Conflict on the Farm – How Much is Workplace Conflict Costing Your Organization?
Conflict in the workplace, assuming it is an actual pitched battle between employees – fist fights out behind the barn for example, or between supervisors who start malicious rumors about one another, is easy to see.
Even so the dollar cost of such obvious conflict is rarely measured.
More often however it is the much more subtle forms of conflict in workplace, such as intimidation or bullying are never measured.
Not only does this sort of conduct often become “he said – he said” with the taking of sides the only result, it is usually not seen by management as conflict in the traditional sense, so not attempt to resolve it takes place.
The complete article describes in eye-opening detail the potential bottom line impact of conflict around the farm, whether it’s out in the open (I know of a young farmer who took a swing at his Uncle), or the “double-secret” conflict no one acknowledges.
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- Family Farm Succession Planning
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- Your Long-Term Farm Succession Planning Collaborators
- Farm Success These Days Calls For Outstanding Management Expertise
- Farm Succession and Strategic Planning Group
