Learning to Lead Trailer

You may have heard these words from the legendary American football coach Vince Lombardi before, “leaders aren't born, they are made.” But have you ever wondered; how does one make a leader? In this series, you will hear from two guest speakers that represent two different leadership institutes that do just that— help to make leaders. Our guest speakers share their expertise and knowledge related to leadership in the field of agriculture and natural resources. 

In this trailer, you'll hear Christy Chiarelli, Director of the Wedgeworth Leadership Institute (WLI), and Jonathan Dain, Director of the Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) define true leadership in their own words. 

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Episode Transcript

Phillip Stokes (00:00):
Take a moment and think about impactful

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leaders in your life. Have youthought of any? If so, maybe
you're thinking about teachers,supervisors, coaches, teammates,
or even friends or family. Whatwas it about them that made them
effective leaders? Well, thisweek on Science by the Slice,
we're discussing leadershipdevelopment within the

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Agriculture and Natural Resourcesectors. Here's what our guests
had to say when asked for theirdefinition of leadership.

Jon Dain (00:33):
Yeah, I have a very wordy one, I apologize.

Christy Chiarelli (00:36):
Well, you would find 100 different answers
to this question from 100different people. So please know
this is the these are just mythoughts on the marks of a true
leader.

Jon Dain (00:45):
Leadership means giving people the conditions
they need to do their work.
Leadership means helping peopleresolve conflict. Leadership
means engaging in partnershipsthat are of benefit to
everybody.

Christy Chiarelli (01:00):
But for me, to lead, there are two basic
parts is that you have to have adestination in mind. And you
have to have individuals willingto follow.

Jon Dain (01:24):
So leadership with natural resources, is not being
the one who's up in front. It'sbeing the one who is both on the
dance floor, knowing what'sgoing on in the ground, and on
the balcony, looking down fromabove. And using those
perspectives to help thosearound them collectively, work

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to better manage our resourcesfor future generations.

Christy Chiarelli (01:52):
We're we are trying to encourage people to
see the bigger picture forFlorida agriculture and natural
resources, how, what do we looklike in 50, 75, 100 years?
What's our vision? How do wekeep Florida Florida in the most
beautiful ways that it is right?
And have a vision for that. Andhow does your company or how
does your organization play arole in that vision for the

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future of Florida? And then howdo we mobilize others to come
along with us to that vision andto see that vision?

Jon Dain (02:25):
Leadership means taking the time and making the
effort to get as manyperspectives and as many
different interests involved aspossible, not so you can say
that you asked them that you canreally so they feel like they're
part of the decision making.

Christy Chiarelli (02:40):
So that's what I see as a leader is
basically someone that has aclear vision for the future,
cares about people and is ableto move them to their vision for
what the future should looklike.

Phillip Stokes (02:55):
In this series from Science by the Slice, Jon
Dain and Christy Chiarellidiscuss their leadership
organizations, how thoseorganizations go about
cultivating leadershipqualities, and why effective
leadership is integral to thewell being of agriculture and
natural resources in the future.
So be sure to listen to thisseries from Science by the
Slice, going live this week.