How to Apply...

The Great Lakes Leadership Academy is a partnership between the Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, MSU Extension, and the MSU School of Labor & Industrial Relations, in cooperation with our stakeholders designed to provide a vibrant pool of leaders for Michigan.

The Great Lakes Leadership Academy Board of Governors' and Michigan State University invite you to become part of a very special group of people who will learn about themselves, develop their leadership potential and share knowledge about a broad range of issues affecting quality of life issues.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Great Lakes Leadership Academy candidates are required to demonstrate leadership ability and a commitment to their community of interest. Applicants will reflect the diversity of the state including geographical, professional, gender and ethnicity, which greatly enrich the growth and development of the group as a whole. Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:

Demonstrated Leadership Potential
Applicants must have some experience in leadership activities. The applicant must provide evidence to demonstrate his or her leadership qualities and potential as indicated by community, organizational, or governmental activities listed on the application.

Leadership Potential after the Program
An evaluation is made of each candidate's likelihood for potential future contribution to the food system, agriculture, natural resources, environment, and manufacturing sectors of the economy and the quality of life for local communities.  Graduation from the program should not be considered as an end-point, but rather the beginning of the next stage for one's leadership journey.

Breadth of Perspective on Issues
Each candidate will be evaluated for his or her long term commitment and concern for a broad scope of issues related to food systems, agriculture, natural resources, manufacturing and the environment.

Open minded
Each candidate will be evaluated for evidence that he or she is open to considering different ideas and views, that he or she exercises creativity in thinking, and that he or she does not approach problems with fixed conclusions.

Potential to be a Productive Participant
Each candidate will be considered in terms of willingness to learn new perspectives, and ability to contribute to and benefit from program activities.

Potential to Work Effectively with People
The applicant must demonstrate an ability to work well with others, to communicate effectively, to motivate others, to accept individual differences, to set goals and devise action plans to meet those goals, to make decisions, and to influence others' decisions. A successful applicant will demonstrate that he or she wants to work with, learn from, and share with other people.

Commitment to Participate
The applicant must be fully committed to be involved and participate in all of the study/travel seminars. Applicants must demonstrate ability to be away from their place of work for the necessary amounts of time. If an applicant is not self employed, in view of the time that will be spent away from the job as required by participation in the program, the applicant must have the support of his/her employer. In addition, an applicant must have the full support of his or her spouse/partner.

Other
If both members of a couple wish to apply, each must complete an application form. The program does not encourage both spouses/partners to be involved in the same group.

APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Applications can be accessed via our web site at http://www.glla.msu.edu/. All applications will be completed via the world-wide-web.

2. Applicants should arrange to have three references electronically submitted to the Great Lakes Leadership Academy. See instructions below for submission of references.

3. The applicant's spouse/partner (if applicable) must be willing to support the applicant's participation. There is a checkbox to confirm their support (if applicable) at the end of the application.

4. If the applicant has an employer or a business partner, his or her employer/business partner must also support the applicant's candidacy for the program. There is a checkbox to confirm their support (if applicable) at the end of the application.

5. Applications will be reviewed and individual interviews will be scheduled with invited candidates.

6. Due to the limited participant capacity and the need for a diverse composition of participants in any given group, not all qualified candidates are chosen. Individuals are strongly encouraged to re-apply in subsequent years.

7. Complete the application checklist

8. If you have further questions or concerns about this process please contact us at http://www.glla.msu.edu.

LEADERSHIP ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
APPLICATION FORM

To receive consideration, it is necessary that you fully complete an application electronically and provide all information requested.

1. Application deadline August 15, 2008. We are currently accepting applications for the 2009-10 Leadership Advancement Program.

2. Complete a new application

3.   a.) Make corrections to an existing application or
     b.) copy information from an existing application to a new application.

EMERGING LEADER PROGRAM
APPLICATION FORM

To receive consideration, it is necessary that you fully complete an application electronically and provide all information requested.

1. Application deadline is September 15, 2008. We are currently accepting applications for the Emerging Leadership Program.

2. Complete a new application

3.   a.) Make corrections to an existing application or
     b.) copy information from an existing application to a new application.

MSU is an Affirmative-Action, Equal-Opportunity Employer. Michigan State University Extension program and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, or family status.