Teen Leadership / TEEN 02

Young Leaders

Lead yourself. Build your future.
Teenagers learning independently · DRIVE Young Leaders Academy
01 / Overview

Lead yourself. Build your future.

The DRIVE Young Leaders Academy is a self-paced teen leadership course with six progressive modules. Start with your values and direction, then build relationships, communicate with confidence, lead through action, develop others, and execute with discipline.

Work through the modules in order at a recommended pace of 6–12 weeks. Each workbook combines self-assessment, reflection, practical exercises, and real-world challenges. Build a Personal Leadership Portfolio with the plans and leadership blueprints you create along the way.

Your mindset. Your pace.

The DRIVE Young Leaders Academy is an intensive, self-paced leadership development system built specifically for young adults. Grounded in time-tested principles of accountability, integrity, and disciplined execution, this program turns passive potential into proactive leadership.

Read more about Your mindset. Your pace.

Leadership on your terms

Build leadership habits around school, sports, and other commitments. Work through practical digital workbooks, personal challenges, and capstone projects at your own pace.

Your Personal Leadership Portfolio brings together a mission statement, core values, and a 90-day execution plan.

The choices and habits your teen builds today will define their trajectory for decades. Equip them with the mindset, discipline, and leadership foundation required to navigate adulthood with confidence.

Learn. Grow. Lead.

Who it's for

Teenagers learning independently · DRIVE Young Leaders Academy

Competencies

Purpose · Relationships · Communication · Character · Developing others · Discipline

Delivered using

Independent workbook study — self-assessment, practical exercises, leadership challenges, and a personal portfolio.

02 / Curriculum

6 modules

  1. 01

    Define Your Direction

    Leadership begins with purpose.

    • Identify your core values and create a personal mission statement
    • Develop a vision for your future and set goals
    • Build your Personal Leadership Blueprint
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  2. 02

    Build Relationships That Matter

    Relationships create results.

    • Evaluate your relationships and practice empathy and listening
    • Develop habits that build trust and positive influence
    • Create your Relationship Leadership Blueprint
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  3. 03

    Communicate With Confidence

    Speaking with purpose.

    • Practice clear communication, active listening, and better questions
    • Build confidence in speaking and storytelling
    • Create your Communication Leadership Blueprint
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  4. 04

    Lead Through Action

    Influence through example.

    • Define your standards for integrity and personal responsibility
    • Evaluate your habits and create an accountability plan
    • Build your Character Leadership Blueprint
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  5. 05

    Develop Others

    Leadership through service.

    • Identify people you can encourage, teach, and support
    • Create a service plan and a personal leadership legacy statement
    • Build your People Development Blueprint
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  6. 06

    Execute With Discipline

    Turning vision into results.

    • Develop habits, self-control, and resilience
    • Create a 90-Day Success Plan and an accountability system
    • Complete your Leadership Success Blueprint
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03 / Course Materials

Put the learning into practice

Six self-paced module workbooks

Progressive exercises, reflection questions, leadership blueprints, and challenges to apply in everyday life.

Welcome and course roadmap

An introduction to the academy, a suggested study pace, module milestones, and a leadership progress tracker.

Graduation guide

A checklist of module activities and final portfolio requirements for earning the academy's certificate of completion.

Certificate of completion

Complete all six modules and assemble your final graduation portfolio to earn the DRIVE Young Leaders Academy certificate of completion.

  • Complete each module's exercises, leadership blueprint, and required challenge
  • Submit a portfolio containing all six blueprints, your personal mission statement, leadership legacy statement, and 90-Day Success Plan
  • Complete the 1–3 page graduation reflection: The Leader I Am Becoming
04 / Get the Course

Choose your training

Choose the full course or individual modules. View prices in the course-selection dropdown, then contact us to confirm your organization’s licensing and delivery requirements.

To request certificates, send the list of course attendees to sgmsays@gmail.com. Attendee lists are also required for any complimentary modules. Certificate requests remain subject to the course’s completion and assessment requirements.

First-time buyers receive the accelerated Master Facilitator Training Module at no extra charge with any course purchase except Training-track courses. Book purchases do not qualify. See the bonus module →

Get 50% off the Self-Paced Teen Leadership Course with the purchase of any other course.

MODULESSix
FORMATSelf-paced
PACE6–12 weeks