Scoutmaster Podcast 164

Opening joke from Kevin Callan: if a trip doesn't require use of a toilet trowel, it's not a real trip.

Listener mail from Stephen Kaminski (kindness at leader training), George Aegon (shares blog with assistants), Doug Marks (iTunes review), Penny Neal (pioneering sculpture), and Daniel Desjardins (working through back episodes).

Twenty-three leadership self-evaluation questions based on NOLS competencies: leadership behavior, personal competence, communication, judgment and decision-making, tolerance for adversity and uncertainty, self-awareness, and vision and action.

Melissa, a new Scout parent, asks why parents receive so little information about procedures like blue cards; Clarke explains that Scouting intentionally builds Scout self-reliance and advises parents to step back and help their sons find their own answers.