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    State Leadership Sites

  • Arizona
    University Leadership Institute (University of Arizona)
    http://www.hr.arizona.edu/08_o/development/uli/
    The University Leadership Institute (ULI) is a certificate program with a curriculum of over 30 courses and activities to be offered each year.
    Leadership (University of Arizona)
    http://w3.arizona.edu/~leader/
    At UA, leadership programs, courses, and experiences are available in many venues. Begin your exploration here... and discover how you can make the world a better place.
  • Australia
    Autstralian Rural Leadership Foundation
    http://www.rural-leaders.com.au
    To increase the economic, social and environmental benefits for the people, communities and industries of rural Australia by identifying, developing and supporting committed rural and regional leaders to become inspired and highly effective at regional, state, national and international levels.
  • Illinois
    Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation (IALF)
    http://www.agleadership.org
    Experience leadership development from global perspectives.
  • Canada, Ontario
    Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program
    http://www.aalp.on.ca/aalp/
    Established in 1985, the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) is an executive development program for men and women who want to broaden their horizons and expand their networks to help shape the future of the agriculture and food sectors in Ontario.
  • Florida
    Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
    http://flpanr.ifas.ufl.edu/temp.htm
    Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources is designed to develop leadership capabilities of people, 25-45 years of age, who will become increasingly involved in policy formation processes.
  • Kansas
    Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL)
    http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/karl/
    Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership, Inc., (KARL), is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to identifying and developing leadership for agriculture and rural communities in order to enhance the quality of life for all Kansans.
  • Kentucky
    Phillip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development Program
    http://www.uky.edu/Ag/PMALDP/
    The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture in cooperation with Philip Morris, U.S.A. announces a sixth two-year program designed to develop the leadership skills of young, active, burley tobacco farmers and agribusiness persons.
  • Michigan
    LeadNet
    http://web2.canr.msu.edu/leadnet/
    LeadNet is an organization- wide resource made up of both on and off-campus Michigan State University Extension colleagues with a variety of roles. To learn about, practice, and help others practice community-centered, issue-focused, shared leadership for collective action.
  • Missouri
    Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow (ALOT)
    http://agebb.missouri.edu/alot/
    Justification for ALOT is based on a need for leadership in world agriculture, formed from the roots of rural America. To ensure success, it is essential that accomplished men and women be found, groomed to work together, accept challenges, create change, grow, develop and forge an entrepreneurial spirit that will favorably impact Missouri agriculture and our rural communities.
  • Nebraska
    Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council (LEAD)
    http://lead.unl.edu/
    Prepare and motivate men and women in agriculture for more effective leadership.
  • New York
    LEAD New York
    http://www.cals.cornell.edu/LEADNY/
    The mission of LEAD New York is to inspire and develop leaders for New York State's food and agriculture industry.
  • Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania Rural Leadership (RULE)
    http://rule.cas.psu.edu/main.htm
    The purpose of RULE is to encourage and foster the development of community leaders from all segments of rural Pennsylvania by using a program of study.
  • Texas
    John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Institute
     http://www.utpb.edu/jbs/mainpage.htm
    The mission of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is to provide young Texans an education for and about leadership, ethics, and public service.
  • Washington
    Washington Agriculture & Forestry Education Foundation
    http://www.agforestry.org/
    Our purpose is to recruit, select and train natural resource industry leaders in the state of Washington.
  • Wisconsin
    Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program
    http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wrlp/
    The goal of the innovative Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program (WRLP) is to strengthen communities through preparing leaders as catalysts to effectively deal with today's changing world.
  • Wyoming
    Wyoming Agricultural Leadership Council
    http://www.wylead.org/
    The Wyoming L.E.A.D. Program will develop highly-motivated, well-informed rural leaders, who will act forcefully, serve effectively, and speak articulately for agriculture and Wyoming communities!

    National and Regional Leadership Sites

  • Association of Leadership Educators (ALE)
    http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~ALE/
    The Mission of the Association of Leadership Educators is to strengthen and sustain the expertise of professional leadership educators.
  • The Heartland Center for Leadership Development
    http://www.heartlandcenter.info/
    The Heartland Center for Leadership Development is an independent, nonprofit organization developing local leadership that responds to the challenges of the future. A major focus of the Heartland Center's activities is practical resources and public policies for rural community survival.
  • The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
     http://www.academy.umd.edu/
    The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership fosters principled leadership through scholarship, education, and training, with special attention to advancing the leadership of groups historically underrepresented in public life.
  • Leadership Development & Education for Business Executives
     http://leadershipdevelopment.com/
    Develop ethical, effective leaders by providing proven, practical information and resources.
  • National Hispana Leadership Institute
    http://www.nhli.org
    NHLI's mission is to develop Hispanas as ethical leaders through training, professional development, relationship building and community and world activism.
  • Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
    http://www.greenleaf.org/index.html
    Our goal is to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership; to nurture colleagues and institutions by providing a focal point and opportunities to share thoughts and ideas on servant-leadership; to produce and publish new resources by others on servant-leadership; and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning.
  • W.K. Kellogg Collection for Rural Community Development Resources
    http://www.unl.edu/kellogg/index.html
    The Collection contains high quality rural community development materials funded by the Kellogg Foundation and other selected sponsors of recognized rural programs. Guidebooks, manuals, workshop materials, reports, books, and videos are included.
  • Leadership America
    http://www.leadershipamerica.com
    A national, not-for-profit organization that recognizes, educates and connects accomplished and diverse women to increase their individual and collective impact globally
  • SmartLeadership
    http://www.smartleadership.com
    SmartLeadership exists to empower leaders to achieve personal influence through integrity, innovation, and intelligence.
  • The Community Leadership Association
    http://www.communityleadership.org
    The Community Leadership Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1979, enhances the capacity of community leadership programs to strengthen and serve their communities.
  • The Center for Innovative Leadership
    http://www.cfil.com
    The Center for Innovative Leadership is a consortium of consultants, educators, and managers dedicated to developing information that can help leaders improve the effectiveness of their implementation efforts.
  • The Center for Creative Leadership
    http://www.ccl.org
     The mission of the Center for Creative Leadership is to advance the understanding, practice and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide.
  • The Leadership Institute
    http://www.lead-inst.org
    The Leadership Institute's mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of conservative public policy leaders.
  • The Center for Women's Global Leadership (Global Center)
    http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
    The Center for Women's Global Leadership (Global Center) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
  • National Youth Leadership Council
    http://www.nylc.org
    The National Youth Leadership Council's mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service-learning.
  • Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Exchange
    http://www.iel.org/
    The IEL Policy Exchange is about connecting ideas and leaders at all levels of government to make policies and programs for children and families work better.
  • Northeast Leadership Development Program
    http://www.neld.rutgers.edu/
    NeLD is the Northeast Leadership Development program, a leadership development experience for people associated with Cooperative Extension or the land grant universities in the northeastern United States (Maine to West Virginia).
  • Western Extension Leadership Development
    http://www.cals.arizona.edu/extension/weld
    The Western Extension Leadership Development Program is a two year program designed for Cooperative Extension faculty, agents, advisors, educators, and specialists in the Western United States and Territories.

    Other Resources (Documents, Surveys, and Committees)

  • ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Development
    http://www.escop.msstate.edu/committee/leadership/leadership.htm
  • Directions for Statewide Leadership Program Planning (University of Arizona)
    http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/leadership/programplanning.html
  • Logic Model for Arizona Cooperative Extension
    http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/logicmodel/
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Last Reviewed and Update December 2, 2003
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