Youth Leadership & Character Development

Empowering youths to through adventure experiences that are engaging, positive, customized, and led by professionally trained and experienced leaders! Powerful adventure experiences that will provide youths the tools that lead to increased self-confidence and self-esteem, improved leadership and problem solving skills, a greater ability to recognize positive vs. negative risk, and the grit and perseverance to overcome positive risks, avoid negative risks, and achieve goals!

Youths across the State are facing academic and social stressors that seem almost unimaginable. The importance of “positive play” and community-building experiences for youths has never been higher!

At EMPOWER, we recognize the importance of positive, engaging, and community-building experiences for children and teens – and are excited to announce an all-new 2019 Empowerment Initiative designed to support classroom management initiatives and after-school programming, and the students that they serve.

Our 2019 Empowerment Initiative is designed to take place at your school (during or after school hours), and focuses on helping students Believe in themselves, Discover their potential, and Achieve their personal awesomeness!

Led by Empower President, Dan Jaskot, the Youth Leadership and Empowerment Workshops will teach students to (1) set goals and a path to goal achievement, (2) become more aware of their emotions and how emotions impact themselves and others, (3) embrace challenges as opportunities to demonstrate courage and perseverance, and (4) resolve conflict and problem solve with others. Program sessions are 45 to 90 minutes in duration and start at $250.00 per session for up to 30 participants!

“60% of US companies are facing leadership talent shortages that are impeding their performance. Another 31% expect a lack of leadership talent to impede their performance in the next several years,” says leadership experts Sue Ashford and Steve DeRue. Furthermore, they assert, “We need to stop teaching leadership theory and start teaching people how to learn leadership from real experiences.”

The benefits of teaching leadership to our youths are immeasurable! From confidence building to self-coaching and perseverance, to leading others; by teaching youths to lead themselves and others, we are giving them (1) the self-confidence to stand up and express their opinions, (2) the ability to recognize right from wrong, (3) the courage to help those who can’t help themselves, and (4) the tools to fulfill their own potential!

EMPOWER Youth Development programs include fun, exciting, and engaging adventure experiences designed to introduce and teach positive leadership lessons to our youths. Our professionally-trained guides will facilitate each adventure; providing the tools that lead to increased self-confidence and self-esteem, improved leadership and team skills, a greater ability to recognize positive vs. negative risk, and the grit and perseverance to overcome positive risks, avoid negative risks, and achieve goals!

Developing Young Leaders through Positive and Engaging Adventure Initiatives

Bring Empowering Adventures to your school in 2019 and help your students discover their leadership greatness. EMPOWER Youth Leadership and Character Development programs have “gone mobile” – transforming your gym or cafeteria into an amazing adventure learning environment!

EMPOWER Mobile Leadership Programs are customized to suit the needs of your students and school – ranging in duration from 45 minutes to 5 hours, and accommodating group sizes of 10 to 120 students!

Request Program Pricing, or contact Dan Jaskot (860-638-4754, dan@leadershipsports.com), for details.

Amenities include catering options, uninhibited access to large pavilion with picnic tables for meals, outdoor group meeting space, or group social, and ample free parking!

Positive and trusting relationships, productive and honest communication, collaborative problem-solving, empathy and appreciation for individual differences, and more confident, persevering leaders. Empowering your students and building a more positive school community through shared adventure!

Community and Leadership Building Field Days: A ground-based program, taking place at your school or at EMPOWER, comprised of relationship development activities, large group and small group problem solving initiatives, and an exciting culminating team building challenge activity. This program is approximately 3 to 4 hours in duration and can accommodate up to 150 participants per session, and up to 300 participants in a school day!

Contact Dan Jaskot at (860) 638-4754, or via email, to build a more positive school community through empowering adventures!

Leaders and Problem-Solvers Field Trips: Approximately 4.5 hours in duration and taking place at EMPOWER, this program includes the Leadership Zip Line Canopy Tour, group problem solving initiatives, and a school year goal setting takeaway activity. This program accommodates up to 75 participants per trip.

Contact Dan Jaskot at (860) 638-4754, or via email, to build a more positive school community through empowering adventures!