Show Highlights:

• Discover blind spots in assessing external risks. [00:00:22]
• Negative externalities defined with examples. [00:03:56]
• The three whys of missing external-risk trends. [00:09:42]
• Learn the 'Don't Be a Bird' tactic to fight blindness. [00:14:47]
• How to perform external risk analysis as a team. [00:18:12]

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 full-service Five Star Cooperative, Est. 1889. [00:03:41]
• Market differentiation tactics from Five Star Co-op. [00:07:32]
• The power of listening in service improvement. [00:14:57]
• How to operationalize customer feedback processing. [00:18:17]
• Tips to solve SKU and inventory management issues. [00:26:21]
• Explore the rapid tech adoption landscape in ag. [00:30:15]
• The Five Star approach to strategic goal alignment. [00:39:10]
• What should be the shelf life of strategic imperatives? [00:43:39]

Learn about Five Star Cooperative at https://www.fivestarcoop.com/.

Go to https://nexstarag.com/ for information onFive Star Co-op's proprietary products.

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:

• A powerful question to challenge business thinking. [00:00:24]
• Three vital benefits of optimization-basis discovery. [00:02:45]
• How to balance offense and defense in optimization. [00:05:13]
• Discover pro tips to validate a market need. [00:09:14]
• Why favor new ventures over myopic optimization? [00:12:21]
• Strategic evaluations you should regularly revisit. [00:15:21]

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 MFA Incorporated that nears $2B in sales. [00:02:38]
• Dive into the core of MFA's authentic producer-focus. [00:05:13]
• Can profitability always be aligned with core values? [00:09:42]
• The art of capital allocation to meet farmer interests. [00:13:51]
• Explore the power of multidirectional feedback loops. [00:19:55]
• Tips to facilitate growth with past-investment study. [00:27:51]

Connect with Jason Weirich:

https://mfa-inc.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MFAIncorporated

https://x.com/mfa_inc

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:

• Strategy execution explained with key components. [00:02:16]
• Why strategy execution is the power behind success. [00:06:04]
• Explore common barriers to executing strategy. [00:07:49]
• Uncover the core issue of unrealized value at risk. [00:10:43]
• How to avert the cost of a post-deal execution failure. [00:13:53]
• The five ways Mosher Consulting Group de-risks PMI. [00:18:42]

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 to leverage a people-and-strategy roadmap. [00:04:21]
• Uncover the HR–business strategy connecting point. [00:08:40]
• The art of org design with Jay Galbraith's Star Model. [00:13:02]
• Dive into role–strategy alignment in tasks and goals. [00:15:54]
• Ideas to navigate uncertainty in a strategy roadmap. [00:24:29]
• Tips to iron out decision-making process complexity. [00:28:10]
• The "one butt to one seat" rule for accountability. [00:33:11]

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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:

• Reflect on ways to harvest Charlie Munger's wisdom. [00:00:23]
• Delve into the aftermath of ignoring deal rationale. [00:03:07]
• How a post-M&A inward focus forms customer churn. [00:04:00]
• What blind trust in existing capabilities does in PMI. [00:05:02]
• Tread a road to ruin called untracked performance. [00:07:32]
• Imagine rash celebrations and failure intolerance. [00:09:01]

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:

• Learn about the current challenges in ag insurance. [00:04:22]
• Find out why there is limited underwriting for ag. [00:06:36]
• How severe convective storms drive insured loss. [00:09:59]
• The latent potential for ag client–insurer cooperation. [00:14:23]
• Discover key emerging exposures in agribusiness. [00:18:51]
• Why agrochemical-based risks may be uninsurable. [00:22:44]
• Unlock optimistic industry dynamics now crystallizing. [00:28:34]

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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:

• Market-driven tailwinds vs. company successes. [00:03:37]
• How tailwinds create a business-fitness fallacy. [00:04:48]
• Uncover the danger of untested execution capacity. [00:06:12]
• Find out how tailwinds blunt business resiliency. [00:08:16]
• Explore the productivity born of demanding periods. [00:09:41]
• Understand the movement vs. velocity difference. [00:12:26]
• Food for thought on sustained-tailwind side effects. [00:14:15]

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 boards contribute and can evolve strategically. [00:09:38]
• Explore the four rules well-functioning boards fulfil. [00:14:28]
• Advisory vs. fiduciary board governance explained. [00:18:06]
• Dive into the key elements of a board charter. [00:24:17]
• Why board constituents must be strategy-derived. [00:30:23]
• How to recruit expertise-based board members. [00:33:06]
• Discover PDA for time-saving board-building. [00:36:42]
• Tips to apply an insider-outsider ratio to a board. [00:42:37]
• Find out if you're financially ready to have a board. [00:48:49]
• The two factors that maximize board contributions. [00:50:33]

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.