2. Youth Formation
“Effective Management Skills for
Catholic Youth Leaders in
Ghana”
Catholic Youth Formation Center, Accra – July 2014

3. YOUTH OF
GHANA
ARISE AND SHINE

4. Introduction
Expectations
Welcome & Interaction Objectives

5. Ghana plays a key role in African
leadership. It was the first country in colonial
Africa to achieve its independence in 1957,
and is home to world leaders, such as Kofi
Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
and former UN Secretary General.

6. Rapid population growth amongst the youth
demographic in Ghana has made access to
education and employment training opportunities
increasingly difficult. Young women face many
additional challenges, with less than 60% finishing
primary school and the rate of HIV infection being
twice as high amongst young women as that of
their male peers aged 14 to 24 years

7. • Interaction Objectives
– To introduce elements of effective management
skills to Youth Leaders.
– To emphasize efficient time management as critical
for developing effective management skills.
– To highlight areas of effective management
applicable to leaders.
– To have fun!

8. Election of Interaction Leaders

9. Group Exercise
– Identify your top two skills necessary for Effective
Management
– Tell Us Why
– Questions, Comments, Contributions

10. • What are Management Skills?
– Attributes/Abilities/Competencies to address
change
• Complex Environments
• Times of Uncertainty
• Addressing Problems/ Challenges

11. • What are Effective Management Skills?
– Demonstrated Abilities that make the individual responsive to
• Directing
• Supervising
• Encouraging Others
• Inspiring
• Coordinating
• Support Leadership in-self and others – Guide Change

12. • Five Pillar Skills of Effective Management
– Creative Problem Solving Skills
– Communication Skills
– Conflict Management Skills
– Negotiation Skills
– Self Awareness and Improvement

18. Conclusion
Mathew 5:13 -16
“ You are salt of the earth…You are the light
of the world…shine before others that they
may see your good deeds and glorify your
heavenly Father.”

19. As a volunteer in Ghana you may:
 Coordinate and work alongside local youth to implement HIV/AIDS, leadership and life skills
workshops and conferences.
 Assist with entrepreneurship and technical skills training programs, helping young people to
gain vocational skills and earn sustainable livelihoods.
 Mobilize youth to become active and engaged citizens in their communities by promoting
participation and identifying existing support systems, resources and opportunities to do so.
 Work with young women to promote leadership, capacity building, income generation, and
involvement in community decision-making processes.
PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH

20. PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH
GHANAYOUTH
INSPIRE
CHANGE
INOVATE

21. PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH
References:
Youth Challenge International - Ghana. (n.d.). Retrieved July 6, 2014, from
http://www.yci.org/html/where/ghana.asp
Images of Ghana Youth
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+ghana+youth&client=firefox-
a&hs=62y&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&t