by Rena Striegel | Mar 14, 2022 | Collaborative Teams, Farm Transition, FEATURED ARTICLES, Leadership
Build An All-Star Team to Guide Your Succession Plan Move your succession plan forward with collaborative experts Many brains are better than one. As you move forward with your farm’s succession plan, your professional team will be critical in helping you achieve your...
by Rena Striegel | Dec 9, 2021 | Collaborative Teams, Leadership, Succession Planning
Stepping Boldly Into Tough Conversations Tough conversations are by definition – well – tough. Our natural tendency is to avoid them because of personal discomfort, concern that the conversation won’t go well or fear that the situation might get worse. The challenge...
by Rena Striegel | Oct 25, 2021 | Collaborative Teams, Farm Transition, Leadership, Succession Planning
Set Your Successors Up For Success Families often delay succession planning because they are concerned family dynamics will shift when a senior leader begins to transition. Postponing the decision to address the dynamics between your heirs creates a high-pressure...
by Rena Striegel | Oct 12, 2021 | Farm Transition, Succession Planning
Three Steps To Overcome Family Dysfunction Succession planning is often delayed or derailed due to dysfunction in the family. When a group struggles to work effectively together, there are three options: 1) Figure out how to work through it. 2) Ignore it. 3) Decide...
by Rena Striegel | May 4, 2021 | Leadership
Communication Strategies For Today’s Cancel Culture Every year the Merriam-Webster dictionary adds new words to its latest edition. In 2020, for example, they added the word slow-walk, which means “delaying the progress of something by acting in a deliberately slow...
