The Competent Leadership Manuals

The Competent Leadership manuals

The manual is organized into ten separate projects, each with its own individual focus or objective. You'd need to do several tasks to complete each project. It is an extremely effective tool in developing leadership skills.

After completing the Competent Leadership Program manuals, members earn Competent Leader (CL) recognition.

The chart below lists the ten projects in the Competent Leadership Program manuals:

# Project Title Roles Objectives
1 Listening and Leadership
  • Speech Evaluator
  • Table Topic Speaker
  • Ah-Counter
  • Grammarian
  • Determine your current listening skills.
  • Identify the seven steps to better listening.
  • Practive listening skills in various club meeting roles.
2 Critical Thinking
  • Speech Evaluator
  • Grammarian
  • General Evaluator
  • Determine your current thinking skills.
  • Practice critical-thinking skills in various club roles.
3 Giving Feedback
  • Speech Evaluator
  • Grammarian
  • General Evaluator
  • Determine your current skills in giving feedback.
  • Identify the steps in giving feedback effectively
  • Practice giving feedback as you serve in various meetings roles
4 Time Management
  • Toastmaster
  • Speaker
  • Table Topicsmaster
  • Grammarian
  • Timer
  • Determine your current time-management skills.
  • Identify steps to effectively manage time.
  • Practice time-management skills in various club roles.
5 Planning and Implementation
  • Speaker
  • General Evaluator
  • Toastmaster
  • Table Topicsmaster
  • Determine current planning and implementation skills.
  • Identify steps in planning and implementation skills in various club roles.
6 Organizing and Delegating
  • Help organize a club speech contest
  • Help organize a club special event
  • Help organize a club membership campaign or contest
  • Help organize a club public relations campaign
  • Help produce the club newsletter
  • Assist the club's Webmaster
  • Determine current skills in organizing and delegating.
  • Identify steps in the organization and delegation process.
  • Practice skills in organizing and delegating during various club roles.
7 Developing Your Facilitation Skills
  • Toastmaster
  • General Evaluator
  • Table Topicsmaster
  • Befrend a guest at a club meeting
  • Determine your present facilitation abilities.
  • Identify facilitation strategies.
  • Practice facilitation skills in various meeting roles
8 motivating People
  • Membership campaign or contest chairman.
  • Public relations campaign chairman.
  • Toastmaster.
  • Speech Evaluator.
  • General Evaluator.
  • Determine your current motivational skills.
  • Identify conditions that motivate people.
  • Practice motivational skills while serving in club roles
9 Mentoring
  • Mentor for a new member
  • Mentor for an existing member
  • Guidance committee member for someone who is working on a High Performance Leadership program project
  • Determine your current mentoring skills.
  • Identify the steps in being a good mentor.
  • Practice mentoring skills in various club roles.
10 Team Building
  • Toastmaster
  • General Evaluator
  • Club Membership Campaign or Contest Chairman
  • Club Public Relations Campaign Chairman
  • Club Speech Contest Chairman
  • Club Newsletter Editor
  • Club Webmaster
  • Determine your current team-building skills.
  • Identify the steps in building a team.
  • Practice team-building skills while servicing in various club roles.