Initially the focus has been mainly on biological contamination mitigation without large amounts of damage to infrastructure.

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In working with clients over the years to develop programs for new supervisors/managers – there are some skills, knowledge and competencies that rise to the top of “must have’s” for someone in a management role.

These are in no particular order, but all are of equal importance to be successful in a management role.

• Finance 101: Understand the basics of finance; know how to read a balance sheet, understand how to create a budget.
• Feedback: Learn how to give constructive feedback; provide those who report to you with feedback on a regular basis about how they are doing.
• Influence:  Effective managers can persuade others to accomplish the organizational goals; just telling someone what to do doesn’t work – even if they report to you.  The most successful managers are able to influence others to move in the direction they need them to go.
• Interpersonal understanding:  Managers must understand those around them; not just their staff, but their managers and the other department heads/employees.  The ability to understand how others think and what’s important to them helps to ensure success in accomplishing your goals.
• Motivate:  Learn how to motivate those around you – what’s important to your staff?  Not everyone is motivated by the same things and a good manager understands their staff and what motivates them to come to work each day and do a good job.
• Team leadership:  Team leadership requires ensuring the team – whether your own staff or others – understand the mission, goals and objectives before them.  A strong team leader builds effective teams that can accomplish the goals of the organization and enables the team to move toward a common goal.
• Planning:  The ability to effectively plan projects is important for any manager.  This requires sharing the vision with others, getting them on board, creating plans to implement the vision, and ensuring timelines are met and budgets are managed.
• Problem solving:  Effective managers know how to understand a situation completely – they plan, they don’t react.  Understanding the root cause of a situation is necessary in order to effective problem solve the issue.
• Communication – written and verbal:  Strong communication skills is required of everyone, and especially of managers.  The ability to effective and efficiently communicate changes, plans, next steps, the direction of the organization, etc. is required to ensure that staff understands where they need to head and how to get there.  Effective communication builds trust.
• Organizational awareness:  It’s important to understand how things happen within the organization and how things get done.  What are the informal paths involved in meeting goals.  What is the culture of the organization?  How do departments work with each other?  This “insider knowledge” about the organization is key to the effectiveness of the manager and ensures the ability to get things accomplished.

In addition, no matter what your role – there are some core values that are of importance for everyone, including:

• Honesty and integrity
• Focus on the customer
• Respect for others
• Cultural awareness

So much more can be added to this list!  What would you add?  What’s important for managers to ensure they are successful?

Gina Abudi has over 15 years consulting experience in a variety of areas, including project management, process management, leadership development, succession planning, high potential programs, talent optimization and development of strategic learning and development programs. She is Partner/VP Strategic Solutions at Peak Performance Group, Inc. ( http://www.PeakPerformanceGroup.com ) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gina blogs at http://www.GinaAbudi.com. She has been honored by PMI® as one of the Power 50 and has served as Chair of PMI®s Global Corporate Council Leadership Team. Gina is currently President-Elect of PMI® Massachusetts Bay Chapter Board of Directors. She has presented at various conferences on topics ranging from general management and leadership topics to project management. Gina received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management. Copyright © 2010 – 2010 Gina Abudi – All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gina_Abudi

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Farm management leadership training is a vital component in every farmer expecting to succeed over the long term.

That’s because of the changes in the farming and political environment, as well your employees abilities over time.

And it is a critical component in the long term implementation of farm succession.

Every expert says that leadership is the key core competency of 21st Century business leaders.

Management leadership training when learned well and executed excellently insures that the right jobs are done right.

Here is an article written by us for successful farmers like you. Management Leadership Training

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This step by step instructional video program will encourage and better equip those farmers and ranchers to better succeed in sustainable beef production.

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Swapping the current practices for the grass-fed system by lowering over head increases profit margins while lowering risk related to beef production.

A 2.5 hour interview (podcast) is available at Sustainable Agriculture: The Gene Sollock Paddock System. Both the video episodes and the podcast contain detailed information for those interested in starting an intensive, rotational paddock, grass-fed cattle operation in a manner that can put the profit back into production while the rising cost of conventional feed lots, bails of hay and wasted acreage that predominate the cattle industry today cause farmers and ranchers to go broke and risk losing their operation.

The Gene Sollock Paddock System is the way to go for those starting up, those looking to improve or THOSE ABOUT TO GIVE UP. Intensified Management Grazing (IMG), or eco-farming, is the best way to accomplish a sustainable operation.

For those serious about starting or converting their operation, during May 2008- July 2009, the infrastructure will be finished, the forage will be established waiting for the installment of 20 head of cattle by August 2009 with a decent profit to follow 12-18 months latter ($10K-$16K).

Within five years of continued forage development, the potential sales on the same 20 acres with just 20 head of cattle per year have a potential profit margin of *$20K-$30K per year depending on the marketing strategy. With natural variables considered and the forage going well, the amount of cattle in this 20 template can be increase to 40 head- even 50 head under optimal conditions- bringing in a potential *$40K- per year. Having an initial $25K-$30K investment on leased land or within your existing acreage using these figures and direct sale marketing over the course of 10 years there will be a substantial stream of cash flow to retire on and/or expand the operation. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

*These figures have been achieved on paddock pastures established over a few years of forage development and reliability by using direct marketing business plans. Gourmet restaurants and direct sale ‘foodies’ are increasing the demand for local grassfed beef. This is not a quick fix. This is not a get rich system. It takes time and initial inputs to establish the conditions for successful and sustainable year round forage. This is an investment for near and far future returns.

Using this amazing answer for the natural, sustainable and profitable way to feed more cattle with less overhead on less land than you currently think possible while making more profit than ever imagined from the same 20 acres once the forage is flourishing year round (with all things considered). The potential of this 20/20 plan will start you thinking outside the box and launch you into a better way to preserve the family farm.

Sustainable agriculture is economically sound and environmentally sensible producing equity in a society where it is implemented. Sensible and secure food is superior.

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