TEPAP – Day 3 Afternoon Session
For the Tuesday afternoon session, we were privileged to have the last formal presentation done by Dr. William Carden, CEO of The Carden Group. Dr. Carden’s discussion was on effective delegation by farmers.
One thing that resonated with me was that as farmers, we need to delegate the expected results to our employees not the tasks. So many times, we tell our employees to get this task done, when we need to communicate to the employee in writing what our expected result is, not necessarily how to do it.
In summary, Dr. Carden stressed:
- Get rid of the thought “I can do it better and quicker”.
- Delegate the results, not the method.
- Delegate every decision down to the lowest-ranked employee capable of making the decision.
- Acknowledge the work, no matter how trivial.
- Once you have delegate a task, DO NOT EVER take it back unless there is truly an impending disaster.
Paul Neiffer is a certified public accountant and business advisor specializing in income taxation, accounting services, and succession planning for farmers and agribusiness processors. Paul is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in Walla Walla, Washington, as well as a regular speaker at national conferences and contributor at agweb.com. Raised on a farm in central Washington, he has been immersed in the ag industry his entire life, including the last 30 years professionally. Paul and his wife purchase an 180 acre ranch in 2016 and enjoy keeping it full of animals.
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