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Syngenta South Africa, Private Bag X60, Halfway House, 1685.
Tel
(011) 541 4000
Fax
(011) 541 4072
www.syngenta.co.za@SyngentaSA
A leadership development programme
Syngenta Grain Academy 2017
presented by thinking fusion
AFRICA and the UFS Business School.
Request for nomination
Syngenta and Grain SA hereby cordially invite young grain producers to nominate themselves to attend the highly
accredited (NQF level 7), highly successful (fifth year running), high impact (9 days) leadership development programme
titled: Leadership in the Connection Economy.
This unique programme is presented over three, three-day sessions at high-quality venues in Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
The programme can accommodate 25 young producers at a time.
Why a leadership development programme?
Syngenta and Grain SA believe that young farmers need to be equipped with leadership skills, not only to lead differently
on their farms but in particular to take the lead in agricultural bodies, agricultural debates, and in agricultural forums and
discussions with Government.
This programme was put together, and is accredited by the UFS Business School on NQF level 7 to do exactly that
and more. The central philosophy of this programme is that the
transformation
of organisations/farms/the agricultural
industry requires the transformation of its leaders. This requires
leadership capacity
; the development of which this
programme promises. The programme is founded in the scientific evidence that
emotional intelligence and social
intelligence
are the true differentiating skill sets of a leader.
Systems thinking
skill development is consideredas the cognitivedifferentiator of leaders facedwith complexproblematic
situations.
Diversity
is woven into the programme design and delivery because of the reality that diversity brings not only
complexity to the world of a leader, but also because it presents exceedingly more potential benefits to leaders with a
mind-set of valuing diversity.