page_title: White Stag Leadership Development Program
section_title: Growing group capability
hierarchical_section_title: White Stag Leadership Development Program / Core tenets / Leadership competencies / Growing group capability
caption_attribution_description: English: White Stag candidates at Camp Tamarancho, in Marin County, California in a competency session during an overnight hike.
context_page_description: The White Stag Leadership Development Program, founded in 1958, is a summer leadership training program for youth 10 1/2–18 led by two California-based non-profits that sponsor leadership development activities. The teen youth staff of the two programs develop and produce several week-long leadership summer training sessions every year for several hundred youth from Central and Northern California and a few youth from other states and countries. The outdoors program is based on hands-on learning methods to develop competencies.
  The program was founded on the Monterey Peninsula, California, in 1958 by Dr. Béla H. Bánáthy, a Hungarian immigrant who taught at the language school. In the 21st century, there are two programs in California: one in Sacramento, sponsored by the White Stag Association, and one in Greenfield, sponsored by the White Stag Leadership Development Academy. Bánáthy drew from his youth experience at the 1933 World Jamboree in Gödöllő, Hungary; he named the program after the mythological white stag used as an emblem at the jamboree. Years later, in June 1951, Bánáthy met two more Hungarians teaching at the Army Language School.
context_section_description: The second group of leadership competencies help the group to develop and implement a plan.
  Controlling the Group helps individuals to learn how their behavior affects others. Individuals learn the difference between external control of the group and personal control of their own behavior. They learn that controlling the group is something that everyone in the group contributes to. They learn about different techniques to influence group success. They gain skills in balancing the group's versus the individual's needs.
  Counseling helps individuals to define key counseling ideas, learn simple counseling methods, and identify when simple counseling is appropriate.
  Setting the  Example helps participants identify what it means to set a good example, why setting an example is important, and describe ways a leader can set a good example.
  Planning provides learners a chance to learn about problem-solving and its importance to a leader. They learn problem-solving and planning methods and how planning contributes to accomplishing the task and to group success.
  Evaluation enables the learner to use evaluation improve group focus and get the job done. They learn to balance getting the job done and helping the group, and learn to continually assess their level of success.
caption: White Stag candidates at Camp Tamarancho, in Marin County, California in a leadership competency session during an overnight hike.
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