Leaders have integrity and never compromise it.  Integrity is defined as your moral compass, the ability to judge between what is right and wrong and act accordingly

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A survey of Fisher’s past two graduating classes showed that 87% of undergraduates completed some form of practical or experiential learning experience during their time at the university and, of those, 40% completed two or more.

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A program aimed at helping Ontario County residents become better leaders will be postponed until 2021 due to challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Leadership Ontario (LeadOn) has identified the fall of 2021 as its rescheduled launch date, and applications for ...

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Synthesis Management Group will launch its newest program, the “2020 Visionary Leadership Summit,” next week. The seven-week online program is designed for executives to strengthen and expand their leadership muscles to help motivate their teams, as well as help plan ...

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A new, county-wide initiative has been launched to develop community-focused leaders in Ontario County. Leadership Ontario will incorporate 13 full days of programming over the course of 10 months in which participants will become more knowledgeable about Ontario County, develop ...

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When it comes to agriculture, the industry is no Silicon Valley. Surveys conducted just a few years ago found that the average American farmer was 58 while the average American computer programmer was 31. The food and agriculture workforce has only gotten older since ...

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One of the markers of wise parenting—and exemplary leadership —is learning when to be involved and when to be uninvolved. Many who read this column are aware of their own tendencies toward excess, both at home and at work. This ...

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A federal agriculture grant of $640,000 will help re-establish an urban youth 4-H program run by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County. The grant from the Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Project of the U.S. Department ...

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When you hire or promote a leader, what attributes do you look for? Most organizations emphasize intelligence, talent and accomplishments. They want to know what someone is good at, and they ask about an individual’s record of success. Top-level job-hunting ...

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“One of your main responsibilities as a leader is to lead the movement forward as if I’m not there.” Those words were spoken in 2012 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in a private conversation with Lobsang Sangay, president of ...

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A friend of mine needed surgery to remove a benign tumor in his pituitary gland. Like any surgery involving the brain, that’s an operation requiring great precision. The involved parts are small and delicate. Not long after his successful operation, ...

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Leadership failures can often be traced to a cardinal bad habit: oversimplifying beliefs, responses and decisions. This happens when leaders make decisions too quickly and expediently so they can move on to the next issue on the agenda. Or when ...

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