Cultivating Leaders
Cultivating Leaders
Podcast Description
Where leadership grows.Welcome to The Cultivating Leaders Podcast, where we dig into the minds of today’s most inspiring leaders to uncover the insights, habits, and strategies that help them thrive. Brought to you by Agriculture Future of America (AFA), this podcast delivers actionable leadership lessons tailored for professionals in food and agriculture—and beyond.Each episode features candid conversations with industry changemakers, thought leaders, and innovators like New York Times bestselling author Diana Kander, National 4-H Council VP Jake Worcester, and TEDx speaker Adam Carroll. Whether you're an emerging leader or a seasoned professional, we’ll provide tangible tips to help you grow and lead with confidence.Tune in for practical advice, personal stories and fresh perspectives to help you cultivate your own career and leadership journey.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of leadership themes including self-leadership, intentional living, and team dynamics during transitions. Episodes showcase concrete topics such as financial clarity with Adam Carroll, the importance of curiosity with Diana Kander, and building trust with Jake Worcester. Each episode aims to provide actionable insights that professionals can apply to foster their careers and enhance their leadership abilities.
Where leadership grows.
What does it actually take to lead well?
The Cultivating Leaders Podcast is the go-to resource for high-achieving agriculture professionals ready to take their leadership to the next level. This bi-weekly series brings you inside real conversations with C-suite executives and industry leaders across food, agriculture and natural resources. Every conversation is designed to leave you with practical tools, fresh perspective and the mindset to lead in today’s environment.
Why Listen
- Actionable Advice: No fluff. Just real-world strategies you can use today
- Exceptional Guests: Learn directly from executives who are leading at the highest level
- For Leaders at Every Level: Whether you’re leading a team, an organization or simply yourself—this podcast meets you where you are
This is where leaders grow—through honest insights, practical tools and the kind of perspective you can’t get from a textbook.
Ready to Go Deeper?
The podcast is just the beginning.
If you’ve ever wondered how leaders actually got there—the pivotal moments, tough decisions and defining setbacks—The Cultivating Leaders Webinar Series takes you behind the scenes.
Go beyond leadership skills and into the experiences that shape great leaders.
👉 Catch the next Cultivating Leaders Webinar and take your growth even further. Learn more here: https://www.agfuture.org/about/cultivating-leaders-podcast
What does it take to lead with speed, focus and trust when the stakes are high?
Eric Hansotia, Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO Corporation, joins The Cultivating Leaders Podcast to dive into setting transformational goals, building aligned teams and keeping farmers at the center of every decision. Eric shares how starting his career as an engineer shaped the way he thinks about problem-solving, leadership and innovation. From “right-to-left thinking” and keeping farmers and the center of the business, Eric offers practical frameworks for anyone trying to lead change and turn strategy into action.
Eric gets real about:
- Lead where you are: Stop obsessing over a perfectly mapped career path and focus on creating excellence, learning and impact in the role you have today.
- Move with purpose: Set transformational goals, create clarity around the destination and build team buy-in because success depends on both a strong plan and people who believe in it.
- Build trust that lasts: Ask better questions, focus on the decisions only you can make and create a culture grounded in benevolence, honesty and competence while protecting the moments that matter most in life.
If you are learning how to lead people, manage change or make bigger decisions with confidence, this conversation gives you a practical leadership toolbox you can start using right away.
Want to hear more from Eric? Check out his blog here!
Connect with Eric
- Connect on LinkedIn
- Follow AGCO on LinkedIn
- Follow AGCO on Instagram
- Follow the COMPANY on Facebook
- Visit their website
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About The Cultivating Leaders Series
The Cultivating Leaders Series is the go-to resource for anyone ready to take their leadership to the next level, delivering powerful insights from top voices in food, agriculture and beyond. The podcast offers immediate, actionable advice from the top leaders in food and ag, with guests who break down the skills that set them apart in the real world. Join the live webinars to bring leadership to life, with candid conversations, live Q&A and behind-the-scenes stories from C-suite executives. Together, these virtual experiences are designed to meet you where you are and help you lead with purpose, confidence and clarity.
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