The Pacesetter Pod

Show Highlights:

• Learn about Keystone Cooperative's history, divisions and evolution. [00:06:50]
• Strategic vs. opportunistic growth explained with Keystone's formative mergers. [00:09:19]
• Best practices for creating an ideal partner profile for M&As. [00:14:56]
• Joint ventures as a growth strategy for potential M&As. [00:16:24]
• Uncover signals and team roles for moving from JVs to M&As. [00:20:52]
• Dissect due diligence processes for pre-deal and PMI phases. [00:28:02]
• How do risks differ in geographic vs. product diversification in ag? [00:35:23]
• Is your farm diversified for multigenerational succession? [00:39:35]
• Explore the value of in-house legal counsel for an agribusiness. [00:42:06]
• Why U.S. farmers matter for national security and world food production. [00:51:30]

Learn about Keystone Cooperative at https://www.keystonecoop.com/.

To connect with Elizabeth South, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-south-10851049/.

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• How ag strategy execution mirrors this podcast's core objectives. [00:02:37]
• Is this an ag podcast on business vs. business podcast on ag? [00:04:44]
• The value of embracing effort over seeking perfection. [00:09:06]
• Why deliberate thinking matters to succeed as ag leaders. [00:13:11]
• The importance of learning out loud with vulnerability. [00:18:26]
• Identifying essential risk-taking vs. reckless thinking [00:21:26]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Discover 106-year-old Caledonia Farmers Elevator. [00:03:32]
• Gain insights on transitioning from specialty fruits to row crops. [00:08:53]
• Why financial metrics are core in any ag sector. [00:10:30]
• Do specialty crops fit the agricultural co-op model? [00:13:35]
• What has increased consolidation in the fruit sector? [00:14:07]
• Does your agribusiness lack a CFO co-pilot? [00:16:58]
• Explore the key benefits of financial leadership in ag. [00:21:55]
• Take a look at Caledonia Farmers Elevator's exemplary workplace culture. [00:25:13]
• How to hire for attitude over skills for effective talent acquisition. [00:28:08]
• Lessons to transfer in a broadacre-to-specialty reverse transition. [00:31:22]

Learn more about Caledonia Farmers Elevator at https://cfeco.com. To contact Bryan DeRuiter, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanderuiter1121/. If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• What can be learned from the size of announced layoffs? [00:06:10]
• Why structural challenges spiral into drastic actions. [00:08:23]
• Clear-eyed, realistic expectations are non-negotiable with workforce reductions. [00:12:22]
• If decision-friction is the problem, are layoffs the right solution? [00:13:22]
• How to unlock post-layoff transformation. [00:15:26]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Discover Prairie State Tractor and CEO Chris Rupiper's careers with John Deere. [00:04:29]
• Norms of well-organized mergers with KSR Equipment and Holland and Sons. [00:10:37]
• The key to easing friction for seamless M&A integration. [00:17:50]
• The power of top-down investment in employees. [00:21:46]
• Explore this pod resource on connecting employees to strategy. [00:27:28]
• Why consolidation in the ag equipment field mirrors industry trends. [00:29:33]
• How to manage varied customer profiles and diverse products and services. [00:37:12]

To learn more about Prairie State Tractor, visit https://www.prairiestatetractor.com/.

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Are you ready to refresh your goals for the New Year? [00:00:22]
• Discover the two goal-setting traps you must avoid. [00:03:35]
• Critical challenges in balanced, strategic goal setting. [00:04:49]
• Gain a clear four-question goal-setting framework. [00:08:22]
• Example application of Questions 1 and 2 of the recommended framework. [00:09:56]
• How to execute and measure success within the framework. [00:14:25]
• The importance of elevating your goal-setting strategy. [00:17:16]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Are you seeking power or seeking to empower? [00:01:52]
• How distributed ownership of outcomes transforms organizations. [00:02:43]
• The power of open systems to unlock team-driven creativity. [00:04:54]
• Why your time-horizon effectiveness should be for enduring growth. [00:07:02]
• Key questions to consider to adopt an empowering leadership approach. [00:09:26]

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Discover MnSP and learn about CEO Jeramie Weller's industry expertise. [00:03:08]
• Is teamwork the secret to running lean facilities successfully? [00:14:29]
• How cultural integration reduces worker turnover and builds cohesion. [00:21:45]
• Speaking up vs. staying silent as new managers. [00:24:53]
• Lessons in diversification with MnSP's path to partnering with CGB. [00:28:52]
• Consider growth-rationale clarity for agribusinesses. [00:33:34]
• How to strategically approach capital partnerships. [00:37:45]
• The power of strategic locations in growth opportunities. [00:43:18]
• Tips to manage headwinds and tailwinds in the biofuels industry. [00:46:59]
• Insights on California's new §45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. [00:48:02]

Visit https://www.mnsoy.com/ to learn more about Minnesota Soybean Processors (MnSP).

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• Three episodes to revisit to understand constraints. [00:00:25]
• Explore the constraints in large companies in a dual value mandate. [00:02:37]
• How the layers in big companies stifle innovation. [00:06:20]
• Why small companies outpace big ones in innovation. [00:11:39]
• Shane Thomas' insights on uncertainty as the power driver of innovation. [00:12:22]
• Uncover the core constraints small companies face. [00:14:52]
• Explore the non-replicable nature of uncertainty. [00:17:39]
• Has human evolution hinged on stress? [00:18:54]
• What the docking scene in Interstellar teaches us. [00:19:41]

Read Upstream Ag's article on innovation theater here: https://www.upstream.ag/p/innovation-theatre-shackles-to-progress

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.

Show Highlights:

• What is the Propane Education & Research Council? [00:02:31]
• Energy transformation defined with examples, including Three Mile Island. [00:07:47]
• The importance of affordability in the future of energy. [00:11:28]
• Why propane is the right answer in energy diversification. [15:03.3]
• Explore propane's evolving agricultural applications. [00:21:34]
• Insights on the challenges of electrification in ag. [00:26:31]
• Is the U.S. presently vulnerable in energy security? [00:29:04]
• The importance of a holistic climate–energy conversation. [00:31:01]
• What does a wide path to clean energy mean? [00:36:03]
• Discover the new book, Path to Zero: 12 Climate Conversations to Change the World. [00:38:40]

Read more here: Propane Education & Research Council: https://propane.com/

Path to Zero: 12 Climate Conversations That Changed The World https://pathtozerobook.com/

If you are interested in connecting with Joe, go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemosher/, or schedule a call at www.moshercg.com.