Strategic Leadership Workshop

 

Are you a food or agriculture processor and want to learn how to develop strategic leadership within your company or organization?

 

Due to popular demand, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) is again offering the full-day Strategic Leadership Workshop with Dr. Brynn Winegard, this time from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on November 23, 2017, at the Agriculture Business Centre, 6547 Sparrow Drive, Leduc. 

 

“Dr. Brynn Winegard will inform you of the skills required to master each element of successful leadership, the key issues facing leaders, and the leaders’ role and core purpose,” says Lisa Iwanyk, development officer, AF. “Every segment of the day is complemented with individual exercises and group activities to allow you a chance to apply what you learn and to hone your personal leadership capabilities.”

 

Before the workshop, participants will receive an assignment to familiarize themselves with the framework and to get them thinking about their own strategic leadership challenges.

 

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.