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06.02.2022

Agribusiness, Featured, Leadership

How to Tighten Your Grasp During Industry Shifts

There’s no double that the ag and seed industries have experienced major changes over the...

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05.29.2019

Agribusiness, Leadership, Marketing, Sales

The relationship between sales and marketing

One of the more significant challenges in any business is finding the best way to...

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07.01.2016

Agribusiness, Human Resources, Leadership, Management

Talent Management Matters

The only way to improve business performance is to improve the people running the place....

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09.18.2019

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Research, Strategy

Self-Managed Teams Need Leaders Too

After cutting through the leadership research and management jargon, this paper offers some serious insight...

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12.11.2019

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

How to Create Curious Employees

This Quarterly Review article is different from others I have done in that it is...

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03.17.2020

Agribusiness, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Strategy

No Points for Original Thought: All That Matters Is Execution

In the mid 1990’s, I had the honor of leading the operations and technology teams...

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04.17.2020

Agribusiness, Featured, Industry Analysis

Potential Learnings and Changes for a Post-COVID-19 Food and Agribusiness Industry

COVID-19 has sent shock waves throughout the world, challenging every aspect of life. During this...

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03.19.2020

Agribusiness, Featured, Leadership

Leading During Times of Fear and Uncertainty

It has been said that the only thing constant is change. If that’s so, then...

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06.17.2020

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

The Fix to Nearly Every HR Problem: Giving & Receiving Feedback

Prior to joining Purdue University as a visiting professor, I was the head of human...

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06.17.2020

Leadership, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Strategy

Vigilance in the Midst of Fundamental Changes

Even before COVID-19, the food production and distribution industries were facing a time of significant...

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