Finding Fairness in Farm Transition

Farm succession is a tough topic, but it is vital. We are excited to welcome Elaine Froese, Canada’s Farm Whisperer, to Huron County for her famous one-day workshop: Finding Fairness in Farm Transition. Through this workshop, Elaine will give attendees tips and pointers for successfully working through the ‘undiscussable.’ Elaine is the go-to expert for farm families who want better communication and conflict resolution to secure a successful farm transition.

Don’t miss this chance to see Canada’s Farm Whisperer in person on Thursday, November 16 from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm. Click here for tickets!

In the Finding Fairness in Farm Transition workshop, you will:

• Identify your key challenges, such as decreasing anxiety over the uncertainty of your future and share them with your farm family.
• Understand what communication style helps you be understood and the style you use.
• Learn new language and questions to help you get clarity of expectations, certainty of timelines and agreements and a commitment to action.
• Be aware of your positive conflict behaviour and how to create solutions for transition plans 3 key issues: income streams, housing, and fairness. Prior to the session, you can complete a Conflict Dynamic Profile.
• Navigate conversations about fairness by having financial transparency and sharing your intentions around the transfer of your wealth.
• Create a timeline for action on all the pieces of the transition: communication plan, estate plan, financial plan, business vision, conflict resolution strategy.
• You will not be given tax advice as Elaine is not an accountant, she’ll help you with more tools for finding harmony in communication and conflict resolution.
• Know which advisors you need to pull in to find out the income stream from the farm and from your personal wealth bubble.

1:1 Laser Coaching Sessions

Need some one-on-one coaching? No problem. Elaine and her staff are available on November 17 for 1:1 Laser Coaching Sessions. Limited spaces available. Reserve your spot by selecting this option during your ticket purchase.

Save the Date!

There will be a follow-up farm transition planning webinar with Elaine Froese on Feburary 29, 2024. Stay tuned for more details!

Guest Speaker: Elaine Froese, Canada’s Farm Whisperer

Elaine Froese (pronounced ‘phrase’), CSP is a certified professional speaker, certified coach, and author. She’s a go-to expert for farm families who want better communication and conflict resolution to secure a successful farm transition.

• As a farmer and mother to the successor of their farm, she understands the culture of agriculture intimately.
• Her superpower is helping families find harmony through understanding.
• Her expertise is to discuss what she calls the Undiscussabull™ – the bull in the middle of the farm family that no one wants to talk about.
• She is an award-winning author who’s written 5 books over the past 25 years.
• Elaine will not give tax advice as Elaine is not an accountant. She’ll help you with more tools for finding harmony in communication and conflict resolution.
• Elaine’s passion is to share simple, practical and actionable tools with farm families so they can talk about tough issues and get traction in their farm transition. Her topics are a catalyst to courageous conversations and conflict resolution. Expect her to WOW audience by bringing clarity with workable and practical tools.
• She’s on a mission to guide farm families, across North America, to get unstuck, communicate better, find harmony through understanding, and secure a profitable farm legacy. Elaine’s goal is for everyone to be rich in relationships.