ARA Conference & Expo Blog
Stay on top of the latest from speakers, ARA staff and other ag retail thought leaders with the blog posts below.
Tools to Support Your Team
By Erin Mies, People Spark Consulting
Erin Mies explains what to expect from the interactive breakout session focusing on giving you tools to put in place right away to better support your team members to increase retention, engagement and satisfaction.
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The Foundation of Peak Performance
By Dave Mitchell, Founder, The Leadership Difference
Keynote Speaker Dave Mitchell shares a message on the Foundation of Peak Performance Culture to focus the organizational components that create high levels of employee satisfaction (retention) & attract prospective new hires to join (recruiting).
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Prepare for the Future
By Generational Expert Kim Lear
Kim Lear will help you see the world through the eyes of a different generation through a series of case studies inside and outside of the industry. Leave with actionable items you can start doing to bring a new generation of talent into the ag retail industry.
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Video Teaser from Keynote
By Author, Coach & Ag Enthusiast Jones Loflin
How do you plan to launch the future of ag retail even though you already have too much to do?! Recently announced keynote speaker will share tips to take greater control of your time & energy to ensure you're on course for the orbit you want to be in.
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Small Effort, Big Significance: Tips to Boost Retention and Recruitment
By Kristen Ireland and Erin Mies, Co-Founders, People Spark Consulting
Conference speakers Kristen and Erin share how a leader's approach to change management leads to higher employee engagement, plus two tips in leadership to improve retention.
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Is Your Customer Satisfaction Score a Lie?
By Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference
One of the fundamental tenets of performance improvement is to identify a metric that measures how you are doing. In business, the typical metrics are profitability, operational efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction. The stakeholders are generally defined as ownership, employees, and customers. Of all these metrics, the one that can be the most misleading is customer satisfaction.
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The Scoop Podcast: How Company Culture Drives Peak Performance
Featuring Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference
What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance?
Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
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A Story on Culture & Engagement (Saving Babies' Lives)
By Kristen Ireland and Erin Mies, Co-Founders, People Spark Consulting
Early in my career I worked with a consultant, Bill, who focused on culture and engagement (yes, this was a topic even way back in the 1990’s). To this day, I still remember a story he shared a story with me about engagement.
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Cross-Border Knowledge Sharing for Ag Retailers
By Daren Coppock, ARA President & CEO
In early May, I had the privilege of representing ARA in two international meetings – the BioAg Global conference in Brazil and Congreso de Distribuidores del Agro (CDA) in Argentina. It’s always instructive to share information with international peers, and we’re dedicating a session at this year’s ARA Conference & Expo to that topic.
Click below to read more from Coppock in The Scoop.