MANAGEMENT

“Elaine, I am feeling paralyzed and overwhelmed with this farm transfer thing.”

“How do I talk to the kids without emotions running wild?”

“We do fine until we try to get a sit-down family meeting with an agenda, then no one is really honest with what is going on here.”

Preparing for a visit from a proAction validator can be a daunting task, especially if you are new to dairy farming in Canada or if you have not devoted enough time to integrating proAction requirements into your routine.

The start of a new year is often a time of reflection on the past year, of setting resolutions for the coming year and, when it comes to your dairy business, a time of crunching the numbers to set both financial and production goals for the coming year.

Typically found in manufacturing businesses, Lean principles became popular in the 1990s when Toyota streamlined automobile production processes.

One critical characteristic of human beings is that each of us is very unique. We are born with certain tendencies and natural reactions. You may well have completed leadership or personality profiles to better understand your tendencies and natural reactions.

I can only imagine what you might be feeling as you read this, sitting down for a break, wondering when the mental chatter in your brain is going to calm down.