As business owners, we count on our teams to get things done that will move our businesses forward. When each team works internally together productively and every department works in harmony with the others, our companies make giant leaps forward.
We just finished up our special report for the June issue of Farm Equipment, and I have to say that it was one of the more enjoyable projects I've participated in for some time because it gave me a glimpse into the future of the farm equipment business.
If the maxim is true that an educated man is one who has learned to learn and never stops learning, then it's safe to believe that Brian Carpenter is bringing an example of educated leadership to his dealer group.
For those of you who can remember back to Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, you'll remember one of the slogans credited with helping him unseat a sitting president: It's the economy, stupid!
Dealing with difficult people can mean dealing with people you have just met for the first time. Or it can mean dealing with people or a person who you have known for a longer period of time.
The CEO and general manager of the newly formed eight-store dealership group says, "We know we have good competition with good products, and we respect them. But I believe what sets us apart is our key people. We base everything we do as an organization on having the best people in the right spots."
Managing people isn’t what it used to be — or shouldn’t be. For a whole range of reasons, traditional “task-oriented-only” approaches to management just aren’t as workable or productive as they may have been at one time — for either the employee or the manager.
Source: By Jay Steinfeld Founder/CEO of Blinds.com
The only way your career - and your business - will grow is by assuming increasingly higher levels of responsibility; the only way you’ll have time to do that, without spending your life at work, is to delegate.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.
At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.