Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environmental and Community Leadership Development ANEC

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Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environmental and
Community Leadership Development(ANEC)

• The development of leaders is possible on a
  scale far beyond anything we have ever
  attempted
• John W. Gardner

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• In one or two sentences
• What is Leadership?

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• Decades of academic analysis have given us more
  than 350 definitions of leadership
• Warren Bennis Burt Nanus

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• The true meaning of leadership is influence
  nothing more, nothing less
• John C. Maxwell, 1991

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• Leadership is now understood by many to imply
  collective action, orchestrated in such a way as
  to bring about significant change while raising
  the competencies and motivation of all those
  involved
• - Bornstein Smith, 1996

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• What seems to be needed to meet the complex needs
  of a modern society is a form of leadership that
  engages differences and supports them in a
  creative and useful way. Leadership programs of
  the future will need to focus on training leaders
  and on the idea of developing leadership.
• Wilfred Drath, 1998

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Highlights from the Literature

• Three elements necessary for a successful
  leadership development program
• Assessment understanding of individual
  strengths and weaknesses
• A challenging experience that forces participants
  outside their comfort zone
• Support in the form or confirming messages from
  instructors, peers, sponsors
• - Center for Creative Leadership 1998

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Highlights from the Literature

• Programs that bring young potential leaders
  together for a shared experience have an effect
  over and above the nature of the particular
  program. Just the fact of having been singled
  out has a motivating effect, and contact with
  peers may have considerable impact. -
• Gardner 1990

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Highlights from the Literature

• We now know that neutrons electrons are
  actually particles of energy that come into being
  momentarily as a result of their interaction with
  other particles. Just like the workings of an
  atom Leadership is dependent on the
  relationships we have with others. In the
  future, the power in organizations will be the
  capacity generated by relationships.
• Margaret Wheatley, 1999

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Highlights from the Literature

• Adults are independent learners who desire some
  involvement in
• What they learn
• How they learn it
• Deciding if they have learned it
• Cookson, 1998

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Key Topics from the Literature

• Application and Selection Process
• Delivery techniques based on the principles of
  Adult Learning
• Challenging Curriculum including Skill
  Development
• Relationships Networking
• Support

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Potential Participants will Represent

• Public, Private and Nonprofit Sectors
• Diverse Constituencies
• Production Agriculture Agribusiness
• Natural Resources Environmental Interests
• Business, Industry Manufacturing related to
  Agriculture Natural Resources
• Community Leadership - Rural Urban

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Curriculum Topics May Include

• Collaboration
• Negotiation
• Conflict Resolution
• Leading Change
• Ethics
• Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Dynamics of Differing Personalities

• Politics of Leadership
• Technology
• Team Building
• Listening Skills
• Problem Solving
• Risk
• Personal Strengths Weaknesses

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The Program Should

• Utilize a rigorous competitive selection
  process
• Be highly experiential
• Focus on current emerging issues
• Allow time for mediated reflection
• Encourage networking discussion
• Expose participants to local, state, national and
  international experiences

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Leadership Development at MSU

• 21st Century ANEC Leadership Program
• Graduate Undergraduate Curriculum
• Leadership Development Research Evaluation
• Leadership Seminar Series
• Leadership Journal
• And MORE!!!

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Where are we at?

• Submitted a Planning Grant to Kellogg
  Foundation Michigan Farm Bureau
• Identify assess current leadership education
  programs
• Literature review
• Review of MSU leadership expertise resources
• Stakeholder groups to gather ideas build
  support
• Develop a Programmatic Framework and Curriculum
  
• Test market Framework Curriculum
• Develop a business plan

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Questions??