Leadership starts with you
Recognize everyday leadership and the choices that belong to you.
Foundations Leadership Academy / Course introduction
Leading
yourself.
Your next chapter starts with a choice you can make today.
Try an everyday momentA 3–5 minute introduction for young people preparing for life after high school.
You don’t need
your whole life
figured out.
01 / Notice the choices
Leadership shows up
in ordinary moments.
Before you lead a team, you make choices about your own time, effort, and direction. Explore a situation and see what you could do next.
Picture this
Everyone’s choosing classes.
Your friends are signing up for the same classes. You’re interested in a different pathway, but you haven’t looked into what it requires.
Explore a possible next move.
02 / Find your part
Responsibility
isn’t the same as blame.
You won’t control every circumstance or have the same support as everyone else. Leading yourself means noticing the choices you do have and asking for help when you need it.
I can choose
Whether I ask for help, prepare for a conversation, or make time for one next step.
What is one choice available to you today?
03 / Choose a next step
A goal gives you direction.
A system keeps you moving.
Start small. Pick something you’d like to explore, one useful action, and a time you can realistically give it.
Inside the full learning design
One introduction.
A bigger journey.
This portfolio adaptation introduces a three-session workshop design for learners entering grades 10–12 and graduating seniors. The full outline combines discussion, scenarios, reflection, and between-session practice.
Take the wheel
Explore responsibility, habits, and ways to follow through.
Lead with direction
Connect goals to a weekly system and a personal leadership plan.