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from John Ellsworth
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Will You Be Ready for the Big Dance?May 22, 2025 - 4:37 pm
What Is the Key to Success?May 6, 2025 - 8:19 pm
What Ever Happened to Cost Control?April 29, 2025 - 6:46 pm
What Is Fear?April 16, 2025 - 5:38 pm
Is It Time to Reset?March 26, 2025 - 1:29 pm
Are You Really Prepared?
Following the dismal prices of the last three years, especially in the dairy industry, I am certain that if I asked anyone if they were prepared to receive higher prices, they would respond by saying, “Of course, I am. Are you kidding me?” Yet, I would ask, once again, are you truly prepared? Are you 100% ready?
What’s the Difference?
I’d like you to think about two words and compare what they can mean to you as you move forward in your business and life.
Building Your Business Confidence
I am sure you’ve heard the age old advice: “Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it.” With that in mind, let’s shift our focus to a much more proactive approach, because these negative questions can, indeed, take you to some very disappointing and depressing results.
The More it Changes, the More It Stays the Same…
While there are many profitability variables to contend with, and this research does not suggest that ignoring one of the lower correlated variables would ever be a good idea, the top three are all ones that I have had the opportunity to deal with in each and every financial turn-around situation.
In Defense of the “Mean” Vendor
I am not making light of the fact that the dairy industry has had a tough 2015-2017, or, for that matter, that all industries have their moments when cash flow is tight. However, the vendors that he was referring to had been extending him as much credit as they possibly could these past 27 months. However, they were running into two big issues.
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.