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Clearly Defined Culture Breeds a Commitment to Precision Performance

3 diverse dealers dissect the dynamics of a productive employee-manager relationship, along with the detriments of poor communication.
By James DeGraff posted on March 17, 2018 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Service
The shifting nature of precision farming demands a foundation for employee commitment, yet the unique structure of any given dealership eliminates the possibility for any universal blueprint. Rarely does the perfect formula come from direct replication or an unhinged maverick move, but the best plans often fall somewhere in between.
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Wider World of Business

5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Encourage Employees to Speak Up

By Kim Schmidt posted on March 17, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Harvard Business Review
If you are in an influential position, you have probably said words to the effect of “My door is always open.” You likely meant this declaration very genuinely. You might well feel that you are a pretty approachable sort of person and that others feel comfortable coming to you with their issues and their ideas.
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Growing the Business Through Financial Literacy

Jenner Ag plays the Great Game of Business and practices open book management to move the business forward, while also providing its employees with a financial education.
By Kim Schmidt posted on October 15, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Department Management
Jenner Ag has always practiced open book management — sharing the company financials with the management team. But in 2011, Steve Jones, president of the Case IH dealership, decided to take it one step further and started playing the Great Game of Business after meeting Jack Stack, founder of the game and founder, president and CEO of SRC Holdings Corp., at a business leaders’ meeting in town.
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Wider World of Business

4 Tips for Building Transparency

May 23, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Aaron Bell, Fortune
Creating or increasing transparency at a company is often easier said than done, and it becomes increasingly difficult the larger the company gets, writes Aaron Bell for Fortune’s Entrepreneur Insiders online community. He compares transparency to glue — it’s what keeps a company together through the peaks and troughs of business.
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In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Weasler Engineering, we break down the key takeaways from Ag Equipment Intelligence's newly released 2024 Big Dealer Report. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman shows us how cover crop planting could be done autonomously. Also in this episode, CNH Industrial reports a drop in ag sales, AGCO combine and application equipment sales are down year-over-year and a UK New Holland factory strike could impact North America.

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