LEAD21

LEAD21 is intended to meet the future needs for leadership development of faculty, specialists, program and team leaders, research station and center directors, district and regional directors, department heads and chairs, and others in land grant universities' colleges of agricultural, environmental,and human sciences and USDA/CSREES.

The primary purpose of LEAD21 is to develop leaders in land grant institutions and their strategic partners who link research, academics, and extension in order to lead more effectively in an increasingly complex environment, either in their current position or as they aspire to other positions.

LEAD21 participants:

• Enhance application of skills and knowledge learned in nine leadership competencies.
• Develop a peer leadership network in order to enhance personal leadership practice, collaboration, and diversity of perspective.
• Develop and implement an individual leadership development process.
  

The one-year LEAD21 core curriculum includes three sessions and a concurrent individual learning component. Leadership competencies are enhanced using a combination of exposure, information, knowledge and practice. Session I uses self-assessments to increase awareness of leadership strengths, weaknesses, and styles, and teaches various leadership skills and tools. During Session II, participants visit various university and/or college sites to experience a broad range of institutional types and cultures while focusing on diversity, the land grant system, and leadership in different sectors of society. Session III is in Washington, D.C., or its vicinity, and focuses on public leadership, policy development, and federal legislation, as well as managing change and resources.