Transition Planning Secrets of Success for Founders
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
Throughout the episode, Elaine shares the best of her wisdom from over forty years of helping families transition their farm to the next generation. Tracy Brunet, President of Impact Farm Marketing, and Elaine Froese chat about common mistakes and best practices, and they highlight four big key questions that founders should be thinking about to transition the farm.
Are you the founding generation of the farm? If so, you will not want to miss this episode and the wisdom that Elaine shares to get you started or unstuck on your farm transition journey.
Transition Planning Secrets of Success for Generation 2
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
Are you a Gen 2 Successor? Do you feel like your farm transition plan is stuck in neutral? Maybe your parents refuse to discuss the subject, leaving you frustrated, resentful, and fearful for your future. If so, this episode is right for you. First off, it doesn’t need to be this way. Secondly, you don’t have to travel this path alone. This podcast will help get the next generation unstuck.
In this episode, Elaine illustrates critical areas and actions that you as a Gen 2 should be focused on to start courageous conversations and move the needle forward on your dreams.
How To Have a Farm Family Meeting
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
Research shows that farm families that hold regular family business meetings are 21% more profitable.
Does your family hold regular farm family meetings? Are you interested in doing so, but just don’t know where to start?
In this interview, Elaine outlines the steps in kickstarting a conversation and how to bring everyone to the table by creating a safe space where everyone can be heard and respected.
You will learn more about the value of a talking stick, a flip chart, a robust agenda, and a parking lot.
Farming’s In-Law Factor
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
In this podcast, Tracy Brunet explores with Elaine Froese the tough conflict dynamics between the many roles of the in-laws on a farm: daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, and son-in-law.
As an in-law experiencing challenging circumstances, know that you are not alone! Listen to this podcast to discover many practical tools to get more clarity about your roles and create solutions on your farm team.
It may also inspire you to move on to another chapter, if things cannot be worked out.
Learn how to deal with being the #iamthebrownegg.
Farm Culture Beats Strategy
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
Elaine defines culture as the invisible glue that holds a business or a family team together. She states that agriculture is definitely a culture. She has created a three-part framework (Believe. Behave. Decide.) to help our viewers learn about and create a strong culture on their farm.
Elaine shares thought provoking insights on how the differences between farm family team members can either cause challenges and/or complement each other to build an even stronger farm family team.
Do you farm with family members? Whether it’s your spouse or a multigenerational farm family, please do yourself a favour and watch this episode. The principles within Elaine’s message can mean the difference between harmony and conflict on your farm, and at the end of the day, it can even mean the difference between the family farm continuing on or failing due to personal conflict.
Conflict on the Farm
Interview with Tracy Brunet and Elaine Froese
Whether it’s open conflict or hidden resentments, Tracy and Elaine speak about the importance of discussing the “undiscussabullsTM“. Elaine shares “the unwritten rules” that are on every farm and dictate how the farm family functions and operates. She speaks about communication styles, negative and positive conflict behaviours, and hot buttons. Have you ever noticed how your family knows your hot buttons so well?
Throughout the interview, Elaine shares remarkable insights on how the differences between farm family members can cause conflict. She also shares tips on how we can start to change the way that our farm family deals with conflict resolution, seeing it as a business risk management strategy.
If you farm with family, you will not want to miss this episode.
Farm Family Communication
Interview with Shark Farmer, Lesley Rae Kelly and Elaine Froese
Rob Sharkey, otherwise known as Shark Farmer, is the co-host of What The Farm Podcast. As a farmer himself, he’s not convinced that Elaine’s strategies for better communication on the farm would work with his family.
In this podcast, you will discover how Lesley and Elaine embrace empathy and better listening. They discuss various communication tips and dealing with the “bull” in the middle of the room.
Learn how you can change the dynamics of your farm family relationships by asking a simple question, such as: “How can I make your day better?”
Preparing for the future
Interview with Midwest Farm Wives and Elaine Froese
Hayes Family Transition Plan w/ Elaine Froese
Interview with Farm4Profit and Elaine Froese
Succession Planning or Transition Planning, no matter what you call it, never is easy to do. Listen in as our expert Elaine Froese works through a live discussion with the Hayes Family. From Central Iowa the Father and 3 sons work through the first steps towards putting a plan in place to transition their farm to the next generation.
Getting Ranch Transition Unstuck
Interview with Working Cows, Clay Conry and Elaine Froese
Elaine Froese is a agricultural business transition expert. She joined me to discuss the ways farm families get stuck as well as how they can go about getting unstuck.
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