Keeping Good Staff when Money is Tight & Managing Conflict in the Workplace

How do you keep them down on the farm?

Although everyone likes to be paid, money is not the only, or even most important, motivator for staff retention and performance. This workshop will cover research on rewards and incentives in the workplace to learn tools to attract and retain farm staff and reduce staff turn-over.  Workplace conflict, however, can be very demotivating for everyone and is a major cause of employee turnover. We will discuss and role-play managing conflict on the farm, terminating employees and managing employee departures.

Agenda

Effective Compensation
Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory: Factors that lead to employment dissatisfaction and to job motivation
Discussion of work environments that can lead to satisfaction or dissatisfaction

Pay and Benefits
Understanding Compensation
Finding data on pay rates
What do your employees want? (reliable work, high pay, flexibility)
Strategies for getting feedback
Creating intrinsic motivation on your farm
Using Incentive Programs
Identifying Your Goal for an Incentive Program and Applying it Effectively

Managing Conflict and Terminations
2 principles of Conflict Resolution
Resources
Role play a conflict situation
Employee Terminations

This is the third of four workshops on Human Resource Management on the Farm. Sign up for the full series of workshops in Highland at a discounted price of only $15 per class

• March 1 - Marketing your farm as a great place to work (5:00-7:30pm)
• March 8 - What's My Job? Hiring, training and evaluating employees effectively (5:00-7:30pm)
• March 15 - Keeping good staff when money is tight & managing conflict in the workplace(5:00-7:30pm)
• March 22 - The compliance and safety workshop. Are you managing your risks as an employer? (1:00pm-4:00pm)