Advanced Leadership Training Camp at SPC (Jan. 26-27, 2018) / 紹邦書院舉辦領袖能力高級訓練營（2018年1月26-27日）

Advanced Leadership Training Camp at SPC
(Jan. 26-27, 2018)

Following two one-all leadership training workshops in the past two years, the first Advanced Leadership Training Camp for student leaders at Shiu Pong College (SPC) was successfully convened last Friday and Saturday (Jan. 26-27).

Started in October 2017, this Advanced Leadership Training Program is designed to require a monthly face-to-face meeting or skype conference between one external English-speaking mentor and one student mentee selected from different longitudinal and experiential learning programs of the College. After 4 months of such interaction, a total of 10 pairs of mentor and mentee gathered at SPC for the two-day Camp, where training in developing tailor-made leadership skills for individual student leaders were provided.

The training will continue for another 5 months after this mid-point gathering that contains one training session conducted by a licensed trainer, one sharing-back session by each of the 10 student leaders, 3 mentor-mentee pair-off sessions and one Macau excursion between mentor and mentee.

Observation during the camp’s sharing-back sessions indicated that the English speaking ability and skills by each participating student leaders were found noticeably improved, and their individual presentations in English were smoothly, naturally and confidently delivered. During pair-off mentor-mentee sessions, leadership challenges and solutions, personal character traits conducive to effective leadership were also explored, identified and discussed.

”While this 9-month intensive training is relevant and useful to the development of my leadership skills, it is also meaningful to my personal growth…. as far as I am concerned, my most important learning is that I should start any project with a clearly defined goal,” said Jack Lin, student leader of YUNA Program, an international student symposium between students from Yale University of the U.S., New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Shiu Pong College of the University of Macau.

”I found the mentor-mentee pair-off sessions extremely meaningful. They help me reflect on my own blind spots and are very useful to my personal growth,” remarked Wing Lou, student advisor to the Dream Building Team.

A total of 10 working professionals from sectors of legal, architectural, banking, commercial, NGO and international schools, were recruited as mentors in the two-day camp at SPC. Ten student leaders, who are currently chairpersons, vice-chairs, student advisors or coordinators of the English Table (ET), Dream Building Team (DBT), College Choir (CC), Shanxi Service Learning Trip (SSLT), YUNA Program and House Association (HA), are selected for their leadership records or potentials. The Program is designed to allow each mentor (a) to help one student leader acquire leadership abilities and skills while he/she serves as leader of a longitudinal-experiential program at the College; (b) to achieve personal growth in the process and (c) make improvement in student’s English-speaking ability and presentation skills.

According to Prof. Kenneth Leung, Master of SPC, this advanced student leadership training program is intended to provide training for greater impact and lasting effect to student leaders of various programs of the College. In May (end of the Academic Year of 2016-17) and September (beginning of the Academic Year of 2017-18) a two-and-a-half-hour workshop on leadership was organized. Yet, they were not longitudinal, nor experiential, said Prof. Leung.

 

紹邦書院舉辦領袖能力高級訓練營
（2018年1月26-27日）

紹邦書院在過去兩年中曾舉辦過兩個一次性的領袖能力工作坊。承接於此的第一次高級學生領袖訓練營也在2018年1月26-27日順利進行。

從2017年10月開始，這一訓練項目便開始啟動。一個出自于紹邦書院長期性體驗式學習項目的學生領袖，搭配一位校外的、以英語為母語的導師，每個月至少見一次面或使用視頻通訊軟件開會。共有10組導師和學生參與了這個項目。在經過4個月的互動后，他們聚集在紹邦書院，通過為期兩天的訓練營，對每個學生領袖進行有針對性的培訓。這次培訓包括了一節由持牌導師提供的培訓課程和10名學生領袖的反饋分享，每組導師和學生共進行三次會議，還一起遊覽澳門。然而，這次的訓練營並不是終點。此後，他們還會繼續進行長達5個月的培訓。

學生領袖們的反饋分享顯示出，他們的英語溝通能力大有長進，可以自然順暢、不怯場地表達自己。導師則在會議中，和學生一起討論、研究他們在擔任領袖崗位時遇到的挑戰、解決的辦法，以及有利於增進領袖效果的個人特質。

“這9個月的高強度培訓確實能發展我的領袖能力，還對我的個人成長很有幫助。對我而言，我學到最重要的事情是，在做任何事情之前要先有清晰確定目標。”YUNA項目的學生領袖林宣丞說。YUNA項目是一個由美國耶魯大學、香港中文大學新亞書院和澳門大學紹邦書院的學生們聯合舉辦的國際學生論壇。築夢小隊的學生顧問劉穎聰則表示：“我發現導師跟學生的小組會議十分有價值。他們可以幫助我發現自己的盲點，推動我的成長。”

這次訓練營的10位導師，是來自於法律、建築、金融、商業、非政府組織、國際學校等領域的專業人才。10位學生領袖，則出自于紹邦書院英語桌、築夢小隊、合唱團、山西服務學習之旅、YUNA項目和院生會，都是在任的主席、副主席、學生顧問或協調人，都具備領袖工作的經歷和潛質。導師的主要任務是幫助學生獲得領袖能力和技巧，達至個人成長，并改善英語表達能力和個人演講技巧。

紹邦書院院長梁偉賢教授表示，這次高級領袖訓練營旨在為不同項目的學生領袖提供效果明顯且持久的培訓。此前的2017年5月（2016/2017學年末）和9月（2017/2018學年初）雖然也曾舉辦兩次領袖能力工作坊，但它們並不是長期性和體驗性的。