Building a World Class Team! – Part II
Set goals for your Team and tell them what’s in it for them. For Coach K, it has been to win multiple gold medals for the United States. For you it might be to increase production per cow to a certain level or to reduce the average days open in your herd and shorten your calving interval. You decide. You might be surprised how interested your employees are in helping you reach your goals.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerDealing with Adversity!
Since early 2015, the dairy industry has been a difficult place to operate. Despite feed costs dropping considerably these past two years, the decrease in this expense area pales in comparison to the precipitous drop we have seen in milk prices since the end of 2014.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerKeeping Your Business on Track!
To survive and thrive, we need to move faster, act more decisively, and respond more courageously. There has never been a better time to increase our efficiencies than now.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerWhat’s Next?
As Victor Frankl said of his experience at Auschwitz, the vilest of Nazi concentration camps, his survival depended upon the realization that his old life was over. His new life and future would be vastly different. The same holds true for us in the dairy industry. The old game is over. We are in a new game now.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerBack to the Future
These past two years have forced many producers to decide whether they are truly committed to being in the dairy industry long term.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerAre You Ready for Some Positive Change?
Do you ever feel like your operation needs some fresh thinking? I do. That’s precisely why I read so many different books and publications…to get great new ideas. It helps to build exciting new challenges into our daily activities.
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerChanging the Way We Look at Business
The difference between a person who is vitally engaged in life and someone who is merely going through the motions is a vision fueled by passion. So, how do we get there? How do we increase our passion levels for the dairy business, given the “pain” inflicted these past two years?
May 1, 2017/by amindaxerControlling Your Production Costs
I remember reading an article in Inc. magazine written by Adam Hanft that was entitled, “The Risk of Doing Nothing.”
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