What is business culture? While it’s hard to define, culture exists and it is felt by everyone. What’s most interesting is, culture of a business is either created or it’s just simply tolerated. Culture shifts when new leaders take the helm and when new people join the work team. Culture can be changed intentionally with a conscious effort, […]
Workplace assessments, seems like extra work we don’t really want to do, right? BUT, it is estimated that as many as “60 percent of employees undergo workplace assessments a year.” (UNC Kenan & Flagler Business School) Honest and anonymous feedback from your work team can really help leverage your and your team’s professional growth and development. We can […]
In agriculture, we’re conditioned to just “handle it,” putting aside uncomfortable issues or long-standing problems in favor of tackling immediate needs like harvest season or calving. Yet, such reactive thinking is not the way of the future. Proactive, forward-looking approaches are necessary to meet new demands. The first step in building a strategy to coach […]
I hate to remind you…but the summer is nearing an end. What’s interesting about this time of year is that people always seem to come back to work more focused as the evenings cool and the kids go back to school. Maybe that ‘back to school’ attitude from our youth will always be ingrained in us. […]
Many of us watched firework and spent time with family, all while celebrating the holiday this past Fourth of July weekend. The 4th of July is all about Independence- and so is agriculture. The reason I wrote Who’s Running Your Farm (Next)? 5 Steps to Develop and Coach Your Next Generation is to help ensure financial independence for the next […]
If you are staying up-to-date with this blog you know that there is much excitement in the air for my new book, Who’s Running Your Farm (Next)?. My ACT Team and I are hard at work and dialing in on its launch. To ensure the best content, I am putting the weekly blogs on hiatus for a while […]
Author and Speaker, Sarah Beth Aubrey, Releases a New Book, Who’s Running Your Farm, NEXT? MONROVIA, IN- Sarah Beth Aubrey, Principal of Aubrey Coaching & Training, LLC, announces the launch of her most recent business book, Who’s Running Your Farm, NEXT?, including five succession strategies that will revolutionize your farm, protect your investments, and transform your team. Aubrey […]
According to an article published on www.hbr.com, “Once people reach the C-suite, technical and functional expertise matters less than leadership skills and a strong grasp of business fundamentals.” (Harvard Business Review 2017) So what’s the best route to get the leadership skills necessary for the top posts? Go get more training? Head online or back […]
The Value of Networking How would you rate the value of your professional network today? If you needed to, could you directly call up the executive director of a statewide industry association? How about the national president of that association? Would your U.S. Senator take your call? If you needed media coverage, do you know […]
Hello, again and now for Step Three in my series about Establishing the Culture of Coaching AND as a preview to my upcoming book, Who’s Running Your Farm (Next)? This week, I’d like to share a bit about the thought process behind using executive coaching and discuss when it fits – and when it doesn’t. […]
