This course focuses on the best approaches for overseeing and working with teams of people. It takes a team of people to run a large and successful business, a farm is no different. Throughout this course, we will read about and discuss strategies that you can apply on your farm when it comes to managing people.

We are all individuals and have different ways of doing things, leadership is no different. Throughout this course, you will work through case studies and examples of good and poor leadership on farm. We recommend you reflect on these and consider taking the good approaches and using them on your farm.

The key to becoming a great manager or people leader is to practice these skills and reflect on your approach.

• identify the benefits of people management, leadership and how this can benefit a farm business
  
• apply motivation strategies for staff retention
• identify ways to resolve conflict
• prepare communication strategies to inform staff about a range of topics from safety through to business development
• address staff development needs and see the benefits for the farm in doing this
• identify leadership traits in existing staff and ways to capitalise on this, including recommending further training for staff
• sort and develop team and individual work goals
• update position descriptions to align with Pastoral Award classifications
• plan business resilience strategies around employment on your farm
• define the benefits of a strong succession plan given the size of your farm business