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SLS Session 03: Creating a Culture: Making Authentic Relationships


This session explores how authentic relationships form the foundation of a strong and lasting lodge culture within the Order of the Arrow. Participants will examine the three key steps to building genuine connections and how intentional relationships foster belonging, trust, and meaningful engagement. Through discussion and reflection, Arrowmen will connect relationship-building to member retention and leave with practical strategies to strengthen fellowship and community in their lodges.

Session Duration: 50 Minutes

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and apply the three steps of building authentic relationships.
  • Create one strategy to strengthen lodge culture and belonging.
  • Explain how relationships impact retention and choose one improvement to implement.