Leicestershire: Take your people skills to the next level

Join us and Strategic Dairy Farmer George Wade whose farm business team has been working with people specialist Paul Harris from Real Success Ltd to get a deeper understanding of what makes people tick and gain some simple tools to communicate more effectively.

Do you find that you get on well with some people, but struggle with others? How we communicate with each other has a huge impact on efficiency, effectiveness and farm profitability. 

It affects family dynamics, as well as staff morale and it can make relationships with some professionals, such as the vet or agronomist, awkward, if not difficult. Before you consider how to motivate, lead and inspire your family, staff, or colleagues, you need to know the basics of good communication. During the event, you will:

• Learn how to make positive communication work for you
• Discover when getting it right can add money to your bottom line
• Find out more about different communication styles and behaviours
• Understand how this directly influences how we are seen by others
• See why this can work in your favour or against you.

To assist with biosecurity and conform to government guidelines please ensure outer clothing and vehicles are clean and that clean boots that can be disinfected are worn. Please note children under the age of 16 and dogs are not allowed at the event, even if they are staying in the car.

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About Honeypot Farm

Honeypot Farm has been operated as a farm partnership between Mr Garner and Martin Wade since 1982.  Based in Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire, they run an autumn block-calving herd of 380 Holstein Friesians cows using British, Irish and New Zealand genetics. They have 190 ha of ring-fenced land, of which 98 ha is the grazing platform, supported by 249 ha for forage and youngstock grazing. Recent investments have included spending £1.2 million on the development of a second 350 cow unit, plus £60,000 adding 100 cubicles at Honeypot, £100,000 on upgrading their parlour, £40,000 revamping their silage pits, as well as upgrading their grazing infrastructure.

Learn more about Honeypot Farm

About Strategic Dairy Farms

Strategic dairy farms help farmers learn from each other through regular on-farm meetings where we share key performance data and showcase what the best farmers are doing.

They form part of the Optimal Dairy Systems programme which aims to help dairy farmer’s lower costs and increase efficiency by focusing on either a block or all-year-round calving system.

The growing network of strategic dairy farms have calculated key performance indicators (KPIs) for their enterprises which are shared at meetings and published online. These are physical and financial performance measures that are critical to success. Farmers can benchmark their businesses against these KPIs and identify areas for improvement.

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