For students pursuing careers in agriculture, this text of choice emphasizes training for leadership, techniques for personal development, and how to select and succeed in a career. Learning styles to help students understand the way they learn and identify aptitudes and talents to facilitate career selection, are discussed. How personality types relate to leadership, learning, and communication styles, helps students to have a greater awareness of self and others. As personal development is key to confidence and success in the work place, the text offers practical insights on positive reinforcement and motivation, self-concept, goal-setting, problem-solving and public speaking. Among the chapters' contents are numerous student activities, review questions, and web sites. Additional information includes the rules and score sheets for the FFA Creed, Public Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking and Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Events.
