Evolving business times require evolving leadership styles. Through the Presidential Leadership Program, Farmers Insurance and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library aim to craft emotionally intelligent leaders who can inspire others to reach great heights.
The Presidential Leadership Program brings together a corporation and a non-profit organization in a truly unique way. Farmers Insurance and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library are jointly committed to the development of leaders in the private and public sectors.
The Presidential Leadership Program uses all presidents, with a focus on Ronald Reagan, to showcase the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership. The program is a non-partisan, non-political study of how the 44 men who have served in the Oval Office have inspired the nation.
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SIMI VALLEY, CA. – What critical skills will America’s business and non-profit organization leaders need to succeed in the future?
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library have partnered to establish the Presidential Leadership Program, which explores the leadership competencies required to excel in the toughest job in the world and applies them to the business and professional arena.
The three-day course, conducted at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., is the latest offering from the University of Farmers, which, in February, was named the top corporate learning organization in the country by nationally recognized Training Magazine.
“The Presidential Leadership Program is an invaluable tool that will help us develop leaders within – and outside of – our company,” said Farmers Chief Claims Officer Bryan Murphy. “We are honored to partner with the Reagan Library to develop a program that will create not just new visions, but also new visionaries.”
And, added Reagan Foundation Executive Director John Heubusch, “The Presidential Leadership Program gives us a unique chance to showcase Ronald Reagan as a true American leader. We are excited about teaming with Farmers Insurance to improve our nation’s leadership skills with this revolutionary program.”
The program launched in March, with 16 sessions scheduled for 2011. It is aimed at Farmers managers and executives, with a number of seats in each session open to associates of the Reagan Library.
The unique setting of the Reagan Library offers participants a one-of-a-kind learning experience. Activities take place in the Air Force One Discovery Center, which features replicas of the Oval Office, an aircraft carrier situation room, and the White House Press Room. The program includes:
- Exclusive video interviews with more than a dozen former Reagan staffers and leadership authorities, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Attorney General Edwin Meese, Reagan speechwriter and author Peggy Noonan, and leadership expert and former Clinton Administration official Betsy Myers.
- Use of an Apple iPad for each student to access the curriculum, participate in activities and take notes. Several activities also use Apple’s iPod Touch, as Farmers and the Reagan Library integrate new, environmentally friendly technology into their training. Farmers estimates its use of iPads for PLP is saving up to 80,000 sheets of paper per year.
- Interactive sessions on the importance of listening and storytelling in leadership roles, as well as discussions on emotional intelligence competencies such as empathy, situational awareness and inspirational leadership.
“The Presidential Leadership Program is a truly unique learning experience for all participants,” Murphy said. “We are looking forward to graduates taking an active and significant role in their future business endeavors.”
About the Reagan Foundation and Library
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by President Reagan himself and charged by him with continuing his legacy and sharing his principles: individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy and national pride. The Foundation is a non-partisan organization that sustains the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, the Reagan Center for Public Affairs, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center and its internationally recognized, award-winning Discovery Center, and the Air Force One Pavilion.
About Farmers Insurance
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is the country’s third-largest insurer of both personal lines passenger automobile and homeowners insurance, and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states, through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc. or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Financial Services Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its Web site at www.farmers.com or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
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