Leadership: Personal Development and Career Success

The first comprehensive text to cover the skills and qualities necessary for leadership, personal development and career success! Defying the tired cliche that leaders are born and not made, this energetic text explains and demonstrates the leadership skills and abilities that are most valued in agriculture industries, helping readers to identify and enhance their strongest traits. Readers will learn the fundamentals of public speaking, FFA Parliamentary procedure, group dynamics, interpersonal skills and workplace readiness. A generous number of activities, along with objectives and questions, motivate readers to put these into action. Plus, a financial management chapter details how to successfully manage, budget and invest money with innovative ideas on accumulating personal wealth through agricultural enterprises. ALSO AVAILABLE -- INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS: Computerized Testbank (DOS 3.5" & MAC) ISBN: 0-8273-7491-7, Agriscience Testmaster CD-ROM (Windows) ISBN: 0-8273-7486-0, Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-8273-6754-6, Business and Mechanical Technology Laserdisc ISBN: 0-8273-7303-1. Call Customer Support to Order.

Cliff Ricketts holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and a Masters of Education (Administration and Supervision) from the University of Tennessee. He received his PhD in Agricultural and Teacher Education from Ohio State University. The winner of several prestigious awards (including AGR Agricultural Teacher of the Year and FFA Blue & Gold Award), Dr. Ricketts has taught a wide variety of Agricultural Education and Teaching Methods courses over his fifteen-year career. He is currently a Professor of Agricultural Education in the Department of Agribusiness and Agriscience at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.