{"id":285,"date":"2018-09-24T05:41:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/jbradley1966\/?p=285"},"modified":"2018-09-27T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T02:51:32","slug":"jason-bradley-ldrs-501-introductory-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/jbradley1966\/2018\/09\/24\/jason-bradley-ldrs-501-introductory-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Bradley LDRS 501 Introductory Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer ’18<\/p><\/div>\n

Howdy folks. My name is Jason Bradley and I’m really excited about this MA LEAD adventure we are a part of.<\/p>\n

I’ve been married to Marci for the last 29 years and we have two grown children. Marci is a teacher and works in a residential school for young girls who have been sexually exploited, so her days are difficult yet fulfilling. Our daughter Cherilyn married Michael two years ago and they live down the street in the same town as us. Cher is also a teacher and is finishing her second year of teaching. Our son Noah is attending York University and is working on his Masters of Education with a focus on second language learning. Our family loves recreating in God’s creation and we plan many trips together hiking, mountain biking, and canoeing. Food is also a big passion for us, so much time is spent in the garden, in cook books, and in the kitchen!<\/p>\n

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The View I’ll Never Forget-Red Deer River Ranch<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bar 75 Barn-My Favourite Office<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Bradley Stones on top of The Hat, Ya Ha Tinda Government Horse Ranch<\/p><\/div>\n

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Michael and Cherilyn Stone-“Married Bliss” or “Who’s Actually Steering This Thing?”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jason attending Olds College Convocation 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jason and Matt 2010 Gather<\/p><\/div>\n

I spent my first ten working years in high tech telecommunications manufacturing as a senior production manager and senior project manager. 20 years ago I had the chance to pursue one of my boyhood dreams, which was to be a cattle rancher, so I moved our family way out west and took over as the Ranch Manager at Red Deer River Ranches, a 350 head cow\/calf operation that manages 50,000 acres of private and government grazing land in the foothills and eastern slopes of the rockies. 18 months ago I had the chance to pursure yet another dream, which was to become a teacher. I was able to fulfill a contract instructor role at Olds College teaching Beef Cattle Management. At the end of the term, the president of Olds College asked me if I’d stay on and assist leadning a nation wide initiative through the application process for a large grant focused on smart ag innovation. One project lead to another, and I now am employed full time as the Director of Smart Ag at Olds College.<\/p>\n

As for why I’m investing time and treasure in the MA LEAD program, well I’ve seen the value of post secondary education as it relates to my job every day now. What a PSI can offer both students and instructors are the many amazing career related opportunities that are hard to come by any other way. I’ve witnessed many of my new friends and colleagues complete a Masters or PhD in last year and half and have been really inspired by them. There are two other main reasons for me investing both time and treasure in this endeavor, firstly I really like the idea of good leadership and aspire to be the best I can be as a leader at work, in my Christian faith, and in all that I do. I believe that what I can learn in this MA LEAD will help me to achieve my best. And secondly, I want to finish something I started in 1984, that is to earn a university degree and to apply that learning to all that God has called me to do to further His Kingdom and care for His creation.<\/p>\n

I am particularly intrigued by this current course we are embarking on, LDRS 501 Strategic Leadership. Our college has recently gone through a very engaging and powerful exercise\u00a0in strategic leadership. Lead by our Vice President of Development and Strategy, our leadership team of Deans and Directors has created Growing 2025-Olds College Strategic Plan\u00a0https:\/\/www.oldscollege.ca\/Assets\/external\/about-us\/governance\/reports\/Strategic%20Plan%202025.pdf<\/a>\u00a0in which we identified 7 Strategic Drivers and for each of them we collectively created the “Objectives to guide us” and “Priority actions that will achieve our objectives”. As a final part of this exercise, we defined “What does success look like?” for each of these Strategic Drivers. At this point of the process each Dean and Director is creating a Business Plan for their area or department which will roll up into our VP’s Contribution Agreement with our President for ’18\/’19. This will be an annual process of Business Planning and Contribution Agreement for each of one of us on our College Leadership Team.<\/p>\n

I have discovered many things about my strategic leadership abilities, strengths, and weaknesses through this process. I believe that the learning from LDRS 501 will inform and shape this current process that both myself and our leadership is working through and will build my skills and tool set as a strategic servant leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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