Week # 3: Leadership and Public Speaking Objectives: Understand the major components of leadership involved in successful employment. Contrast the habits of successful leaders. Apply skills needed by agricultural professionals. Apply principles of public speaking. Identify the major components of a speech.

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Learning Activities:

Make a to-do list for this week. Turn this into your advisor asap. use this form. John Maxwell's father inspired him to read by refusing to pay him an allowance. Instead his father paid him to read books. Now John writes books. You may want to pick a book from John Maxwell's book list to read. Here is another book list created by Dr. David Jones at NC State University. Download and print out this PowerPoint on Public Speaking Most all job interviews have the same type of questions. You just need to be ready to give great answers. Be sure to scroll down on the page to get to the good ones.

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Leadership Moment:

Go to the leadershipmoment.org archives and listen to the first entry Be Fully Engaged in Life by clicking the play button on the right side.

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Assignments: Extra credit!

Select a book on leadership and begin reading. You will spend most of your time this week reading. Next week you will use what you have read to write a leadership analysis. Be sure to complete Worksheet 3 and turn it into your advisor. Go the BLOG and tell about your first PALS experience.

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