Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership Program

Class X - Session 1

July 11-14, 2006

College Station

Extension, Education, Expectations

TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LIFETIME LEADERSHIP

TALL X Session I

 July 11-14, 2006

College Station

“Extension, Education, Expectations”

Texas Cooperative Extension

(revised 7/21/2006 kw)

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006:

Presiding: Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz: Lynn Angell & J.J. Barto               (Dress) Business Casual

Ballrooms 5 & 6 - Hilton Hotel

1:00 p.m.        “Welcome”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Edward G. Smith

Director, Texas Cooperative Extension and

Associate Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Life Sciences,

The Texas A&M University System

1:15 p.m.        “Orientation”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

Professor & Extension Specialist -Leadership Programs

TALL Director, Texas Cooperative Extension, The Texas A&M University System

2:00 p.m.        “The Real Deal on Homeland Security”. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. David H. McIntyre

3:15 p.m.                   Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University

3:15 p.m.-       Refreshment Break     CAN CHECK IN TO ROOMS

3:30 p.m.        Depart hotel and walk across back parking lot to John B. Connally Bld - Rm 318

3:45 p.m.        “Leading During a National Disaster” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr. Mark D. Stanford

5:00 p.m.                                                                   Chief - Fire Operations, Texas Forest Service

6:00 p.m.        Meet in hotel lobby to travel in personal vehicles

Presiding: Cory Bruce & Albert Chapa                                                   (Dress) Business Casual

6:30 p.m.        Social/Tour & Dinner. . . . . . . . . . Sponsored by Global Genetics & Biological

President, Dr. Bill Foxworth and TALL Alumnus and

Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Garbriela Foxworth, DVM, Ph.D,

“TALL Experiences” . . . . . . Dr. Bill Foxworth; President “GGB” and TALL Alumnus

Dr. Charles Looney, President & Owner OvaGenix LP, TALL Alumnus

Mr. John Smith, Loan Review Officer for Citizens State Bank - Somerville, TALL Alumnus

Mr. Jim Phillips, Senior VP Commercial Lending Capital Farm Credit, TALL Alumnus

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006: 

Breakfast on your own

Ballrooms 5 & 6 - Hilton Hotel

Presiding: Jeff Conner & Davon Cook                                                   (Dress) Business Casual

7:30 a.m.-       “Leadership Behavior Profile”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Dick Cummins

Leadership Development Specialist, TAMCO

9:15 a.m.         Refreshment Break

9:30 a.m.         Resume “Leadership Behavior Profile”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Dick Cummins

11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.       “Texas Prison System & Agriculture”. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. C.F. Hazlewood, Jr.

11:45 a.m.             Director, Agribusiness, Land & Mineral Dept, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice

Presiding: Clint Cryer & Chad Elkins 

12:00 Noon     Meet in hotel lobby to load bus

12:20 p.m.      Lunch & Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr. John Giesenschlag, Owner ABC Equipment

2:00 p.m.                              Mr. Paul Wiggins - Owner, Wiggins LLP - Watermelon Warehouse;

Mr. Jay Wilder - Owner J&J Cattle Co. & TALL-Alumnus

  Lunch Sponsored by: Producer’s Cooperative Association

2:00 p.m.        Load Bus

2:30 p.m.        Tour Blue Bell Creameries Factory - Brenham . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Paul Kruse

4:00 p.m.                                                                                                             CEO and President

4:00 p.m.        Load Bus

4:15 p.m.-       Tour Ellison’s Greenhouses, Inc - Brenham. . . . . . . . . . .  Ms. PJ Ellison-Kalil

5:45 p.m.                                         President, TALL Alumnae and TALL Advisory Board Member

6:00 p.m.        Load bus & travel to Washington on The Brazos State Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“Birth Place of Texas”

Presiding: P.J. Ellison-Kalil

6:30 p.m.        Reception and Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sponsored by

9:00 p.m.    Blue Bell Creameries, Inc.; Buddy Benz School Floriculture -Horticulture TAMU;

Citizens State Bank; Design II Catering; Desperado Crossings; Dr.Bill Eikenhorst;

