Session 4 · FBS High Agency Intensive
Can High Agency be Taught?
The final session. Exploring whether high agency can be developed and taught — and how to foster it in apprenticeships, leadership, and forestry business practices.
High Agency for Small Businesses · Forest Business School
Before We Meet
Complete the following before our final session. Download the notes and listen to the audio discussion.
Download: Session 4 Notes
Notes for our final session, covering practical applications of high agency in forestry business and working landscapes. Download and review before we meet.
Download from Google Drive →Listen: Pre-Session Audio Discussion
Audio discussion on putting high agency to work in your forestry business. Listen before the session to come prepared for our final discussion.
Open in Google Drive →Additional Resources
Optional reading and listening for those who want to explore high agency concepts further.
Read: Building High Agency in Apprenticeships
New America explores how apprenticeship programs can foster high agency and self-direction in young workers — relevant insights for forestry training and development.
Read at New America →Listen: Dr. Albert Bandura on Human Agency
The pioneering psychologist discusses agency as the ability to project oneself into the future and make things happen — foundational thinking for our high agency work.
Listen on Apple Podcasts →Listen: Assertive and Warm Leadership
Harvard Business Review's Women at Work explores how to balance assertiveness with warmth — key insights for exercising high agency in professional relationships.
Listen at Harvard Business Review →