Business Leadership Training

More than 2 months

Duration of the course is a two year program. During the program we offer 6 on-site farm visits as well as six 2-day meetings with other producers involved in the program (3 each year).

 

The sessions cover the following topics:

- Goals

- Problem Solving and decision making

- Effective meetings

- safety

- risk management

- lean fundamentals

- becoming a zealous business person

- financials

- technology systems

- life balance

- general office management

- conflict resolution

- basic hr

 

The location of the sessions depends on the participants as we try to allow participants to see each other's farms.

 

The sessions take place as follows:

 

Session 1 - March/April 2014

Session 2 - June/July 2014

Session 3 - November/December 2014

Session 4 - March/April 2015

Session 5 - June/July 2015

Session 6 - November/December 2015

 

Each time we start a new program the years will change but the general timeline will stay the same.

 

 

Six Group Sessions

•Day One
•Welcome
•Farm Introduction
•Four Hour Training Session
•Farm Evaluation Interviews
•Evening Dinner
•Day Two
•Interview Reports
•Three Hour Training Session
•Benchmarking Discussion
•Afternoon Peer Group Activity
•Optional Dinner

 

Six Executive Coach Sessions

•On Farm
•Review homework from last class
•Discuss farm issues relevant to class
•Review action items
•Open discussion (topic of the day)
•Farm Tour (sometime during the day)
•Feedback on Farm operations relative to training
•Discuss next steps

 

Session One Agenda

Day One

Welcome  8:00 – 8:15

Brief Introductions

Farm tour  9:00 – 11.:00

Farm evaluation interviews  11:00 – 12:00

Lunch    12:00 – 1:00

Travel to Toyota  1:00

Toyota Tour  1:30 – 2:30

Team Introductions (back at hotel)  3:00 – 5:30

  10 Minutes each

  2.5 hours

Dinner  6:00

 

Day Two

Introduction to Goal Setting  8:00 – 11:00

  Goal setting activity

  Report at least one goal

Problem Solving and Decision Making  9:30 – 12:00

Lunch  12:00 – 1:00

Effective Meetings  1:00 – 2:30

Peer Group Session  2:30 – 4:30

Wrap up  4:30 – 4:45

  Review assignments

  Next Session Review

  Farm Visit 

 

Session Two

•Safety – At Asmark
•OSHA 8-9:30
•Ammonia Training: 9:30 – 10:45
•Break 10:45 – 11:00
•Applicator Training: 11:00 – 12:15
•Lunch: 12:15 – 1:15
•Grain Safety: 1:15 – 3:15
•Break: 3:15 – 3:30
•Emergency Response Training: 3:30 – 4:30
•Risk Management
•Control Systems/Security
•Insurance
•    Crop Insurance
•    General Liability Insurance
•    Workers Comp. 
 

 

Session Three
•Lean Fundamentals
•The history of Lean
•Terms and definitions
•Practical application
•Lego training activity
•Becoming a Zealous Business Person
•Competition in other industries
•Acquiring new customers
•Negotiation skills
•How to grow without upsetting your neighbors
•Buying/Purchasing

 

Session Four

•Financials
•Timely and accurate financial statements
•Reconcile, Reconcile, Reconcile
•Budgeting and operating within
•Segregation of Duties
•Approvals and authorization
•Grant of Authority
•Filing Systems
•Technology Systems
•GIS
•CRM
•ERP
•Farm Security
•Data Storage
•Data Backup
•Network

Session Five
•Life Balance
•Time Management
•Stress awareness/mitigation
•Generational Differences
•Separating Work from Business
•Rules of the game
•Vacation
•Office Management
•Document Control
•Farm Calendar
•Managing Office Staff
•Filing Systems
•Conflict Resolution
•Interpersonal
•Family Conflict
•Worker Conflict
•In-laws in the business
•Communication
•Vendor Conflict
 

Session 6

•Basic HR
•Basic HR Laws, Forms, and Regulations - Including Payroll & Workers Comp Requirements 
•Legal Interviewing & Hiring (Not full-blown HR100) 
•Legal Discipline (Not full-blown HR102)          
•Legal Terminations (Not full-blown HR 102)    
•Legal use of Independent Contractors             
•Supervisory Training (Not full-blown HR102) 
•Delegating
•Preventing/Managing Absenteeism
•Dealing with Difficult People/Difficult Situations
•Preventing Sexual Harassment                            
 

 

$9,000 per year plus expenses

Year One
•Three Group Training Sessions - $9000 U.S. + expenses
•Participant is responsible for their own travel expenses to training locations. Each training session will take place at a different participant’s farm location.
•Three, one on one, on farm coaching visits
•Participant is responsible for the Executive Coaches travel and lodging expenses for these trips.
Year Two
•Three Group Training Sessions - $9000 U.S. + plus expenses
•Participant is responsible for their own travel expenses to training locations. Each training session will take place at a different participant’s farm location.
•Three, one on one, on farm coaching visits
•Participant is responsible for the Executive Coaches travel and lodging expenses for these trips.
 

Family owned row crop producers who currently work with Canada FamilyFarms, Ltd.

Certificate

Classroom
Correspondence
On-site/On-farm

Some is classroom style instruction but coaches are available via phone/webinar to answer questions at any time. Some takes place on the farm and farm tours are conducted.

Year-round

Available to enter once per year at the beginning of the year then sessions take place during the day/evening during certain seasons.

Crops

Business Planning, Strategy and Structure
Crop Production
Equipment / Machine Operation and Maintenance
Financial Management (includes production economics)
Human Resources
Marketing (includes value added)
Succession Planning

English

618-372-7487
MIchelle Mellendorf