Dig In Finances

Dig In Finances

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Dig In Finances episodes

  • Farm Culture

    Episode 14 Transcript

    Episode Content:
    01:25 - Farm and Personal Culture
    04:26 - Core Values
    05:44 - Vision and Mission Statement
    12:28 - Components of Culture

    14 min
  • Employee Handbooks

    Episode 13 Transcript

    Episode Content:
    01:25 - Employee Handbook Basics
    03:16 - Migitating Risk with Handbooks
    04:25 - What to Include in the Handbook
    06:11 - Policies vs Procedures
    08:04 - Handbook Sections
    09:50 - Whose your Handbook Audience?
    13:18 - Job Descriptions



    19 min
  • From Recruiting to Onboarding

    Episode 12 Transcript

    Episode Content:
    01:27 - Quantity of Applicants
    03:41 - Quality of Applicants
    05:34 - Spillover Effects
    07:13 - Interview Process
    09:38 - Interview Questions
    12:39 - Reference Checks
    13:12 - Hiring 
    14:20 - Onboarding

    16 min
  • Quality Employee Feedback

    Episode 10 Transcript

    Episode Content:
    02:06 - Herzberg's Factors of Motivation
    04:13 - Providing Quality Feedback
    05:09 - Why Do We Give Positive feedback?
    06:20 - How to Provide Quality Positive Feedback
    07:10 - Redirective and Negative Feedback
    08:20 - Giving Redirective Feedback, an Example
    09:05 - Giving Negative Feedback, an Example
    09:50 - When to use Redirection vs Negative Feedback?

    13 min
  • Two Questions Every Farm Employee Has

    Episode 9 Transcript

    Episode Content:

    • 01:31 - 2 Questions of all Employees
    • 04:26 - Implementing Measurements for Employee Expectations
    • 06:00 - Measurement Examples
    • 08:27 - Clarity for Employee Expectations


    11 min
  • Leadership on the Farm

    Episode 8 Transcript

    Episode Content:

    • 00:52 - What makes a leader?
    • 04:56 - Six Leadership Styles
    • 06:18 - Coercive Leadership
    • 07:43 - Authorative Leadership
    • 08:31 - Affliative Leadership
    • 09:42 - Democratic Leadership
    • 10:41 - Pacesetting Leadership
    • 11:42 - Coaching Leadership
    15 min
  • Finding Your Communication Style

    Episode 7 Transcript

    Communication Questionnaire

    Episode Content:
    02:58 - Action Communication Style
    04:00 - Process Communication Style
    05:29 - People Communication Style
    07:08 - Idea Communication Style

    12 min
  • Effective Communication on the Farm

    Episode 6 Transcript

    Episode Content:
    00:45 - Communication Statistics
    03:10 - Improving Relationships with Communication 
    07:06 - Effective Communicators Treat Others Well
    08:02 - Communication through Text Message
    10:05  - Setting Expectations and Boundaries

    14 min
  • The Art of Active Listening

    Transcript of Episode 5

    Episode Content:
    02:05 - Skills to becoming better listeners
    04:42 - Exercise to Improve Active Listening
    06:19 - Speaking and Listening Statistics 

    9 min

About Dig In Finances

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Host Amber Roberts interviews agriculturalists on the lastest farm finance issues and provides farmers will small actions they can take that lead to impactful financial changes.