 Jim and Ellen Ellison; Ellison’s Greenhouses, Inc.; Mike Hopkins Distributing Co.;

 Jaegers; Larry Pierce - CEA Washington County; Washington on the Brazos State Park

and Park Association

9:00 p.m.        Load bus and return to hotel 

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006:

Breakfast on your own         (Dress) Blue jeans, or knee length Shorts, T-shirt, tennis shoes and sun screen

Presiding: Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz                                                                                                                                                      

7:30 a.m.         Meet in hotel lobby and travel in personal vehicles for Ropes Challenge Course

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 - Continued:

8:00 a.m.          “ChallengeWorks”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Bob Gantt

- Leadership for Change Program Coordinator, TAMU ChallengeWorks

                           - Communication

                           - Trust Building

10:00 a.m.        Break

12:00 p.m.-      Lunch

1:00 p.m. 

Presiding: Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

1:00 p.m.        “Challenge Works” (continued)

4:00 p.m.         - Creative Problem Solving

                            - Collaborative Decision Making

                            - Celebrating Diversity

                            - Project Teams

4:00 p.m.-       Load personal vehicles to return to hotel

(Dress) Business Attire

5:45 p.m.        Meet in hotel lobby and travel in personal vehicles to reception

Presiding: Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

6:00 p.m         Social and Reception. . . . . . . . . . . . . Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center

7:00 p.m. (Cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres)

                        * Music by Dr. Delbert Reed and the Brazos Country Grass

Reception Sponsored by:

7:00 p.m.        Program/Opening Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

TALL Director & Professor

Recognition of Special Guests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Edward G. Smith

Director, Texas Cooperative Extension and

Associate Vice Chancellor

Introduction of Keynote Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. H. Russell Cross

Deputy Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and

Associate Director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 - continued:

                        Keynote Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Robert D. McTeer

Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System

TALL X Class Introductions & Closing. . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

8:00 p.m.        TALL X Class participants depart with individual hosts for dinner

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 :

Breakfast on your own 

Presiding: Ed Erwin & Duel Glass                                                           (Dress) Business Attire

7:00 a.m.         Meet in hotel lobby to leave for TAMU- College of Veterinary Medicine

                        in personal vehicles. (Room 210 of Veterinary Medicine Sciences Bldg MUST

                         use hanging parking tags we are provided at Vet School)

7:15 a.m. “Update on Food Animal Diseases & Role of TVMDL-First Line of Defense

8:00 a.m.                     for Bio-Terrorism” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lelve Gayle

Executive Director, Texas Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Laboratory

8:00 a.m.         “Animal Cloning & CC” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Duane C. Kraemer

8:45 a.m. Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology

8:45 a.m.         “Communicating with the Media” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr. Donnis Baggett

9:45 a.m.                                                                                  Publisher/Editor - The Eagle AND

Mr. Jon Boaz

General Sales Manager/Assistant Station Manager - KBTX TV

9:45 a.m.         Load Vehicles and Depart for George Bush Presidential Museum and Library

10:00 a.m.       Photo Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Bush Presidential Museum & Library

“Freedom” Horse Sculpture

Break - “41^st Club”

Presiding: Geoff Haney & Clayton Henry

10:30 a.m.       “George Bush School of Government & Public Service”. . .Dr. Arnold Vedlitz

11:30 a.m.                                            Director, Institute for Science, Technology & Public Policy

Allen Bldg. - Room 113011:30 a.m.Tour of Museum (self-guided)

12:30 p.m.      Challenge and Closing Remarks (Rotunda). . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz

12:45 p.m.      Load Vehicles and Depart for Hotel - Lunch on Your Own

Adjourn

“Powells’ Rules for Picking People”

Look for intelligence and judgement and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.” How often do our requirement and hiring process tap into these attributes? More often than not, we ignore them in favor of length of resume, degrees and prior titles. A string of job descriptions, recruit held yesterday seem to be more important than who one is today, what she can contribute tomorrow or how well his values mesh with those of the organization. You can train a bright, willing novice in the fundamentals of your business fairly readily, but it’s a lot harder to train someone to have integrity, judgement, energy, balance and the drive to get things done. Good leaders stack the deck in their favor right in the recruitments phase.

General Colin Powell

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