevelopmentGoal SettingSocial EtiquetteTeam WorkCitizenship
“It is not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?”Henry David Thoreau