Managing for Profit

With the job advertisement and reference checks behind you, don’t make a mess of the next step.
There is no magic formula for recruiting and selecting staff for your business. But by following a few simple rules you can make the best appointments.
Your people are your most precious asset, right? Then why do we often do such a bad job of advertising for new staff?
Feel like a pariah just because you’re a farmer? Get to know those you deal with and you’ll be surprised at how helpful they become.
What really matters in life is not what you own but what you can do. Your skill is your safety net.
If you’re run off your feet, always late and full of anxiety, with never any time to do the things you love – stop, quiet your mind, and think.
Security of tenure on commercial farm land is under threat – but just like any other business risk, it can be managed.
Time management is self management. If you never have time to do the important things in life – look in the mirror.
Our education is dominated by learning hard skills, yet it’s the soft skills that make for great managers. How well-balanced are you?
How the struggling can thrive and the successful can boost profits even further.
Without a shared vision, success is impossible. We simply have to achieve it, despite the special difficulties we face in Africa.
A host of excellent organisations are on hand to help farmers institute ethical practices. Yet sometimes standards are truly abysmal.

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