Is it ok for a leader to show uncertainty or expect others to come up with answers?  Whether you’re being asked the questions yourself or you’re the one asking, how often is “I don’t know” an acceptable response?

Too often leaders and their teams treat uncertainty or not immediately having the solutions as a failure… 

Ask any farm owner or agribusiness leader what parts of managing their operation keep giving them grey hair and “people” or “people management” are likely on their shortlist. Most folks don’t get into farming because they really want to manage people.  And…

How do you create and sustain trust? What prevents something so widely understood from existing consistently in more workplaces?

The challenge is, as it always has been, taking words on a page (or a poster or a plaque) and translating them into lived experience…