Comments on: Farm Leadership – The Key to 21st Century Farm Success http://www.passingdownthefarm.com/strategic-planning/farm-leadership-the-key-to-21st-century-farm-success Farm Succession Is Either Simple or It's Impossible Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.passingdownthefarm.com/strategic-planning/farm-leadership-the-key-to-21st-century-farm-success/comment-page-1#comment-216 admin Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:56:23 +0000 http://www.passingdownthefarm.com/?p=962#comment-216 Elaine, Leadership requires negotiation and cooperation. Each person is both a leader and a follower at the same time, especially when they represent different generations. That being said, isn't it a little naive to think that a "workaholic" father is somehow magically to become a laid back, hey take the weekend off sort of person? Experts, outsiders like you and me are always coming in right in the middle of the movie - maybe never learning what really happened before we got there. Perhaps it wasn't the insensitive father who didn't see the need for time off, rather it was the son's unwillingness or inability to confront the situation years ago? And if the son did not have the courage to hammer out an agreement with his dad, maybe he should have be open about the possibilities to his future bride. Leadership is about honest communication. I am sure that if someone was to take a poll of your clients, past and present, they would say that the most important thing you contributed to their situation was that you got them to talk together honestly - maybe for the first time. Elaine,
Leadership requires negotiation and cooperation. Each person is both a leader and a follower at the same time, especially when they represent different generations. That being said, isn’t it a little naive to think that a “workaholic” father is somehow magically to become a laid back, hey take the weekend off sort of person?

Experts, outsiders like you and me are always coming in right in the middle of the movie – maybe never learning what really happened before we got there. Perhaps it wasn’t the insensitive father who didn’t see the need for time off, rather it was the son’s unwillingness or inability to confront the situation years ago?

And if the son did not have the courage to hammer out an agreement with his dad, maybe he should have be open about the possibilities to his future bride.

Leadership is about honest communication. I am sure that if someone was to take a poll of your clients, past and present, they would say that the most important thing you contributed to their situation was that you got them to talk together honestly – maybe for the first time.

]]> By: Elaine Froese,coach http://www.passingdownthefarm.com/strategic-planning/farm-leadership-the-key-to-21st-century-farm-success/comment-page-1#comment-214 Elaine Froese,coach Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:26:27 +0000 http://www.passingdownthefarm.com/?p=962#comment-214 Wayne, I would like to hear more about effective leaders of the family. You are the manager of your employees, who also happen to be your adult children. What ways are you encouraging healthy choices between time spent farming and time investing in growing the emotional and relational capital of the family? I talked to a farming adult son this week who just about lost his marriage. His workaholic father just can't understand why the son needs to take a break, with his wife. Elaine Froese. Farm family Coach Canadian Association of Farm Advisors www.cafanet.com Wayne,
I would like to hear more about effective leaders of the family. You are the manager of your employees, who also happen to be your adult children. What ways are you encouraging healthy choices between time spent farming and time investing in growing the emotional and relational capital of the family?
I talked to a farming adult son this week who just about lost his marriage. His workaholic father just can’t understand why the son needs to take a break, with his wife.
Elaine Froese.
Farm family Coach
Canadian Association of Farm Advisors http://www.cafanet.com

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