Posts Tagged: leadership

‘Open Conversation’ on June 20 offers chance to chat with UC ANR leaders

Many of our UC Agriculture and Natural Resources colleagues have already had the opportunity to chat – in an informal, online setting – with UC ANR leadership about a wide range of topics.

June 20 (1 to 2 p.m.) is your next chance to take part in the series, “Open Conversations with UC ANR Senior Leadership” (submit interest form to participate).

Within this small group format, you can voice your questions, comments, suggestions – or whatever is on your mind – with Vice President Glenda Humiston, Associate Vice President-Business Operations Tu Tran and interim Associate Vice President-Programs Deanne Meyer.

Past participants, such as Ricardo Vela, manager of News & Information Outreach in Spanish, recommend these sessions as a forum for candid, meaningful engagement with leadership.

“I encourage every UC ANR staff member to participate,” Vela said. “Open Conversations with UC ANR Leadership were precisely that – a very casual, open conversation about topics I was interested in. The meeting was not one-sided, and senior leadership showed genuine interest in what I had to say; in the end, participating made me feel that I mattered at UC ANR.” 

Organizers seek to limit enrollment to 20 participants to allow for more in-depth dialogue, so submit your interest form early. Attendees are expected to have mic and camera on for the duration of the online session.

Contact the Program Support Unit at anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu with any questions.

Nominate a UC leader for the Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award

Nominate someone you know for the Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award.

Every year, the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis recognizes an individual from the University of California for their leadership in sustainable agriculture. The award honors individuals exhibiting the leadership, work ethic and integrity epitomized by the late farmer Charlie Rominger and the late UC Davis livestock geneticist Eric Bradford. Awardees demonstrate leadership with a passion for service as they aim to improve the world through their contributions to agriculture.

Help celebrate the work of a UC faculty, staff, Cooperative Extension advisor, student, or alum who helps make California agriculture thrive, now and for future generations.

Nominations are welcome for UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors and specialists as well as UC Davis graduate students, faculty members, and in special cases, alumni, for their work toward agricultural sustainability. Award recipients will receive a cash prize and may be invited to give a lecture sponsored by ASI, which manages the award and selection process.

Nominations are due Jan. 15, 2018. To submit a nomination or for more information about the award, visit http://asi.ucdavis.edu/about/awards-and-scholarships/bradford-rominger-award/nominate.

 

 

Nominate leaders in sustainable agriculture at UC

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis is calling for nominations for the 2014 Eric Bradford and Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award. 

The award recognizes and honors individuals who exhibit the leadership, work ethic and integrity epitomized by the late Eric Bradford, a livestock geneticist who gave 50 years of service to UC Davis, and the late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist.

Nominations are welcome for UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors and specialists as well as UC Davis graduate students, faculty members, and in special cases, alumni, for their work toward agricultural sustainability. 

Award recipients will receive a cash prize and may be invited to give a lecture sponsored by ASI, which manages the award and selection process. Nominations are due Friday, Dec. 13. 

To nominate someone or for more information, visit  http://www.asi.ucdavis.edu/awards/br-award/br-award.

ANR leadership development book club to meet April 2

ANR’s leadership development book club will meet on April 2 to discuss the book, “The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders,” by John Zenger and Joseph Folkman.

Three video conferencing sites have been reserved from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Discussion locations include the ANR Building’s Plum Room in Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center’s Walnut Room in Parlier and UCOP’s Room 9405 in Oakland.

The discussion will be led by Kim Rodrigues, executive director of Academic Personnel. She asks participants to review the book and consider the following questions:

1. What administrative qualities do you hope to develop in yourself and/or others?

2. What leadership attributes do you value in a leader and how might we encourage, maintain and/or enhance these attributes in ANR? Below is a list of attributes summarized from ANR’s first leadership book club discussion to guide development of a leadership program in ANR. Are any key attributes missing from this list?

Leadership Attributes:

• Knowledgeable about ANR programs at county and campus level
• Confident, with compassion and sincerity to want others to succeed
• Actively motivates, supports, value and promotes teamwork and team members
• Possesses the ability to recognize and utilize the strengths and aptitudes of individual team members to facilitate successful outcomes
• Fosters trust, honesty and integrity
• Willing to make decisions, take action and communicate rationale
• Open and transparent
• Innovative and progressive; willing to embrace the unconventional
• Willing to trust their workforce and take risks
• Flexible
• Approachable and an active listener
• Acknowledges and follows up on input received from their team
• Direct and focused
• Responds to staff concerns in a timely manner

3. How might ANR develop and support these leadership attributes?

4. How might ANR measure and monitor leadership development?

5. What specific insight did this book provide with respect to any or all of these questions?

6. What other leadership activities might ANR consider to support the attributes discussed today?

Any other input you wish to provide is encouraged. 

ASI calls for nominations for ag sustainability award

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis is calling for nominations for the 2012 Eric Bradford and Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award. 

The award is meant to recognize and honor individuals who exhibit the leadership, work ethic and integrity epitomized by the late Eric Bradford, a livestock geneticist who gave 50 years of service to UC Davis, and the late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist.

Nominations are welcome for UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors and specialists as well as UC Davis graduate students, faculty members, and in special cases, alumni, for their work toward agricultural sustainability.

Award recipients will receive a cash prize and may be invited to give a lecture sponsored by ASI, which manages the award and selection process. Letters of nomination should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee by Jan. 2, 2012.

To nominate someone or for more information, visit http://www.asi.ucdavis.edu/awards/br-award/br-award.

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