Key Challenges Audit Sheet
Knowing what the key tensions or challenges are is a great first step in conflict resolution. This audit sheet will help you organize your thoughts. It is also a great tool to compare your issues with your spouse, and then with the farm family. Elaine will expect your audit as part of her coaching process with you.
Because I Love You List
Maggie Van Camp and Angie Fox became widows in their 40s and did not have a working list of suppliers, contacts, and networks to keep running the farm without their husbands. So, they created the “Because I Love You List” which is a document where farm families can keep all the information that’s used on the farm (ie: passwords to get into each person’s computer). This gives the family peace of mind knowing that there’s a master file should key people die or be incapacitated.
Kick-start Succession Conversations
Young farmers are keen to find out when they can become managers and owners. Uncertainty creates heaps of tension, anxiety, and frustration. Use this tool crafted by Elaine and Maggie Van Camp, former journalist at Country Guide, to get your farm team talking and making decisions to kick-start better farm transition conversations. You can do this!
Values Cloud
Knowing your cherished beliefs is key to being aligned with your goals. Use this Values Cloud with your farm team to circle each person’s top 5 values, then put them separately on post-it notes, and then compare everyone’s values at your next meeting. Notice what you have in common and what you don’t. If you all value ‘respect’ and ‘honesty’, then you know you have a strong foundation to work on. If only one person is valuing ‘teamwork’, then it’s a clue as to why the farm team may be having conflict.
How to Write A Letter to Get Unstuck
Farmers hate to be stuck yet they procrastinate and avoid conflict. Use this free guide as a tool to get clear on what you want and how to get unstuck and show it to your accountant, lawyer, or financial planner.
Roles Storyboard
Living an intentional life works better when you have a “rallying cry” for each of your six key roles. Use this role storyboard as a map for the 3 key things you would like to focus on in each role. Print it out, and hang it on your fridge as a reminder to live with intention every day.
Colouring Book for
the Next Generation Of Farmers
Download and print these kids’ coloring pages for free and keep your little turkey busy at the farm family table this Thanksgiving holiday.
The Ultimate Decision Maker
Farm succession or transition planning is a journey of understanding.
What are your expectations? What are theirs? Who is committed to getting this plan put into action? Use this complimentary Founder and Successor Evaluation Form as part of your farm transition strategy to identify the skills and knowledge that you will need for a smoother generational family farm succession.
Value Rocks and the Eisenhower Matrix
Value Rocks and the Eisenhower Matrix are great exercises to start to weed out time-sucking tasks that don’t serve you, your family, or your farm. We know that we don’t have time to do everything so it is important to make time for what matters most.
Making Sense of 2022
to Plan for 2023
Taking time to reflect on the last year and what you accomplished in order to set new goals for the upcoming year can make a massive difference in creating a harmonious and healthy life. Download the free journal prompts to help you create practical goals for the future.
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