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Thursday, 14 July 2011 10:54

A training seminar for foremen will take place August 25, 2011, in Modesto, California. The seminar, conducted in Spanish, aims at helping foremen understand the role of power and authority as well as effective interpersonal negotiation skills.

Farm owners recently expressed the following as their top seven issues they wished farm foremen to focus on:

1.   Don’t be afraid to ask questions.
2.   Don’t say yes when you do not understand.
3.   Pass on owner concerns to the employees.
4.   Learn to delegate; do not attempt to fix all the problems yourself.
5.   Take care of equipment and tools.
6.   Do not cover up mistakes (problems with equipment or with people).
7.   Loyalty goes both ways.

The two main topics we will cover – supervisory power and negotiation skills – will help us focus on the above-mentioned issues in bold.

Supervisory power:
It is tough being a foreman and being in the middle between management and workers. Farm foremen will learn more about their role in a position of power, including the importance of properly transmitting the messages of management toward the workers, and vice versa. For instance, foremen sometimes blame management for decisions made rather than standing up for the farm enterprise. We will also speak about the potential for abuse of power and authority (e.g., sexual harassment) and what steps foremen can take to avoid such challenges. For more details see: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7labor/09.pdf

Negotiation skills:
After learning how difficult it is to please both management and workers, foremen will learn specific ways of presenting their perspectives, whether speaking to management or to workers, so that the conversation can focus on the matter at hand. It is often hard for supervisors to let either workers or management know that they have a different perspective, so in this session they will learn how to do this without being offensive and learn how to listen and consider the perspectives of others as well as their own. For more details see: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7conflict/04.pdf EL

Additional details:
When:
Thursday, August 25, 2011
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Arrive by 9:15 a.m.

Where:
University of California Cooperative Extension
Rooms H&I, First floor
Stanislaus Building
3800 Cornucopia Way # A
Modesto, California

Instructors:
The instructors for the seminar will be Gregorio Billikopf (Negotiation Skills) and Ryan Boothe (Supervisory Power).

Who should attend?
Spanish-speaking farm foremen, herd managers, crew leaders and front line supervisors.

Cost:
You may pay via credit card or check sent in the mail. $36 per person includes lunch and materials ($28 per person if paid or postmarked on or before August 15, 2011).

Credit card registration:
You may also register at the bottom of the page at:
https://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=1763

Paying by check:
Please send check made out to UC Regents:

University of California
c/o G. Billikopf
3800 Cornucopia Way #A
Modesto CA 95358

—Excerpts from University of California news release. For more information call (209) 525-6800.

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