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How to Manage Someone Who is Totally Disorganized

January 4, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Harvard Business Review
Managing a disorganized employee is often a maddening experience. How can you help your scattered direct report develop better systems? How can you drive home the importance of staying on top of meetings, calendars, and emails? And is it even possible to help a person overcome a natural inclination toward disorder?
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2 Perspectives on Dealership Challenges in the Farm Equipment Market

Stotz Equipment President Tom Rosztoczy and Waupun Equipment Co-owner Dan Scheuers discuss the challenges they face in their respective markets – and what they are doing to proactively address them.
By Jennifer Reibel posted on December 26, 2018 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues
On paper, the two dealerships couldn’t be more different: one, a 25-store John Deere dealership spread across 8 western states, the other, a New Holland and Massey Ferguson dealership with 2 stores in central Wisconsin. But when you listen to the people who run them, their challenges are strikingly similar.
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4 Questions that Employers Should Ask Every Job Candidate

A CEO and head of HR share what they ask job candidates in interviews in order to gauge their focus and hesitations early on.
December 22, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Fast Company
When it comes to recruitment, good hiring managers look beyond credentials and the idea of finding someone they’d want to “grab a couple of beers with.” That kind of approach is rife with unconscious bias and isn’t always an accurate prediction of how good they’ll be as an employee.
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Consumer Trends: Two Industry Leaders Discuss the Impact to Farm Equipment Dealers

By Jen Bradley posted on December 14, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices, Precision Ag Sales & Service
Earlier this year Bryndon Meinhardt, regional manager of KanEquip, a 9-store New Holland and Case IH dealer based in Wamego, Kan., and Clint Schnoor, then president of Agri-Service, a 14-store AGCO dealer based in Kimberly, Idaho, sat down to discuss the differences and similarities their between their two businesses. Topics that emerged from the conversation included how their customers have changed, organic farming and what’s driving technology trends.
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Challenging Conversations — How to Tell an Employee It’s Over

December 7, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Art Petty
The short answer payoff to the issue of how to tell someone it’s over is with clarity and empathy. The long answer is that getting to this point, particularly with someone who displays a positive attitude and desire to improve—but lacks the ability for the needed work is a process that must be filled with feedback, coaching and skills training.
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3 Ways to Strengthen Your Problem Solving Muscle

Being better at problem-solving requires a lot of practice.
November 30, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: FastCompany
When it comes to small business accounting, most people know that it is important to keep your records updated for taxes. However, there are many more benefits from small business accounting that you can use to grow, improve and expand your business.
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When Does Stress Become Burnout?

November 9, 2018 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Metro
When it comes to small business accounting, most people know that it is important to keep your records updated for taxes. However, there are many more benefits from small business accounting that you can use to grow, improve and expand your business.
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