Good Governance and Leadership

Welcome to the Governance and Leadership course. Here you will learn how you can leave a legacy as a manager of a Farmer Based Organization (FBO). Build a robust foundation and grow your professional leadership skills!  

Learning objectives

After session 1:

1. You know what a cooperative and what a Farmer Based Organisation is.
2. You are able to motivate others to join a cooperative or other form of FBO.

Agenda

1. Watch the video (15 min)
2. Take the quiz (30 min)

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.

In lesson 2 you will learn about the foundation of your organisation.

The video will motivate you to look at your own organisation, business or cooperative: do you know the mission, vision and values by heart? Or does it need to be updated?

Learning objectives

After session 2:

1. You know how to build a strong foundation of your organisation
2. You understand why transparency is important and how transparency can be increased
3. You know what sustainability is and how you can increase the sustainability of your organisation by building a strong foundation and promoting a transparent organisational culture

Agenda

1. Watch the video (15 min)
2. Take the quiz (30 min)

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.

In this video you will learn about different types and styles of leaders and about characteristics of a good and a bad leader.

What is a good leader to you and do you feel you are the best leader you can be?

Learning objectives

After session 3:

1. You can recognize a good leader because you know the characteristics of a good and a bad leader
2. You have reflected on your own leadership style.
3. You can support young members in your organisation to become leaders

Agenda

1. Watch the video (15 min)
2. Take the quiz (30 min)

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.

Learn more about policies and strategies. Do you have a strategic plan? And what about policies?

Video 5 speaks of various policies and the importance of a strategic plan. Learn from good examples and get ready to build a stable foundation for your FBO. 

Learning objectives

After session 5:

1. You will understand why a strategic plan and policies are important for the growth of a FBO.
2. You know how and are motivated to leave a legacy as a manager of a FBO.
3. You able to motivate members to become active members of the FBO.

Agenda

1. Watch the video (15 min)
2. Take the quiz (30 min)

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.