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Investing in Talent: Commodity vs. Annuity

Author: Dr. Pete Hammett, Visiting Professor Over the course of my career, I have had the great honor and privilege of working with professionals from a multitude of industries and levels across the country. On many occasions when working with groups of high-level...



Video: Craig Newman Talks the Value of Professional Development

Craig Newman, recently retired president and CEO of AgReliant Genetics, is a firm believer in professional development. He’s also partial to Purdue’s ASTA Management Academy because of the way it is tailored specifically to the seed industry. Listen in as...



Thirty Years and Counting

Thirty Years and Counting We’re celebrating a birthday here at the Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business. As of 2016, we have officially been providing excellence in professional development and executive education for the last 30 years — and we...



Thirty Years and Going Strong

Author: Dr. Dave Downey, Executive Director Emeritus and Professor Emeritus Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business was launched in 1986 as a new way for the university to serve agriculture. I have always believed the land grant university system...



Talent Management Matters

Talent Management Matters The only way to improve business performance is to improve the people running the place. After all, an organization is simply a collection of people working together to create value for the customer and capture some of that value for the...



The “How-Tos” of Developing a Resilient Workforce

Creating a motivated and resilient workforce is one of the most important functions of management, but often missing are the how-tos for developing people. We frequently use analogies, such as coaching or teaching to describe the process, but even in those...