A one day Leadership workshop was organised for the newly inducted cabinet members of Study Hall school for the academic session 2023-24 at Hotel Grand JBR on Monday, 26th June 2023. It envisaged to hone the leadership skills needed to guide & lead the student body effectively. It aimed to widen the horizons of visualizing, planning, critical thinking, decision making and crisis management. SHEF believes in empowering young minds and creating opportunities for more and more students to become young leaders as they are the future visionaries who would impact their surroundings and become effective citizens.
It was attended by the resource persons – the school Principal Mrs Meenakshi Bahadur ,Vice Principal – Mrs Meenakshi Shah, Ms Arunima Trivedi, all cabinet members and a few prominent office bearers of the past student cabinets. Technical assistance was ably provided by Mr Taj Mohd.
The workshop began with an ice breaking session which helped in creating a comfortable and conducive environment , setting the tone for the day.
It was followed by a thinking session on – ‘What is Leadership & How to be an authentic Leader’. A
Group Activity on Self Awareness was carried out wherein the young leaders tried to focus on the importance of knowing thy self.
Self-reflection time lead to some introspection , retrospection, analysis and evaluation.
Another group activity of Team Building was by followed by a PPT stressing on Emotional quotient & Intelligence quotient. In today’s world EQ is gaining more importance over IQ in all circles. The Three C’s of teamwork were deliberated upon and discussed at length namely effective Communication, Collaboration and Cooperation.
Due stress was laid on team building as the first step towards the success of any project/program. Thereafter the past student leaders –
• Arundhati Singh – HEAD GIRL 2019
• Aditya Shukla – HEAD BOY 2020
• Aman Arun –HOUSE CAPTAIN 2020 and
• Dron Pande – VICE HEAD BOY 2023 shared their anecdotes and success mantras with the new leaders. They have been good role models and the new incumbents got a chance to learn a lot from their rich and varied past experiences.
A very positive session on Self-Healing was conducted by Disha Kaushal (Batch 2005) which was immensely beneficial to all present.
Towards the end a session on Planning & Execution for the current session(2023-24) was held, wherein a framework was discussed to host various events throughout the session and efficacious ways to conduct day to day activities of the student cabinet.
A concluding note by the Principal followed stressing the need for effective leadership and the role of the youth in creating a social order based on democratic citizenship ,social justice and gender equality along with personal flourishing. She reiterated immense faith in their leadership potential and hoped that they would be role models for the entire school body leading with empathy and selflessness.
It was a very engaging session with a meaningful exchange of ideas and some great brain storming. The students wished for more such sessions to help them steer their leadership path in the best possible way.
