Posted by Seth Burgess on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 @ 03:43 PM
In our recent equine employment satisfaction survey, the most important element in equine employment for most every horse industry employee is "being appreciated for what I do." It even ranks ahead of getting a high salary.
All employees like to feel they are appreciated, they are doing important work, and they are contributing to the success of their employer's business. However, most employees won't know how they are doing unless you tell them. Employees at the groom and stable help level are far removed from the facts and figures that indicate success and may not be able to see how their job is vital to the organization. Even managers and Trainers may have their particular focus and not be aware of the big picture.
Here are ten ways in which you can make your employees more aware of their contribution to the success of your horse business and make their work more meaningful.
1. Be quick to praise your employees for a job well done. If you praise them in front of other employees, the value doubles. Praise in public, but reprimand in private.
2. Explain to each employee how their specific job contributes to the success of the business. For instance, cleaning stalls may not be glamorous, but when customers see dirty stalls, they will be turned off and are likely to spread the word that your horses are not well cared for.
3. Explain your philosophy. Tell employees about why your are in the horse business and how your products and services make your customers happy and the world a better place.
4. Create a diagram of the jobs in your organization and connect each job with lines that lead to things like sales, customer satisfaction, better horses, better riders, and a better-looking more-profitable business. Hang this diagram in your workplace.
5. Create a mission statement for your organization, so that everyone on your staff can identify with the mission, and you can refer to it when explaining the value of a particular job.
6. Ask your employees for input on a regular basis, so they can feel like contributors to your success.
7. Have a written job description for each horse job type. Give each employee a copy of their job description. This will not only help everyone be on the same page about the job, it will give each employee a template by which they can judge their own performance.
8. Consider linking compensation to job performance and business success. Give bonuses based on measurable performance, either work performance or business success. Tell your employees about your bonus program to give them something to work towards.
9. As best you can, hire people who are excited and passionate about your mission in the horse business. Avoid hiring people who don't really care about your mission.
10. When you hire, integrate your workers into your mission as part of the orientation and training process. Then commit to enhancing the personal success of your employees in your organization as the months and years go by.
Attitude starts at the top. If you are discouraged about your horse business and pessimistic about it's future, your attitude will rub off on your employees. Take our horse industry economic survey and see the results instantly for free. It might surprise you how most horse people are optimistic about the future of the horse industry.
Posted by Seth Burgess on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 @ 05:20 PM
Stable Assistant
HUNTERS
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Busy boarding and lesson facility seeks individual to assist with daily care of horses and alpacas. Duties will include cleaning stalls, turn out, feeding, general farm maintenance, caring for alpacas, and assisting the Barn Manager. Candidate must have solid horse handling skills, follow directions explicitly and be able to work independently with a positive attitude. This is a full time position with housing available in a family environment. Candidate must submit to background check and drug testing. Tobacco free environment. Web site: |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 @ 05:18 PM
Apprentice Trainer
DRESSAGE
#58552A
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Dressage training, show, and sales stable seeks motivated individual to join our team. Responsibilities include some grooming at home and shows, riding, and stable management. Must be able to ride young horses. Opportunity to learn and advance. Salary negotiable, board for horse, and housing possible. |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 @ 05:16 PM
News Editor
NATIONAL MAGAZINE
#49598B
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Job requires good working knowledge of equine anatomy, physiology & horse health. Develop fresh news content, cultivate/maintain news sources, work w/freelance writers to build & schedule original content. Write concisely about equine health, care, mgmt & welfare. Strong editing & proofreading skills. Prepare special reports, post real-time news, images & video. On-camera reporting, etc. A strong command of technology, proficient at Adobe Creative Suite 3/Microsoft Office products preferred. Some travel. Salary, benefits & good work environment. Equimax Region 5. Submit resume, writing samples & salary requirements. No phone calls. |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 05:27 PM
Riding Instructor
BOARDING
#75755B
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Private High School is seeking an experienced Riding Instructor to teach beginner through advanced riding techniques & theory, including flatwork, jumping, trail riding & showing. Competitive salary & benefits. For a full description of the position visit our website: |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 05:15 PM
Stable Help
TRAINING BARN
#11522B
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Well established reining and cowhorse facility looking for reliable, hardworking and responsible stable help. Duties include cleaning stalls, feeding horses and some tractor work. Six days a week, apartment provided in barn. Send responses to Dave Dillman at email address. Thank you. |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Mon, Jul 19, 2010 @ 05:13 PM
Maintenance/Stable Hand
HUNTER
#09915A
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Busy boarding & lesson facility seeks individual for farm maintenance and upkeep including pastures, 2 stables, out buildings & multiple residences. Must be able to drive a tractor, operate farm machinery, and have very strong all around maintenance skills including basic carpentry and plumbing. Must also possess solid horse handling skills in order to assist with stall cleaning, turn out and basic stable chores. Position requires the ability to follow directions precisely & work independantly with a positive attitude. This is a drug & tobacco free, family environment. Drug test & background check required. Housing available. |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 @ 05:25 PM
Barn Manager
EVENT BARN
#75755A
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Small private upper level 3-day event barn looking for a live-in Barn Manager to assist with grooming, tacking, feeding and exercising of 4-6 horses and ponies; scheduling of deliveries/vet/farrier and supervising of children in barn setting. Position available immediately, is full time and includes salary and excellent housing situation. Please submit resume and qualifications. |
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Posted by Seth Burgess on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 @ 04:45 PM
4 Foundations for Getting Your Equine Career on Track
by Beverly A. Buncher
When my clients are wondering what to do first to get their lives or careers back on track, I often ask them how they are doing with the basics. As a life and career coach, who often works with people whose lives are affected by their own or someone else’s blocks, I call these basics The Four Foundations of Family Recovery ©, but truly, they are foundational principles for inner growth for anyone who wants to move forward in their life since they are about the relationships we have with ourselves and others. We coaches have a saying, “How you are in one part of your life is how you are in all parts of your life.” So, by starting with a check up on the basics, I help my clients get a handle on what is and is not working in their life and how to get things back in sync.
