source: Farm and Food Report
To be a consulting agrologist is to accept that your career is a lifelong learning process, full of opportunities to hone your skills. And sometimes, a little coaching helps speed things up.
Given this overarching principle, heading back to school every now and again is the best way to ensure that the quality of service consulting agrologists provide is as good as can be, according to Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association (CCAA) Executive Director Adele Buettner.
“The CCAA’s 2005 North American Consulting School that takes place in Saskatoon on April 25 and 26 is the requisite gathering place for all consultants working in agriculture-related fields,” said Buettner. “This will be our third edition. After a trip to Calgary last year, we are back again at the University of Saskatchewan this year.”
The Consulting School program was developed because of the particular nature of the work consulting agrologists must often carry out as experts in their field.
“We recognize there is a need for a school of this type in North America, where consultants can engage in hands-on activities that are applicable in the various areas they work in. This is likely why the school attracts participants from across Canada and the United States. The training resources we bring in also play a role in the school’s success.”
The CCAA requires all of its members to take one hour of ethics training each year, to explore some of the ethical challenges our members face in consulting situations.
“For instance, this year, three of our senior consultants will take members through moot exercises. Consultants are often used in court as expert witnesses. Consequently, we have partnered up with a local law firm in Saskatoon and invited Donald Good, a professional agrologist who is also a lawyer, to provide some training for our members. Consulting agrologists are regularly called upon as expert witnesses for crop insurance claims or claims relating to accidents and spillage.”
The type of training provided during the school will cover topics such as how to build a winning team; how to achieve maximum performance; how to help organizations implement best practices behaviour; how to develop partnerships; how to understand different behaviour styles; and how to become aware of your own behaviour style.
“How to communicate more effectively also figures in the school program. As you see, the school offers opportunities for many other professionals. Anyone who advises clients for a living will benefit from attending our sessions,” says Buettner.
The 2005 North American Consulting School takes place at the Biology Building on the U of S campus April 25-26. For more information or to register, call (306) 933-2974 or visit: www.consultingagrologists.com
For more information, contact:
Adele Buettner
Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association
(306) 933-2974
To be a consulting agrologist is to accept that your career is a lifelong learning process, full of opportunities to hone your skills. And sometimes, a little coaching helps speed things up.
Given this overarching principle, heading back to school every now and again is the best way to ensure that the quality of service consulting agrologists provide is as good as can be, according to Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association (CCAA) Executive Director Adele Buettner.
“The CCAA’s 2005 North American Consulting School that takes place in Saskatoon on April 25 and 26 is the requisite gathering place for all consultants working in agriculture-related fields,” said Buettner. “This will be our third edition. After a trip to Calgary last year, we are back again at the University of Saskatchewan this year.”
The Consulting School program was developed because of the particular nature of the work consulting agrologists must often carry out as experts in their field.
“We recognize there is a need for a school of this type in North America, where consultants can engage in hands-on activities that are applicable in the various areas they work in. This is likely why the school attracts participants from across Canada and the United States. The training resources we bring in also play a role in the school’s success.”
The CCAA requires all of its members to take one hour of ethics training each year, to explore some of the ethical challenges our members face in consulting situations.
“For instance, this year, three of our senior consultants will take members through moot exercises. Consultants are often used in court as expert witnesses. Consequently, we have partnered up with a local law firm in Saskatoon and invited Donald Good, a professional agrologist who is also a lawyer, to provide some training for our members. Consulting agrologists are regularly called upon as expert witnesses for crop insurance claims or claims relating to accidents and spillage.”
The type of training provided during the school will cover topics such as how to build a winning team; how to achieve maximum performance; how to help organizations implement best practices behaviour; how to develop partnerships; how to understand different behaviour styles; and how to become aware of your own behaviour style.
“How to communicate more effectively also figures in the school program. As you see, the school offers opportunities for many other professionals. Anyone who advises clients for a living will benefit from attending our sessions,” says Buettner.
The 2005 North American Consulting School takes place at the Biology Building on the U of S campus April 25-26. For more information or to register, call (306) 933-2974 or visit: www.consultingagrologists.com
For more information, contact:
Adele Buettner
Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association
(306) 933-2974
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