Dairy NZ

Review

Capture feedback from your team on:

• What went well over calving and mating?
• What could be done better next time?

This information helps to fine tune what you do and helps the team to understand what 'good' looks like.

Feedback

Complete performance appraisals, this is an opportunity to:

• Give feedback to your people so that they know what they are doing well and the areas they can keep working on
• Identify what skills and experience you want your team to develop to improve business performance. Also talk with them about the skills they would like to build
• Work with your staff to develop a training plan to meet these needs. Consider both on and off-farm training
• Don’t forget you are part of the team! Ask staff and other observers for feedback on your performance and build a personal training plan as well.

Encourage your people to use the DairyNZ Career Pathways tool.

Training

Once you have identified individual training needs for your people, make sure training does happen.  To help your people get the most out of training make sure they know:

• Why are they attending
• What you expect them to do differently
• How you will support them to put this learning into practice.

See tips in the DairyNZ HR Toolkit

Time-off

• With your team, plan holidays and the roster through to the end of January. With staff away the workload can greatly increase for those still at work; make sure this is managed carefully.