Send your captains through an accelerated

Module 2

Set Your Goals

Now that you know what motivates you as a leader and you have thought about some big goals you want to help your team achieve, it’s time to set out the plan for how to make it happen.

Here, you will learn the simple system to writing D.A.N.C.E. goals.

And that’s where most people stop, setting strategic goals… not this time! You’ll also determine your plan for tracking your goals and utilize the goal setting workbook to help outline your plan, so you stay on track. Once you understand the process, you can start your leadership journey by bringing what you’ve learned to your whole team.

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Module Highlights:

• Understand the basic principles of goal setting, what makes them so important, why they are effective, and examine your personal goals for both dance technique and leadership skills
• Learn the 5 step method to writing a goal that will STICK
• Apply the workbook questions and discussion points to outline a clear plan for attacking your goals this season, tracking your progress, and making huge personal strides in personal growth

Module 3

Find Your Leadership Style

Now that you have a clear passion and goals laid out for your leadership journey, it’s time to work out how to be an effective leader. There are 5 leadership styles, and with the short quiz in Module 3 you’ll learn which style you naturally fit into.

Once you understand the 5 styles, what works best for leaders in your position, and your own strengths, you can identify what your team needs from you. Whether you are a loud leader or more naturally quiet, you can identify your strengths and find a leadership style that works best for you.

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Module Highlights:

• Learn the 3 C’s of leadership, and exactly what to focus on in order to be an effective leader
• Take the leadership personality quiz and identify your natural tendencies as a leader. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all way to be a good captain, it’s about mixing together what your team needs from you, what naturally fits your style, and traditional positive leadership strategies.
• If you’re working with a group of captains, you can determine your group’s strengths and areas to lean on each other for support so that your team has the most well-rounded group of leaders possible

Module 4

Overcome Challenges

Even the most effective leaders will come up against some serious challenges during the season. The best thing you can do is consider possible scenarios and obstacles that will come up, and create a clear plan of action now, while you have time to consider your options without pressure.

Module 4 takes your understanding of positive leadership and puts it into action in our dance team world. You will walk through three main categories, leadership challenges, teammate challenges, and your relationship with your coach. Even if you feel like it’ll be smooth sailing, and hopefully you’re right, a good leader always things 4 steps ahead and has a plan ready to deploy when things get difficult.

Module Highlights:

Consider examples of real-world challenges that are specific to dance teams like modeling how to take corrections

Make a plan for handling those leadership challenges common to all athletes, like dealing with a teammate’s poor behavior on social media or what to do when you disagree with your coach

Take your leadership to the next level with the Feedback challenge. A simple 30 minute exercise you can do while teaching, to get some real feedback you can use to be a better leader overnight.

Module 5

Connect With Coach

Once you’ve done all of the work to answer some difficult questions, consider who you want to be as a leader, and exactly what you can bring to your team, it’s time to sit down with your coach.

Using the summary sheets, you can present your coach with a quick plan of action based on what you’ve learned. Part of being a leader is not just being a role model, but taking action to push your team to the next level. So by the end of the course, you will have a clear outline for exactly how you want to do that in your own unique way.

Communication between coach and captain is an integral part to your success, so the best way to wrap up the course is to practice having challenging conversations, learning to be uncomfortable, and developing a plan for your season that’s best for the entire team.

Module Highlights:

• Simple summary sheets to quickly pull together everything you’ve learned and talk it through with your coach, saving you all valuable time
• An exercise to practice having a challenging conversation, one that needs a real resolution before the beginning of the season. That way, you set the foundation for how this powerful relationship will go all year
• Clearly identify your roles and responsibilities with your coach and fellow captains so that action plans happen and your great ideas get put into action