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ASU & Precision Science Team On Land Grant Presentation
January 25, 2008
When an organization of leading U.S. land grant universities wanted an Arizona component for their management development program, they turned to executive education at SGML. The National Extension Leadership Development North Central (NELD) serves a 13-state region with the mission of building leadership in Cooperative Extension at all levels and providing current and future Extension leaders with the vision, courage and tools to lead in a changing world. In January, 35 leaders representing 13 universities attended the “Leading Yourself First” program at SGML. “It’s always a privilege to deliver a customized management development program for a client, and doing so for a group of university leaders was especially rewarding,” says Howard Norman, SGML director of executive education. The program featured SGML faculty presenting sessions on Managing Change, Motivating and Inspiring Your Followers, Managing Counter Productive Work Behavior, and Creating and Maintaining a Credible Leadership Brand. It also included a visit to local manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and nutrition firm Precision Science, and a presentation on personal leadership lessons learned by company CEO Bryan Vincent. Rick Chase of Cooperative Extension Service at Purdue University led the NELD program and was pleased with the result. “The program delivered an effective blend of university faculty expertise and CEO experience,” says Chase. “It was exactly what we were looking for to complement our other management development programs.”
