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Why leaders avoid hard conversations and how to stop dodging them

March 13, 2025 | 3 min read
In leadership, difficult conversations are often a necessity, but that doesn’t make them easy, writes Leah Mether. *
Management

Boosting Brix leads to stronger crops

March 13, 2025 | 3 min read
With fertiliser prices on the rise, this approach becomes increasingly unsustainable. Chris Story, managing director of Kendon Plant Care, an Australian supplier of crop protection and nutrition products for over 70 years, explains the real issue lies in plant health.
Management

How to have challenging conversations in a psychologically safe way

Jan. 15, 2025 | 4 min read
Challenging conversations are unavoidable in leadership. Whether you’re delivering tough feedback, addressing conflict, or raising concerns, these conversations are essential for progress and healthy working relationships. However, how you handle them makes all the difference between creating a positive outcome or deepening the divide.
Management

Warning signs of a toxic culture and what to do about it

Dec. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
Toxic culture is the biggest risk facing every organisation today. Yet many senior leaders, despite there being a story about culture every week in the media, are refusing to take it seriously.
Management

Create high-performing teams by merging belonging and performance

Nov. 4, 2024 | 3 min read
Georgia Russell says finding ways for people to feel a sense of belonging and achieve high performance is essential for fostering a workplace where employees feel valued and motivated while driving organisational success.
Management

7 considerations before a tough conversation

Oct. 6, 2024 | 4 min read
In any tough conversation, the difference between success and failure often lies in the setup, writes Leah Mether.*
Management

Publicly recognising team achievements boosts culture

Sept. 2, 2024 | 3 min read
To state the obvious, a surefire way to improve productivity and employee engagement is the holy grail all companies are looking for.
Management

Wengfu app-lies itself with fertbook web

Aug. 9, 2024 | 3 min read
Wengfu Australia continues to deliver to customers providing the latest, and best systems with the smoothest and easiest end-to-end fertiliser process in the industry.
Management

How to disagree without attacking others

Aug. 5, 2024 | 4 min read
Respectful disagreement seems like a lost art in our increasingly polarised world. Social media is full of people shouting at each other, with rage fuelling the algorithms and this hostility is creeping into workplaces too. But disagreements aren’t inherently bad – they’re crucial for good decision-making and team performance.
Management

Why leaders need to get better at regulating emotions

July 3, 2024 | 4 min read
In times of upheaval and uncertainty, leaders have a responsibility to steer their people through the storm with composure and resolve, writes Leah Mether.
Management

Keep it simple: How ground rules can change culture

May 8, 2024 | 4 min read
Running a successful rural business, one that attracts and retains great staff, goes beyond traditional metrics such as pay and performance – it’s about creating a culture where people flourish.
Management

Agriculture set to bounce back in 2024 says Rabobank

Feb. 13, 2024 | 6 min read
Australia’s agricultural sector is “moving confidently into 2024”, with an overall positive outlook for the nation’s farmers and agribusiness industries in the year ahead, Rabobank says in its newly-released annual outlook.
Management

Barriers to business meeting breakthrough

Dec. 15, 2023 | 4 min read
Suzanne Vickberg is a social-personality psychologist and a leading practitioner within Deloitte’s Business Chemistry division, In this article she looks at why psychological safety may not be enough to get your team on board.
Management

Leading your team effectively

Nov. 15, 2023 | 3 min read
As a leader, investing time in proactive 1:1 coaching conversations with your team members is one of the smartest moves you can make.
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Why EQ is vital during uncertain times

Oct. 29, 2023 | 4 min read
The importance of emotional intelligence in leadership is not a new concept, at a time when the pace of change and rate of uncertainty seems to be accelerating worldwide, the need for business leaders to develop their EQ has never been more important, writes Leah Mether.

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Low interest loans for low emissions machinery
Another solid cotton season tipped
Can diverse weed management push resistant weed nummbers down?
MANAGEMENT: 5 ways to capitalise on the opportunity a tight market brings
COMMENTARY: NAB says tighter supply could benefit our ag
INSIGHTS: Fencing, livestock handling & ID
INSIGHTS: Snail and slug control
INSIGHTS: Fertilisers
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