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The National Conservation Leadership Institute was designed after an extensive national review of leadership programs at different academic institutions, government organizations, and corporate universities. These program models indicate that learning occurs best with preparation for the experience, a combination of both classroom and online instruction and, very importantly, opportunities to apply and use the learning in real situations. Based on this research, the National Conservation Leadership Institute was designed with four major components. |
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The Cambridge Leadership Associates is a key NCLI partner bringing the expertise and experience to advance the leadership capacity of our country’s highest potential future natural resource conservation leaders. The result is an extraordinary curriculum and comprehensive learning experience of historical magnitude. The Cambridge Leadership Associates from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government are the most recognized experts on Adaptive Leadership™. Adaptive Leadership is the principal theme throughout the Institute’s instruction and discussion. The principles of Adaptive Leadership are grounded to real conservation problems and challenges. Conservation luminaries will share their experiences from a unique conservation perspective, and this combined effort produces a truly remarkable, unique learning opportunity. |
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NCLI instructors bring broad and deep experience from academia and business integrated with today’s top leaders in conservation. All instructors and speakers bring world-class perspective. In some cases they wrote the book (literally) on leadership, and others have applied leadership in conservation. The result is a rare combination of experience and perspective: the latest leadership thinking and practice with conservation luminaries and real challenges from the conservation field. |
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We hear from many professionals working in fish and wildlife that making leadership real means mobilizing people and organizations to rise to the challenge of tackling situations and opportunities that demand new ways of doing business. But new ways of doing business also need to build from the best aspects of our agencies' history, culture, values, and strategy. Adaptive Leadership™ provides the understanding, skills, and support that we need to do two things well: distinguish what's essential from what’s expendable and innovate in ways that dovetail with those essentials. The point is to develop an adaptability that enables the agency to thrive and carry the best from its history into the future. |
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