Apply by January 31 for PDP’s Cornerstone Dairy Academy
To ensure the best learning experience for everyone, the program is application based to preserve the quality and level of interaction. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2025, and can be completed online at www.pdpw.org/cornerstone-dairy-academy. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by Feb. 7.
Each participant in Cornerstone Dairy Academy will select one leadership pillar – influential, visionary or servant – each of which will incorporate peer-to-peer networking and interaction while building skills for every level of their farming or dairy industry career.
“Attending Cornerstone was a great reminder that we each have the power to lift up or bring down,” said Valerie Kamphuis, Specialized Dairy Credit Officer with Compeer Financial, “and we make the choice every day of how to portray our personal leadership style.”
The Influential Leaders pillar will be facilitated by Holly Green, behavioral scientist and business leader; Melissa Wilson, certified dining etiquette consultant; and Hank Wagner, founder of Wagner Leadership Training, author and dairy producer. This trio of experts will give participants the tools to:
- Understand generational differences and communication methods
- Discover behavior types
- Master first impressions with courtesy and confidence
- Model thankfulness and gratitude
- Understand integrity and its correlation to ethical decision making
- Exemplify credibility and uprightness
- Observe global trends to discover opportunities in their early stages
- Plan strategically and efficiently use economic-indicator tools
The Servant Leadership pillar will be facilitated by Tom Thibodeau, distinguished professor of Servant Leadership at Viterbo University. Thibodeau will help attendees lead with passion and a commitment to growing people’s abilities and building communities. He will focus on key attributes of servant leadership including:
- Top ten characteristics and seven best practices
- The value of organizational focus and working as a team
- The power of hospitality and customer service
- The blessings of a positive, productive work culture
Upon acceptance to the program, students and dairy producers pay $200 to attend; allied industry members pay $500. Support from Dairy’s Foundation covers the balance of program fees, including meals. PDP will reimburse participants $50 per night for hotel lodging up to a maximum of two nights or $100.
Cornerstone Dairy Academy is an accredited training and offers Dairy AdvanCE continuing education units (CEUs). To learn more or secure credits, visit www.DairyAdvance.org.
Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) is the nation’s largest dairy producer-led organization of its kind, focusing on producer professionalism, stakeholder engagement and unified outreach to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences that help dairy producers succeed.
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