Blog: Leadership

As the coming weeks, and even months, are likely to hurt the vast majority of businesses, you will need to decide how to balance the short-term improvement of your Income Statement with the long-term strengthening of your Balance Sheet [...]

As we continue to settle into our new working realities, it’s difficult to say anything with certainty. That said, even basic trend analysis would dictate that self-isolation + a potentially reduced workload (due to business downturns) can lead to less-than-productive idle time. But instead of simply writing off or compensating for lost hours...

Like many other industries, agriculture has long been relationship-driven, with in-person, “belly-to-belly” contact playing a significant role in the sales process. Due to the self-isolation measures enacted to prevent the spread of COVID-19, [...]

In this content series, we aim to help marketers and agrimarketers alike find opportunity in these trying times, without looking overly opportunistic (no hoarding of hand sanitizer here). As such, we’ll look at some of the common challenges (the Lemons) we are all collectively facing and highlight potential solutions/opportunities (the Lemonade).

Have you ever heard somebody comment that so-and-so is a “linear thinker?” Or somebody might proudly say, “I am a non-linear thinker.” What do they mean?

Effective leaders influence others to think, act and behave differently. One way to be intentional about how you exert influence is to consider the roles you play as a leader in your organization [...]

At its very core, your company culture is a collection of shared values and behaviors — ones that are encouraged or discouraged by people, processes and policies. One way to become more intentional about [...]

As consolidation continues all around us, the importance of an intentional corporate culture has never been more real in agriculture. The Ag industry today is one fraught with mergers and […]

Early in my career, when Think Shift (called Mars Hill in those days) was still considered a fledgling business I was a hands-on leader. In a start-up environment, employees often [...]

From Abraham Lincoln to Winston Churchill and Henry Ford to Steve Jobs, exemplary leaders demonstrate edge — a clear and unique ability that defines their style of leadership and inspires [...]