In October 2018, WAGGGS led a workshop to start co-creating this leadership development framework. Decision makers from our Member Organisations (MOs) in Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and the USA led this process as our co-creation group. They worked together to define and articulate the leadership impact they want the WAGGGS leadership model to have in Girl Guide and Girl Scout organisations from local group to national level.
The outputs have been processed by WAGGGS’ Core Mission team (staff and volunteers) into this leadership development framework. Used in conjunction with a sound understanding of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Leadership Model, this leadership development framework will be the foundation for all our future leadership work. We will support Member Organisations to work towards these outcomes in their girl experience and leadership practice work for all audience groups: Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, leaders of girls and leaders of organisations. We will also embed this into WAGGGS’ programmes and practices to deliver on the outcomes for leaders of the Movement.
We hope all WAGGGS Member Organisations will consider using the leadership development framework to support their application of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Leadership Model, and to evaluate and strengthen their own leadership development work with all audience groups.
Over time, by using the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Leadership Model to work towards these leadership outcomes, and measuring our impact, we believe the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Movement will be able to collectively evidence and articulate the leadership impact we have on generations of girls and young women.
