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
Leadership is not about doing it alone. It is about showing up, building trust, solving the right problems and using your influence to help others succeed.
Devin Fuhrman, Chief Agriculture and Sponsor Relations Officer at Nationwide, joins The Cultivating Leaders Podcast for an honest conversation about servant leadership, building meaningful partnerships and investing in the future of agriculture. With more than 25 years of experience in agriculture, insurance and industry relations, Devin shares how his farm roots, youth experiences and career at Nationwide have shaped the way he leads.
Devin gets real about:
- Strong Partnerships: building on shared values, trust and mutual benefit
- Servant Leadership: shaping your career and strengthening your community
- Balancing High Performance: humility, collaboration and a “healthy dependence on others” matter more than ever
This episode is a reminder that agriculture’s strength has always come from people working together and the future will require leaders who are willing to do the same.
Want to hear more from Devin? Check out his blog here!
Connect with Devin
- Connect on LinkedIn
- Follow the Nationwide on LinkedIn
- Follow the Nationwide on Instagram
- Follow the Nationwide 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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