Reviving the Dream of Democracy
A 5-Day Conscious Public Leadership Training

LDP # 5

The Statement of Purpose

The purpose of the Youth Build Nepal leadership training is to question ourselves deeply and examine the status quo for cracks so that, together, we can lay a firm foundation for the future of democracy in Nepal. We are at a time in Nepalese history when resignation is rampant. Together, we must find our way out of the paralysis of polarized politics that has so many of us despair, knowing there must be a better way of wisdom in our democracy, inherent in the structures the founders created, that can produced solutions way beyond what the left or right have to offer.

The intention of this training is to transform despair into possibility and optimism. National Institute for Leadership Development's (NILD) intention is to enable the future leaders to transform their dreams into every day reality and show them how each political cadre or leader can make a greater difference in our government. If we want to remain effective in these changing times, we must be willing to learn what it takes for us to make a major shift from fear to hope as every country aspiring to a higher level of democratic norms and values passes through the four stages of political evolution: Anarchy to Traditionalism (two-party war) to Political Resignation, and finally to Stage Four-Conscious Public Leadership or Politics of Hope, when we join the greatest leaders of humanity, by putting we before me. It is then that our political life reflects the spirit of cooperation, mutual inspiration, and unwavering concern for the collective good.

Course Objectives

• To have the future public leaders inquire into the nature of being of human beings so as to enable them to realize their true self.
• To have the future public leaders express their dissatisfaction, confusion, uncertainties and acknowledge the breakdowns in our political system so as to empower them to declare their stand to fulfill the dream of reviving democracy in Nepal.
• Amidst anger, fear and grief these future leaders truly realize that it is their spirit that keeps going as long as there is hope, a hope that is mature enough to make their new collective political vision a reality—enabling the country to evolve into a more inclusive and conscious culture.
• To have them inquire and understand what leadership is and what it takes for them to evolve from a hierarchical, domination-centered leadership to a more conscious, open and collaborative model.
• To instill in them the confidence in applying new knowledge, skills, and attitudes by
Cultivating a radical new level of patience, steadiness to prepare for unknown opportunities.

What We Will Cover:
Session 1 Nepal: A State In Crisis
Leadership Crisis?
Nepal: A Failed State?
Root Causes of Crisis?
Factors Affecting Leadership Dev. in Nepal

Session 2 Knowing Yourself (Self-Realization)
The Million $ Question: A rigorous inquiry into the being of human being
Who am I? (Body—Mind—Spirit)

Session 3 What is Life?
Goal vs. Purpose in Life?
Why am I Here? (Organization, Party, Nepal, Universe?)
What is Love? Is love a feeling? Leaderly Love?

Session 4 Politics a Dirty Word?

The Four Stages of Political Evolution: (Group Exercises)

Stage One: Anarchy (Qualities, Assumptions, Examples)
Stage Two: Traditionalism (Qualities, Assumptions, Examples)
Stage Three: Resignation (Qualities, Assumptions, Examples)
Session 5 From Fear to Hope:
-Accepting Our Evolutionary Path
-An Age of Interdependence
-Applying the Law of Interdependence
-The Paradox of the Holy Grail
-Serving We before Me
-The Shift from Fear to Hope
-Collaboration: Power With Rather than Power Over
-Spiritual Activism
-Beyond Liberalism and Conservatism
Stage Four: Politics of Hope (Qualities, Assumptions, Examples)

Group Reporting/ Sharing
Input from the Resource Person/ Facilitator

Session 5 On Being a Conscious Public Leader
The Seven Practices for Becoming A Conscious Public Leader
1. Finding Your Spiritual Center/ Your Spiritual Orientation?
2. Serving with Higher Motives:
-Using Personal/Political Power for Higher Motives
-Desire to serve: A Calling or Craving?
-Relinquishing the Desire to Win
-What Do You Want to Contribute?
Session 6 3. Sharing Your Unique Gifts:
-What purposes?
-Why Our Gifts Matter
-The Shadow Side of Sharing Our Gifts
Session 7 4. Cultivating Your Political Habitat
-Choosing Your Political Habitat
-Whatever You Focus, That's What You Create
-Political Gossip/ Political Noise
Session 8 5. Communicating With Integrity and Trust
-Keeping Commitments to Yourself & Others
-Seeing Reality as It Is
-Learning to Listen/ The Art of Asking Questions
& living In Possibility
-Relinquishing the Notion that Others Are Right or Wrong
-Trust: What Everyone Wants
-What are Complaints? The Art of Complaining.
Session 9 6. Trusting the Mystery
-The Problem with Problem-Solving
-The Creative Process:
1. What do you really love?
2. Vision
3. Describe the results you want
4. Take Action
5. Learn & Evaluate
3. 6. Build Momentum
4. 7. Know Your Next Steps
5. 8. Completion
-Problem Solving or Creating: Which Path?

Session 10 7. Answering the Call
The above six Essential Practices have taken you inward, preparing you for public leadership in the outer world. You are now ready for the Seventh Practice: Answering the Call. The
Seventh Practice requires listening to the external call and turning someday into now. In this age of global change what is required of us is a shift away from the old style of leadership that has dominated humankind for much of our history. For simplicity's sake, let's say there are two basic forms of public leadership: (1) Heroic and (2) Collaborative. The 21st century conscious political leader will master the art of leading through collaboration and partnership.
-Distinction between Heroic and collaborative style of leadership
-Characteristics of Collaborative Leadership
-The Success of the Collaborative Model

Session 11 Turn Someday Into Now: A Conscious Choice
-What is Collective Intelligence?
-Organizations Making a Difference

Session 12 On Being a Leader: HAVE—DO—BE
(Group Discussions, Report Writing, Presentation)
Vision, Mission & Values-Crafting
What is Leadership? Leadership & Personal Mastery
Leadership Defined –Leadership & Consciousness
Leadership Qualities/ Leadership Myths
Fundamental Laws of Leadership
Leaders Are Born vs. Leaders Are Made
Identifying Leadership Role Models within Your Organization
What do Leaders Do?

Session 13 Identifying Your Leadership Styles
Team building Exercises

Session 14 Chairmanship & Parliamentary Meeting Procedures
Effective Speaking in Public

Session 15 Group Leaders: Reporting
Input by the Resource Person/Facilitator
Review/ Reflect /Sharing

Target Group: Fresh Political Leaders and their cadres- Student Wings "Bhatri Sangathans"
Tuitions-I: When the 5-day training is a residential set up and is being sponsored by an Organization, the cost will be as per negotiation with the Political Organization/Party.

Tuitions-II: When participation is on individual basis the cost is NC Rs. 3,500/- per participant with lunch and Tiffin served.
Number of participants: 25-30 Max

Based on The Politics of Hope by-Donna Zajonc Published by Synergy Books-2004
Austin, Texas, USA