Event Details
Date
Dec 9 - Dec 10, 2019
Time
10am-4pm
Location
CCE Orleans County
12690 Rt 31
Albion, NY 14411
Cost
$50.00
(additional attendee $50.00 ea.)
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramEffective Management of Farm Employees: Two-Day Master Class December 9-10 in Orleans County
December 9 - December 10, 2019Managing people is a skill that can be learned, much like operating equipment, or growing crops. Do you expect yourself or your employees to learn those other skills on their own? Most people are not born with people management skills and benefit from coaching. Labor is one of your farm's biggest expenses - how well are you managing it?
The Effective Management of Farm Employees Master Class is for you if you are a new farm owner or farm manager or you want to improve your skills in HR management. This program will give you the skills you need to effectively hire, train and supervise your farm's employees. The class will be conducted at the Orleans County CCE office on December 9th & 10th.
This class is led by Dr. Richard Stup, Director of the Cornell University Ag Workforce Development Program, Elizabeth Higgins the Ag Business Management Specialist with the Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team and Mark Wiltberger the Business Management Specialist with the Lake Ontario Fruit Team.
The Program Will Cover:
Moving from Individual Performer to Supervisor: "People don't leave bad companies, they leave bad managers." The skills that make someone a top performer on the farm do not necessarily translate to being a great manager of people but supervisors are often selected from the pool of high performers in an organization to reward them for their contribution to the organization, without consideration of their people management skills or aptitude. This session will help you identify the skills needed to be a great supervisor of people, and how you can develop and apply those skills on your farm.
Onboarding New Employees: Onboarding is a relatively new term that describes the process of bringing new employees into the business. The goal of onboarding is to have safe, productive, and engaged farm employees, from day one. Learn to create an employee onboarding program for your farm with clearly assigned responsibilities, designed training experiences, full regulatory compliance, and basic evaluation. You will also learn about the onboarding program being developed by a team of Ag industry professionals and how your farm can participate.
Performance Management: This is where the rubber hits the road in management. One of the hardest challenges of management is effectively communicating performance expectations to employees and ensuring that those expectations are carried out. This session will cover effective communication, developing training and assessment programs that get your employees off to a good start and providing timely and supportive feedback to get the best out of your staff. Tools we will discuss include using standard operating procedures, other communication strategies, training resources and feedback and incentives.
This class is $50 and includes lunch for both days. Spots are limited. The class will be at CCE Orleans County, 12690 State Route 31 Albion, NY 14411, on December 9th & 10th, from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
This work is supported by the USDA NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant no. 2017‐70017‐26837. Additional funding and support for this project comes from the NYS Office of New Americans, and the NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets.
