AFA Competencies
Developing Leaders
What makes a transformational leader?
With our partners, we’ve identified six key skills we believe every agriculture professional should have. These are woven throughout all of our programs.
Relationship development
Building and fostering healthy relationships.
Systems thinking
Innovatively influencing systems through critical thinking and problem solving
Collaboration
Working effectively with others toward a common goal
Cultural EQ
Capacity to perform across diverse environments with an inclusive bias
Interpersonal IQ
Relating to others with sensitivity and influence; a built-in bias toward leading and learning
Career management
Using exploration, feedback and reflection to manage yourself and your teams