How to Get a First Rate Leadership Education

Posted by Kayley Kenzie on March 31, 2008
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Leadership education instructs children how to think and prepares them to be leaders in all areas of life: at home, in the community, in business, and in government.

This is the sort of education that most parents would like for their children. I know I want my children to be innovative thinkers.

Historically, most of the greatest leaders and thinkers got their education through mentors and tutors at home.

As the students’ education progressed, they moved on to prep schools. Continuing through the mentor approach, they would study the classics.

Ultimately, it is the mentor system that develops leaders. Sadly, the leaders that we usually think of in America are trained to be professionals and specialists, not true leaders.

Today’s nation is mostly comprised of followers who are blind to the problems in the current system. If the following generation is going to have a hope of overcoming this problem, it’s our responsibility to teach them how to be leaders who can make an impact in the world.

There are four important components in leadership education: Mentors, time, and classics.

Time. Students need time to learn. It is important to have some kind of structure for your child to learn, such as 5 days a week for 5 hours a day for older students.

This will allow enough time for your child to read and study. Younger students will not need so much time.

Mentors and Classics. We won’t separate these two factors of leadership education because learning how to think well is attained through discussion of the classics.

When the student is reading, it is just as essential for the mentor to read it. Ideally, the student and the teacher alike should write down key ideas in a reading journal.

You can start the day off with a math lesson for the first hour, and writing or discussion with a mentor during the last hour. The time in between can be used for free reading, studying, and experimenting.

For centuries, this type of learning has been the means for acquiring knowledge and skills needed for leaders.

With leadership education, you will be encouraged to find a mentor who can read and study the classics with your children. Although most people are familiar with certain literature and history classics, there are classics for practically all subjects.

There are even classics in science, such as Newton’s Principia Mathematics. I wouldn’t suggest starting out with this, but when the time comes to read a mathematic classic, try it out.

If you want your child to think logically and clearly, leadership education will provide the foundation. If you plan to mentor your child, you must be certain that you are a great thinker and learner yourself.

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