Developing Leadership Competencies in the Executive Seminar Program

Three Tiers of Skill Competency Development

Benefits to the Individual

• Leadership development
• Management training in problem solving
• Communication skills
• External relations
• Inter-personal relations
• Multi-cultural awareness
• Coalition building
• Dealing with change

Benefits to the Organization

• State-of-the-art leadership techniques that help an organization achieve its mission
• Problem-solving experience focused on natural resource issues
• Comparative understanding of other organizations
• Development of networks that foster problem-solving among participating organizations
• Awareness of how different organizations approach policy issues

Benefits to Society

• Training in collaborative decision-making
• Leadership models applicable across jurisdictions
• Development of value-based leadership in context marked by complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty
• Finding effective models to resolve divisive regional natural resource issues
• Improved ability to lead in creating and sustaining policy
• Increased civic capacity for governing in the policy arena