The Four Foundations© are:
1. Self Care. Often, when things aren’t going our way, one of the first things to go is self care. Sometimes this can be as simple as brushing your teeth, as routine as exercising 3x or more a week, or as fundamental as eating nutritional food to keep your brain fit.
2. Being a Loving Person. This one can be less obvious but its lack in your life can be just as insidious and certainly just as important in its own way. Being a loving person means:
a. Treating others with dignity and respect even when they are acting badly (doing so without becoming a doormat becomes evident in foundation #3)
b. Treating ourselves with loving-kindness even when we are operating at less than our best
c. Not doing for another adult what they can do for themselves
d. Saying what you mean and meaning what you say without saying it mean
3. Setting boundaries for your own well-being. Boundary setting is difficult for a lot of people. It means:
a. sometimes having difficult conversations with people
learning how to say no when you mean no and yes when you mean yes
b. learning how to say no when you mean no and yes when you mean yes
b. knowing what you can and cannot tolerate in your life and learning how to communicate that to the people who are important to you at home and work
c. being able to stand by your word – not only in your commitments to others but also in your commitments to yourself
e. not making idle threats or giving empty ultimatums, but rather, getting to a point where you are good for your word and people know that if you say something, you mean it
4. Getting support. For many people, getting support will be the most important of the four foundations because without support, they won’t be able to achieve the other three. Supports can include:
a. Friends and Family members
b. Therapist, Life Coach, Minister, Riding Instructor, Colleagues
c. Support group (12 step, therapy, or coaching group)
d. God (or whatever you call your Higher Power)
e. Prayer and/or Meditation
f. Church, mosque, synagogue
Often, when I first bring up the 4 Foundations©, my clients wonder how this is related to their goals. But when they begin to look more closely they get it. These four principles of taking care of yourself, being loving to self and others, setting boundaries that feel right to you, and getting support to live your best life and live up to your principles, are all about getting your act together in relationship to yourself, others, and your God (if you have one). By getting clear in these fundamental relationships, other things begin to gain clarity. You start to know what you want, what you stand for and where you want to go with your life and your career. You see yourself as someone who is effective in their own life and in relation to others and so you begin to be able to transfer this sense of effectiveness into the choosing and achievement of your goals as well.
For me, being a coach is being someone who knows how to ask the questions that can help my clients move forward in their lives to become who and what they want to be. If you think you could benefit from having a coach to help you take your next best steps, give me a call and let’s talk! Or, if you know someone who you think could benefit from working with me, please share my name and number with them!
In the meantime, thanks for reading and see you next time!
All the best,
Coach Bev
Beverly A. Buncher, MA, CEC
Family Recovery Coach (AKA The Empowerment Coach)
Author of the forthcoming book Family Recovery 101: The Four Foundations of Family Recovery©
www.theempowermentcoach.net
(786) 859 4050
About the author:
Coach Bev works with those whose lives or careers are stalled and helping them find their way to a saner, happier life. A horse mommy, she has spent many hours visiting barns, grazing horses and watching horse shows. She is skilled at helping her clients move past the blocks in their paths to live the lives they most dearly want to achieve.
Posted by Seth Burgess on Sat, Jul 17, 2010 @ 05:10 PM
Account Executive
MAGAZINE
#06841B
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National magazine seeking a National Ad Sales Account Executive. Existing base of accounts to reassign to you, with excellent earning potential. Work from your home base using our state-of-the-art organization's modern technology. Requirements: At least 3 years experience in ad sales in horse industry, excellent written & phone skills & ability to present creative marketing ideas to grow print & on-line sales. You must have excellent database & computer skills. Our team is creative, energized & successful. Send complete resume & letter explaining why you feel you would be a good fit for our job. See our website: |
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