Area students attend HOBY Leadership Seminar

Taylor Stanforth, Shelby Bobbitt, and Kiley Davis recently attended the Ohio South Site of the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. These ambassadors joined more than 200 other young leaders representing 150 high schools from throughout Ohio, May 19-22 at Denison University in Granville.

 

HOBY Leadership Seminars bring together a highly motivated group of high school sophomores from public and private high schools. Through a 3-phase approach, the students identify their personal leadership strengths, practice group leadership skills and are inspired to become leaders of society. During the seminar, students interact with distinguished leaders in a variety of occupations, discussing current events and world issues, and they engage in hands-on leadership development activities. The goal is to provide young leaders a stimulating forum for learning about critical issues while broadening their understanding of their leadership potential and quest for self-development. HOBY leaders are also challenged to return to their communities to perform at least 100 hours of community service within 12 months following the seminar. At the seminar, these young leaders are taught not what to think but rather how to think.

Since HOBY’s founding, the goal of each seminar is to provide a catalyst to lifelong leadership development that empowers individuals to achieve their highest potential. As the Ambassadors are exposed to new ideas and engage in challenging topics, HOBY hopes to illustrate how to think constructively and discuss complex issues with individuals from various backgrounds and beliefs. HOBY’s goal is to show the Ambassadors how to think rather than what to think. Since 1958 HOBY has been a part of more than 375,000 students’ lives, many of whom continue to volunteer on HOBY seminar planning committees and in their local communities and schools to keep the HOBY sprit alive. 

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership was established in 1958 by the popular actor Hugh O’Brian following a visit to Africa where he was inspired by a meeting with Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

 

“One of the things Schweitzer said to me was that the most important thing in education was to teach young people to think for themselves,” O’Brian said. “From that inspiration, and with the support of others who believe in youth and the American dream, I started HOBY to seek out, recognize, and develop outstanding leadership potential among our nation’s youth.”

Taylor Stanforth, Shelby Bobbitt, and Kiley Davis recently attended the Ohio South Site of the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. These ambassadors joined more than 200 other young leaders representing 150 high schools from throughout Ohio, May 19-22 at Denison University in Granville.

 

HOBY Leadership Seminars bring together a highly motivated group of high school sophomores from public and private high schools. Through a 3-phase approach, the students identify their personal leadership strengths, practice group leadership skills and are inspired to become leaders of society. During the seminar, students interact with distinguished leaders in a variety of occupations, discussing current events and world issues, and they engage in hands-on leadership development activities. The goal is to provide young leaders a stimulating forum for learning about critical issues while broadening their understanding of their leadership potential and quest for self-development. HOBY leaders are also challenged to return to their communities to perform at least 100 hours of community service within 12 months following the seminar. At the seminar, these young leaders are taught not what to think but rather how to think.

Since HOBY’s founding, the goal of each seminar is to provide a catalyst to lifelong leadership development that empowers individuals to achieve their highest potential. As the Ambassadors are exposed to new ideas and engage in challenging topics, HOBY hopes to illustrate how to think constructively and discuss complex issues with individuals from various backgrounds and beliefs. HOBY’s goal is to show the Ambassadors how to think rather than what to think. Since 1958 HOBY has been a part of more than 375,000 students’ lives, many of whom continue to volunteer on HOBY seminar planning committees and in their local communities and schools to keep the HOBY sprit alive. 

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership was established in 1958 by the popular actor Hugh O’Brian following a visit to Africa where he was inspired by a meeting with Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

 

“One of the things Schweitzer said to me was that the most important thing in education was to teach young people to think for themselves,” O’Brian said. “From that inspiration, and with the support of others who believe in youth and the American dream, I started HOBY to seek out, recognize, and develop outstanding leadership potential among our nation’s youth.”