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WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
NOMINATE FOR THE ANNUAL
BRUCE COUNTY FARMER OF
THE YEAR AWARD?
1 hereby nominate of Twp.
for the Annual Bruce County Farmer of the Year
Award to be Presented at the Annual meeting in Dec.
Reasons for Nomination
Return to Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture.
446 Tenth Street, Hanover.
N4NSP9.
Signature
Phone Number.
PG. 42 THE RURAL VOICE/SEPTEMBER 1981
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(Time Management cont. from page 27)
schedule. When things go wrong as they always will, a
contingency time must be allotted.
When an individual strains too long and hard with the daily
details of operating a farm, it becomes easy to neglect the
innovative and planning aspects of management. Creative
functions can be postponed but in the long run they are the very
functions that determine the success of the enterprise. We all live
with the fear of failure. Effective delegation of work is critical for
good time management.
Authority for decision making should be delegated to the lowest
level of responsibility consistent with good judgement and
available knowledge. The manager must entrust the job entirely
to the person selected or else it is a waste of time for both. The
barriers of good delegation should be recognized and dealt with.
The failure to fully explain the task to a subordinate and the
unwillingness to permit a subordinate to make his own mistakes
are common. A manager will often oversupervise or be too willing
to take back a task if it is not going well.
Proper use of delegation is developed by trial and error. But the
manager must be quick to recognize his error and act on it,
immediately. Do not procrastinate!
Procrastination is the ability to put off taking action until a
future time. It has to be one of the worst problems in time
management.
The task won't disappear. By stressing the benefits, a manager
can analyze the pluses which will begin upon completion and the
minuses that will end. Reward yourself.
Better to try and risk failure than not try and guarantee it.
Especially with farming, your business is your home. It is very
difficult to separate the two. A manager can become over
committed to a task. By devoting too much time to work, interest
in leisure time activities has less opportunity to develop. The lack
of other outside interests can be the cause of overwork or the
result of overwork. Therefore there is less incentive to find time
for leisure activities. In the long run, the lack of recreational
activities makes it impossible for a person to enjoy retirement fully
when it arrives.
Crisis Situations
When the world seems to be falling apart around you, be
realistic. You can't solve all the problems immediately. Try to put
enough time on each task so that each becomes a non -crisis
situation. Then go back and calmly work through each task in
order of priority.
There are three ways to reduce the time required to perform a
task. They are:lower performance standards; invest more
resources; create a new procedure to execute the job.
Malting Time Management Work
Discover how and when you work best; Log your time to find
out where your time is wasted; When you save time, use it to save
more; Don't blame others. it's all up to you; Work smarter, not
harder; write less. drive less, phone more.
Time Saving Ideas
Plan your work at your best time;'Do' list made up first thing in
the week; Strict with people at all times; Delegate more work;
Make time for budgets - financial, time; 2 -way radio
communications; Important phone numbers written down; ( arry
a pen and paper at all times; Get to the point QUICK with
salesperson and telephone; Become familiar with a task yourself
first before delegating;Let salespeople make appointments
convenient to both; Use computer services available.
Time is a gift of life. You can give it or other people can take it.
Neil Hemingway is a 1973 graduate from Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology. Neil's wife, Donna. is a graduate of the
Animal Health Technology program at Centralia as well.
Together they farm 600 acres and manage a 160 sow farrowing
operation . A finishing barn is presently under construction.