Build an aligned, high-performing team with a simple structure and rhythm that creates clarity, direction, and accountability.

Identify misalignment in your team, prevent personality clashes, and build a group of people who get it, want it, and have the capacity to drive your business forward.

Discover how to lead with confidence by setting a clear vision, empowering your team, and trusting them to make decisions without the need to micromanage.

Get crystal clear on the 9 things you need to nail to run a high-performing farm business, and learn where you are at right now.

Calculate exactly how much you can invest in attracting and retaining great people to build a high-performing team.

Walk away with ready-to-use templates for job ads, job descriptions, and onboarding to make hiring easier and more effective.

Hear from Tim & Cheryl, farm owners who built a professional farm business and now spend six months per year travelling around Australia.

Most family farm businesses don’t fail because of the weather, markets, or machinery.

They fail silently because of:

• Conflict that simmers until it explodes
• Confusion over who’s responsible for what, leaving jobs half-done or doubled up.
• Leaders hanging on to too much control, and burning out in the process.
• Family members expecting special favours that weaken the business.
• The belief “good people are impossible to find”, so you settle for the wrong ones.
• Succession avoided or delayed, creating resentment and uncertainty about the future.

These are the silent killers that slowly drain your time, your energy, your profit, and your family relationships.

The good news? It doesn’t have to be this way.

Instead of waking up stressed, burnt out, and carrying the load alone, imagine a farm business where things just work.

Where your team is aligned, your family is on the same page, and you finally have space to breathe, plan, and grow.

• A clear and simple team structure where everyone knows their role, their responsibilities, and their accountabilities.
• The right people in the right seats, who “get it, want it, and have the capacity” to drive your business forward, so you’re not dragging passengers along for the ride.
• A leadership style that lets go of control, so you can step out of the day-to-day without everything falling apart.
• A farm business that runs like a professional enterprise, not a family charity or a job you can never leave.
• More freedom in your week with time to think, time to plan, and time to enjoy life outside the farm without guilt.

This workshop is about taking you from stress and uncertainty to clarity, confidence, and control.

JEREMY HUTCHINGS
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FARM OWNERS ACADEMY

With a life-long passion for the agricultural industry, Jeremy Hutchings brings his unique experience as a leading company strategist and business coach to the role of Farm Owners Academy Managing Director.

Jeremy grew up on a highly productive mixed farming enterprise at Yerong Creek, NSW; studied Agricultural Science, Economics and Trade, and has a professional career in farm and agribusiness consulting. He now lives with his wife Jane and four children on a farm near Cootamundra, NSW.

With well-established business acumen and his extensive background in strategy, growth, team-operational and financial-performance structures, as well as a special interest in farm performance analysis and benchmarking, Jeremy is well placed to lead FOA toward its vision of helping progressive farmers across Australia and beyond.

SAM JOHNSSON
CEO & DIRECTOR, FARM OWNERS ACADEMY

Sam is an experienced executive with strong leadership and business analysis skills gained through 10 years of consulting in the construction industry. During which, Sam led and managed teams of over 65 people and was responsible for all areas of business leadership and management. Sam now translates these skills to the farm business context.

In addition to his previous corporate experience, Sam has been a key contributor in leading the rapid growth of his own Ag Tech business supporting clients all over Australia.

With his 10 years in corporate consulting coupled with the practical experience of leading a fast-growing start-up business, Sam helps clients focus on what is important in their business and supports them to make the robust decisions that help move them towards their goals.

Sam is passionate about the agricultural sector and is committed to delivering on Farm Owners Academy’s mission to help Australian farmers create more profit, more control, and more freedom in their business.