National Young Leaders Day

 

As an excitement Ms Kirkpatrick, Mr Shaun, and the school leaders went to the Vodafone Events Center for the National Young Leaders Day. National Young Leaders day is a day where all leaders from each school gather together to learn the key competences about what a leader is. There were amazing speakers that spoke to us about their leadership journey, which were: Ronnie Taulafo 

( What Now TV Show), Dr Lehan Stemmet, Hana Tapiata, Christian Gallen, and Kings. Our hosts of the day were Liz Alexander, and Phill Baker. Each person spoke about their leadership journey and what it really meant to them. My favourite quote of all was " Communicate to lead, Communicate to connect". One lesson that I learnt was to accept, appreciate, and respect, others. If I was to make the world a better place for someone I would accept their forgiveness. We all learnt what the Korero (food) of a leader is, which meant having conversations. When we have important conversations, we listen, learn, and lead with each other. After each session 5 students had the chance of asking a question to each speaker. My favourite part about the National Young Leaders Day was Christan Gallen's speech, because his jokes were funny, and his leadership journey catched my attention towards what he was saying.