Dr. Krystle Allen to Join National Program Aimed at Helping Land-Grant System Leaders Ascend to Leadership Roles
Baton Rouge, La. – Dr. Krystle Allen, Program Leader for Family and Consumer Sciences and Assistant Specialist for Community and Economic Developmentat the SU Ag Center, was selected as a participant in the 19th class of the LEAD21 program, a leadership program aimed at developing leaders in land-grant institutions and their strategic partners who link research, academics and extension for leadership roles at colleges and universities across the nation.
“Being selected for the LEAD21- Class 19 will help me sharpen the skills I already possess, while also highlighting and growing those I have yet to attain,”said Dr. Allen. As a leader, I am often tasked with providing guidance, inspiration, motivation, and direction to my unit; thus, sharpening my leadership skills will allow me to better communicate my vision to my team, while also ensuring I am continuing to lift them up as I climb.
LEAD21 provides an immersive professional development program for academic leaders from the land-grant system. Working in regular small groups meetings combined with three week-long immersive sessions, the participants will learn effective leadership skills for increasingly complex higher education environments as well as strategies for influencing institutional transformation in their current and future leadership positions.
“Additionally, the LEAD 21 program will serve as an opportunity for me to utilize the “train the trainer” model; as I will bring the knowledge, skills, and abilities I acquire from this experience, back into my unit; empowering everyone to succeed, communicate better, and learn new skills,”added Dr.Allen.
The LEAD21 program is targeted at faculty specialists, program and team leaders, research station and center directors, district and regional directors, department heads and chairs, and others in land-grant universities’ colleges of agricultural, environmental, and human sciences and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Learn more about the LEAD21 program on the LEAD21 Website.