Skip to main content

IFAS Leadership Development: Listening to Learn

Muthusami Kumaran


Release Date: 6/15/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-HE748-1986

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

This article is part of a series IFAS Leadership Development, with eleven modules developed for use by Florida Cooperative Extension agents. They are designed for training agents and officers. Information and activities provided in this series will help Extension leaders in facilitating leadership development for their agents and officers. Handouts for audience use are labeled in the leadership development modules. These may be duplicated for use during training sessions. Each lesson is designed for a workshop approximately two hours long. Various parts of the modules can be shortened or expanded according to the needs of participants and availability of time.

About this Publication

This document is FCS9067, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Originally published September 1986. Revised January 2009, January 2012, June 2015, and July 2025. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Bolton, E., & Kumaran, M. (2015). UF/IFAS Leadership Development: Listening to Learn. EDIS, 2015(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-he748-1986

Authors

Muthusami Kumaran
Muthusami Kumaran
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, nonprofit management and community organizations, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Publication #FCS9067

Academic