The document discusses leadership skills and provides examples from a police situation during Hurricane Gaston in 2004. It describes how the hurricane dropped 10-14 inches of rain in central Virginia, causing major flooding and over $130 million in damages. During the storm, the police responded to over 900 emergency calls and performed numerous rescues, but unfortunately 9 deaths occurred from the flooding. The document then highlights the leadership of police sergeant David A. Stone, who swam through floodwaters to rescue a woman trapped in a car, earning him the Virginia Medal of Valor.

1. Turning Young Men Into Leaders Boy Scouts of America

2. What is Leadership? “ If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs. . . . The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.” Rudyard Kipling (1907, from the poem “If”)

3. Why was I asked here tonight? “ Could you give examples of Leadership skills that turned a chaotic police situation into a successful outcome. Goal is to highlight basic leadership skills that can be taught, learned, and used by a scout. “

5. What is a police officer?

12. Character

14. Courage Scouting, since its inception, has been about… Adventure! … but (Moms) in small steps .

15. Scouting, since its inception, has been about… Adventure!

16. Communication “ Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” Brian Tracy

17. Collaboration Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Was an English war hero and ex-Lt General. When he decided to retire from the Army he started scouting on the advice of King Edward VII . In order to promote teamwork, he placed the boys into patrols, with the small teams led by older, more experience boys. Every meeting the troop or patrols would have some type of activity that the scouts had to work together to accomplish. This tradition continues today.

19. Virginia medal of Valor - David A. Stone of the Chesterfield County Police Department. Stone swam through swirling floodwaters and rescued a woman trapped in a car during Tropical Storm Gaston on Aug. 30, 2004.