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Progressive Events: Navigating the changing economic tide

February 13, 2023

Twenty-five miles inland from the Atlantic coast, along the Savannah River, you can still see the rise and fall of the ocean tide.

What are you doing to find and empower the L6 on your farm?

The L6 – or Level 6 – is the person six levels down from the top who knows what you badly need to know. How could the information this person or people are collecting be beneficial to your business?

August 22, 2022

Amy Throndsen

In the “Six Levels Down” episode of the Against the Rules podcast, host Michael Lewis followed healthcare provider Athenahealth’s journey to fixing one of their biggest problems – getting insurance companies to pay their bills – and in the process, discovered the power of the L6.

If you want good employees, be a good employer: A performance improvement system

Annual reviews have been a common practice for evaluating employee performance. The performance improvement system transforms this evaluation to improve two-way communication.

August 18, 2022

Bob Milligan

We have been wondering what the “new normal” after COVID will look like, and when it comes to employment, the picture is emerging. The hiring challenges before COVID are intensifying, and workforce mobility is escalating.

Leadership drives employee retention

June 30, 2022

Mike Bray

For years, high turnover rates have impacted farm finances, productivity and future business outlook. Some have seen turnover rates as high as 75% year-over-year.

Key strategies for hiring and keeping employees

June 17, 2022

Bev Berens

Employee recruitment, engagement and retention are three important structural pillars in building a strong dairy farm labor force. Strengthening all three creates a culture that benefits both the employer and employees.

‘If you want good employees, be a good employer’: Quality feedback

May 24, 2022

Bob Milligan

Last month, we embarked on a series of articles around the theme “If you want good employees, be a good employer.” I suggested that a great way to address the current employment challenge is to implement a performance improvement system.

Money doesn’t always matter

February 10, 2022

Kimberly Williams-Brackett

Laying the foundation for your team’s future success

February 7, 2022

Kylie Lusk

With unemployment rates below 5% again, labor shortages are prominent. In addition to scarce numbers of candidates, the need to find and retain good employees is further threatened by turnover, injuries, poor performance and noncompliance with regulations.

Stepping boldly into tough conversations

November 30, 2021

Rena Striegel

Tough conversations are by definition, well, tough. Our natural tendency is to avoid them because of personal discomfort, concern the conversation won’t go well or fear the situation might get worse.

Ask these 5 questions to build employee loyalty and boost performance

September 17, 2021

Shaun Hardtke

They say the most valuable, yet free, investment is to recognize and show appreciation to your employees. This cannot be truer now with our struggles to retain good people, let alone find anyone to fill our positions on our dairies.

Articles Tagged with ''employee engagement''

Progressive Events: Navigating the changing economic tide

What are you doing to find and empower the L6 on your farm?

If you want good employees, be a good employer: A performance improvement system

Leadership drives employee retention

Key strategies for hiring and keeping employees

‘If you want good employees, be a good employer’: Quality feedback

Money doesn’t always matter

Laying the foundation for your team’s future success

Stepping boldly into tough conversations

Ask these 5 questions to build employee loyalty and boost performance

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