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Recently, an historical precedent took place for state fish and wildlife agencies across the country. In 2004, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Leadership and Professional Development Committee initiated a leadership development program-building effort. Partly in response to a number of surveys and forecasting trends foretelling of an eminent loss of senior management in our agencies across the country, and partly because it just made good sense. The initiative was directed to the Management Assistance Team to develop a customizable program template and tools as soon as possible.
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The leadership development need is critical; the solution is multidimensional. Developing our agency employees to take over the leadership reins will require a diverse approach; we need some serious "out of the box" thinking. |
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The agency’s senior leadership must ask and get answers to the nine key questions listed below before going any further toward implementing a leadership development program. These nine key questions were developed by the Management Assistance Team over a decade of helping state fish and wildlife agencies implement their leadership efforts. Failure to get the answers and involve senior management in the process will greatly jeopardize the program’s success and sustainability.
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Successful leadership is built upon two foundational requirements – personal character and personal competence. Personal leadership skills help participants answer the questions, “Who would follow me and why - why not?”
The core of this part of the leadership program is based upon concepts in the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People™.
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The focus of team and organizational leadership moves beyond the individual. It concentrates on leadership with respect to groups and the organization. A core component of this curriculum is the 4 Roles of Leadership, an internationally acclaimed two-day workshop offered by the FranklinCovey Company and used worldwide by Fortune 500 companies. It presents four leadership roles for leading an organization effectively and is a logical next step building upon the Seven Habits. |
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