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Last few places remaining in new Young Farmers Leadership Academy

Published
Thursday 30 Nov 2017

There are just a few places up for grabs in Myerscough College’s Young Farmers Leadership Academy.

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The Academy is a brand new, inspirational leadership course and has been designed especially by farmers and agriculture lecturers at Myerscough College to give the appropriate skillset to the next generation of young aspiring farming leaders. The course aims to develop leadership and management skills leading to a more strategic approach to farm business development.

The Young Farmers Leadership Academy (YFLA) consists of six two-day modules in the areas of Leadership & Management, Human Resource Management, Farm Business Management, Farm Innovation and Supply Chain Management, Business Strategy, and Marketing & Social Media Reputation. Each module includes an evening meal with after dinner speaker and an overnight stay to facilitate networking and leadership skill development. Each module will start at 1.00pm and finish at 3.00pm the following day and will include a range of guest specialist speakers together with farm visits.

Keynote speakers on the course confirmed so far include Dr Kay Carson of Streamline Farm Management. Kay will be delivering the principles of lean manufacturing and how to deliver higher production efficiency, maximise value in every activity and seek a culture change across the business which creates the conditions for continuous improvements.

Heather Wildman from Saviour Associates is another confirmed guest speaker who will deliver a talk on Vision, Collaboration & Communication. Saviour Associates Ltd was formed in July 2014 to provide farmers, growers and agribusiness clients access to sound unbiased advice, coaching and mentoring.

Duncan MacKenzie will be leading first training event. He is a former military officer and an independent consultant with twenty years leadership and management training experience, working in the National School of Government delivering training to Senior Civil Servants and facilitating events for the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Office as well as numerous other organisations.

Andrea Gardner, Business and Projects Development Manager at Myerscough College, said: ‘’Successful applicants to the programme will have a Level 3 or A Levels qualification or equivalent experience, at least five years full-time agricultural experience and some management responsibility within a farm business. Importantly there will also be a desire to further develop management and leadership skills.

‘’Participants should come prepared to be challenged – this sessions will be stimulating, thought provoking and highly engaging!

‘’Entry onto the programme is by telephone interview and suitable reference. Places are limited with a closing date of December 31st.''

Thanks to generous support from the Princes Countryside Fund, the cost of the course is just £1000, which is inclusive of accommodation and board on all study days.

For further information or to express an interest in the Academy click here: http://www.myerscough.ac.uk/courses/young-farmers-leadership-academy/ or you can keep up to date on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MyerscoughCollege/

 

by Dave Salmon

DSalmon@myerscough.ac.uk