According to Tim Schaefer with Encore Consulting, who recently spoke on a National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Young Cooperator webinar about farm work-life balance, farmers don’t have to be superheroes and accomplish all the tasks themselves. It is okay to rely on your employees. Although, he shares employees want work-life balance, too, and those that can establish a work-life balance, are more apt to stick with their employer.
“We know that it’s hard to keep good labor. It’s a challenge,” he says. “They want balance as well. They have a life outside of work that I think often we don’t think about.”
Often emergencies become a priority and it is hard to complete the tasks that need to be done. Schaefer encourages producers to focus on what must get accomplished.
“If you reverse the order, put in the big things first, then fill it in with those intermediate, important and urgent type things, then finally put in all that all that stuff that just kind of happens in life, you will fit it all in,” he says. “But, you can’t do it if you leave the important things until last.”
Ways to implement this on the farm:
Setting boundaries can help you understand who is accountable for what, decrease confusion and assumptions, and create more time for family. To watch Schaefer’s presentation, go to: Finding Work-Life Balance on the Farm – Zoom.
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