Leadership courses
Lincoln College will begin training potential farm leaders early ■ next year. A series of grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation over the next five years will make it possible for the college to undertake a leadership training programme. The foundation was established in 1930 to “help people help themselves” and it has already assisted with rural leadership training in the United States and United Kingdom.
Federated Farmers has welcomed the concept and will nominate people to take part in the courses. The college will soon call for nominations of other farmers who are likely to meet the criteria for selection. Those taking part will study political processes and decision-making that affects them and their industry. They will receive instruction in public speaking and appearance on radio and television. As well as reviewing the economy and the key part that farming plays in
it, they will also study other sectors, such as manufacturing, servicing, and government at national and local levels. Real situations — political. economic, regional, national, and international — will be analysed to form a basis for instruction. The principal of the college, (Professor J. D. Stewart) says the grants from Kellogg will make a valuable contribution to the development of farm leadership in New Zealand.
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