1. The Key to Ultimate Leadership

2. The Key to Ultimate Leadership…
Strong leaders are made, not born…
Make the most of yourself at PLC.

3. The Philmont Leadership Challenge
What Is PLC?
The Philmont Leadership Challenge
PLC is an exciting, weeklong training program designed to enhance Wood Badge leadership skills.
PLC is an exciting, week-long training program designed to enhance Wood Badge leadership skills
PLC will provide participants with
a Philmont-based wilderness experience
that motivates them to follow
a life of helping others succeed
based on the values expressed
in the Scout Oath and Law.

4. What Do I Learn at PLC? You will learn to:
Act as a servant leader who shares the skills of Wood Badge and helps develop other leaders through your enhanced understanding of the material.
See the parallels between youth and adult leadership lessons.
Be an advocate for all youth and adult leadership development training in your local council.
Share with and learn from other participants to help others to be successful.
Intuitively use the Wood Badge leadership skills in all aspects of your life.

5. Primus inter pares - First among equals.
What Can I Expect?
A backcountry experience based at Philmont’s brand new Rayado Ridge Camp
Challenging but fun backcountry activities
An experience that will enable you to build upon the legacy of Waite Phillips, the man who gave us Philmont
Learning to live a life of servant leadership
Primus inter pares - First among equals.

6. Wood Badge Review and more..
We focus on four pillars of sharing:
Reinforcing Wood Badge skills
Showing the alignment between youth and adult training
Sharing expertise with participants from across the nation
Taking lessons home to share with your unit and Council

7. The Modules Wilderness First Aid GPS and Geocaching Search and Rescue
The seven exciting PLC modules are designed to practice Wood Badge skills in a realistic and challenging setting:
Project COPE
Wilderness First Aid
GPS and Geocaching
Search and Rescue
Leave No Trace
Conservation
Philmont History
And there is so much more!

8. The Modules Teach These Skills
Purpose
Leadership Skills
Project COPE
Team development
Valuing people, leadership behaviors
Wilderness First Aid
Learn advanced skills for later application in search and rescue
Planning, communication, problem solving
Geocaching
Outdoor skills, allow Storming stage of team development
Teaching EDGE, conflict resolution, problem solving
Search and Rescue
Learn advanced outdoor skills for application throughout the course
Teaching EDGE, communication, problem solving
Leave No Trace
Ethical decision making
Conservation
Give back to Philmont through service
Teaching EDGE, servant leadership
Philmont History
Understand the value of a legacy
Servant leadership

9. Project COPE Purpose: Team development
Wood Badge skills:
Valuing people
Leadership behaviors

10. Wilderness First Aid Purpose: Learn advanced outdoor skills
Wood Badge skills:
Planning
Communication
Problem solving

11. GPS and Geocaching Purpose: Learn advanced outdoor skills; allows Storming stage
Wood Badge skills:
Teaching EDGE
Conflict resolution
Problem solving

12. Search and Rescue Purpose: Learn advanced outdoor skills
Wood Badge skills:
Teaching EDGE
Communication
Problem solving

13. Backcountry Experience Purpose: Learn Leave No Trace
Wood Badge skill: Ethical decision making

14. Leave No Trace - Ethics in Action
Keeping the beauty of Philmont pristine for future generations

15. Conservation Purpose: Give back to Philmont through service
Wood Badge skills:
Teaching EDGE
Servant leadership

16. Philmont History Purpose: Understand the value of a legacy
Wood Badge skill:
Servant leadership

17. “Beyond Wood Badge….”
We have added tested material from a number of leadership books and concepts that expand upon ideas presented in Wood Badge.

18. And most of all . . . Servant Leadership
The core of PLC is “servant leadership”—learning to lead for the good of others.

19. What Will You Take Home?
The ability and motivation to be a dynamic and effective leader, gained through advanced, practical applications of Wood Badge skills
Innovative techniques to deliver Wood Badge skills to units and Councils
Nationwide resources …and friends!
Life skills for now and forever
A personal, written commitment
for your unit, District and/or Council
Wonderful memories of a great Philmont backcountry experience!

20. The journal captures WB and NYLT skills, and so much more…

21. We See These Course Outcomes
Increased self-confidence
Growing self-awareness
A daily assessment of strengths and limitations
New creativity and ideas to take home
The happiness from helping others succeed
Understanding that everyone is a leader
Everyone in the group contributes in a significant way to team success
Knowing leadership is a way of life

22. From Those Who Have Been There:
“This course has changed the way that I approach my personal, business and scouting life. Thank you for that gift.”
“The truth is, it is hard to find words to adequately express
my experience. The course far exceeded my expectations.
I truly left Philmont with the desire to be a servant leader.”
“PLC exceeded my expectations and more importantly,
I left Philmont with lots of new friends, a bag full of resources, and a deep desire of wanting more!!!”
“As for home, church, and Scouting...
I believe I got my batteries re-charged
and see life a bit more differently than before.” 
“I find it more important than ever to be more of a life partner with my wife, a contributing member of my church, and a Scouter who is needed in my District.”

23. Am I Ready? PLC is not just for Wood Badge staff…
To attend PLC, you must:
Have completed or staffed Wood Badge
If you have staffed NYLT or NAYLE, you also qualify
Successfully complete a BSA Health & Medical Report physical (Parts A, B, and C)
(meet the Philmont backcountry medical requirements)
PLC is not just for Wood Badge staff…
Unit leaders, Board members, and Council staff will all benefit

24. Don’t wait…
For the first time, two PLC opportunities will be offered this year: July and September 14-20, 2014…

25. Find out how to sign up and more information at www.philmontscoutranch.org/PTC/

26. Strong leaders are not born, Make the most of yourself… at PLC
Remember . . .
Strong leaders are not born,
…they’re made.
Make the most of yourself… at PLC