Is it really conflict that’s the problem or just poor communications?. A young farmer, one of five members of his generation, complained to me that the stumbling block to the farm’s success was his cousins. They were not all bad people, they just created conflict whenever important decisions had to be made. He knew he [...]
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Whenever people work together, especially in interdependent relationships, conflict is inevitable. When you can’t fire your son, cousin, father, or brother-in-law, conflict brings pressure based on the inescapable conclusion that it will go one forever. However the tension created by this regular and never ending conflict does not have to result in wasted time, decreased [...]
Read More...In three decades working with farmers I have seen dozens and dozens of companies who harness conflict creatively. And in so doing get the most out of everyone as well as optimum results overall. They don’t waste time on what’s not working just because it was the bosses idea. They stop what they’re doing and [...]
Read More...Ask any farm succession and planning expert and they’ll tell you. Once you’ve asked several experts you’ll have a long list of “keys” that virtually all of then claim to be the most important one. However there really is only one most important key to succession planning and it is not what you are probably [...]
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