Every year Chris Tremain and I invite the student leaders from Hawke's Bay secondary schools to a breakfast. The aim is to thank and recognize them for putting their hand up to be a leader not only in their particular school, but also leaders in our community.
It can be especially tough being a leader in your teenage years. To gain strength as a young leadership team, we encourage students to mix and sit with leaders from other schools to network and gain strength from each other.
Principals are also invited and cannot help but show their pride in their students, and also enjoy the opportunity to catch up with their colleagues.
This years guest speaker was Magpies co-coach Tom Coventry. He explained how leadership within the Magpies operates, and described how the various personalities and leadership skills of the individual players, based on the teams core values, has led to the success of recent years. The students recognized themselves in the descriptions of the players. Tom shared the Magpies values with the students and explained how they can all use those same values to get the best out of their own teams of students.
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