Leadership seminars are designed to prepare our country's high school sophomores to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, schools, workplace, and community.

Through panel question and answer sessions, leaders of business, industry, education, media, the arts, and the non-profit sector share their successes and inspiration on a personal level. Ambassadors (sophomore attendees) have the opportunity to identify and further develop their leadership talents through interactive activities, which in turn challenge the ambassadors critical thought process.

Each panelist is given five minutes to address the group. HOBY panelists have divergent viewpoints to encourage ambassadors how to think, not what to think, a critical point of the HOBY methodology. After all panelists have given their presentations, the floor is open for a 30-minute question and answer session, allowing the ambassadors to interact with the panelists.

As part of our commitment of teaching these young people to give back to their communities, HOBY has incorporated a Leadership for Service component of the curriculum. Ambassadors complete a volunteer service project while attending the HOBY seminar and are challenged to complete a minimum of 100 hours of volunteer service annually to give back to their community.

Leadership seminars give ambassadors hands-on practice at being a leader through participation in leadership and team building activities, icebreakers, simulations, and motivational experiences.