Purdue research report gives insights on talent management Food and agricultural business leaders can use the results from a recent Purdue University study to better understand and manage talent within their organizations. Go To This Resource Categories: Agribusiness,...
The National Conference for Agribusiness is rapidly approaching and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome some of the top names in talent management from across the food and agribusiness industries. Take our keynote speaker, for example. Steve Vande Loo has had...
Ditching those cumbersome annual performance reviews seems to be all the rage in the business world these days. A slew of recent articles, including two recently published in the Harvard Business Review, have covered the topic in-depth and several well-known...
It’s often said that people are a company’s greatest asset. But many times in the agribusiness world we can overlook or fail to realize how strategic talent management is a vital part of any business strategy. Here at the Center for Food and Agricultural Business, we...
People are the most important resource a company has, but in agricultural economics, we tend to run away the minute human resources comes up in discussion. Sooner or later, we have to stop running. What should we do about the people side of the business? When I took...
Imagine a scenario where you buy your competitor’s phone number. Your competitor would instantly get a new phone number and would update their contact information as fast as possible, but customers using the “old” number (either saved in their cell phones or printed...
Back when I worked in banking, there were a lot of mergers. One year, in September, our bank was bought by another, larger organization. Everything was fine until Thanksgiving. In our original company, on the Friday before Thanksgiving, the company would bring each...
Don’t Be a Robot From AgriMarketing Magazine - Somewhere along the line, the elevator pitch got a bad rap. It seems like no one wants to listen to one, let alone deliver one. Talking about what you do can be scary whether you’re in front of one person or a group...
You Get What You Pay For From Feed and Grain Magazine - Finding, hiring and keeping good people presents a challenge in any industry and the feed and grain industry is no different. In fact, due to the rural nature of the industry, many managers have even a more...
Bringing ’em Safely Onboard: Launching New Employees Successfully From Feed and Grain Magazine - It’s late on a Friday afternoon, tomorrow you have a day off scheduled (finally!). You kick back in your chair after receiving the phone call you had been hoping for...
