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#120: You Won’t Get What You Want Until You Master This One Skill with Katie Godden – Communication Specialist
Strong families don’t avoid hard conversations — they know how to handle them. This episode explains why most don’t, and what changes when they do.
MINI: What Strong Leaders Do Differently When Things Get Tough
What if one small habit is quietly shaping the strength, leadership, and future of your family business — without you realising it?
Battle Scars Are Cool
The safest decade of your successor’s life is also the one most farming families try to protect them through. But real farm succession planning for the next generation isn’t about shielding them from mistakes — it’s about giving them room to make the right ones early, while the cost is still low. Wrong calls. Bad ideas. Hard lessons. That’s not falling behind. That’s how the judgement to run a multi-generational operation gets built. Ben Law on why battle scars are the most underrated asset in any succession plan.
#119: Why Resilience Under Pressure Is the Real Competitive Edge with Ali Flynn, Therapist, Facilitator, & Podcast Host
Pressure doesn’t just test farming families — it reshapes how they think, decide, and relate. This episode challenges what resilience really means.
#118: The Thinking Shift That Could Change Everything with Dr Kate Burke – Founder of Think Agri
Before structures, before paperwork, before advice — there’s a thinking shift most families never make. This episode explains why that matters.
MINI: Our Great-Grandparents Feared War – We Fear Conversations.
The fears taking families out today don’t look like danger — they look like silence. This episode explains why that matters more than most realise.
How Families Survive The Sh*t Times – Only To Fail At Transition
Most farms don’t fail in the drought years. They fail when they’re passed on.
An old bloke once told Ben Law that surviving the tough seasons is just endurance — the real test comes when Mum and Dad step back. This is the conversation about farm succession planning that intergenerational farming families keep putting off… until the wheels fall off. Inside: why the families who get transition right look “boring on paper,” and what preparation actually looks like before a crisis forces your hand.
#117: Why Raising Standards Is the Key to Preparing the Next Generation with Chris Webb – High Performance Advisor
Most families don’t fail from lack of opportunity — they drift from lack of standards. This episode explains why that matters more than you think.
#116: Next Gen Doesn’t Want to Be On Farm? They Could Be Your Greatest Asset with Andrew Conaghan, Managing Director of Livestock Junction
Not every future leader wears muddy boots. This episode reframes how farming families think about next-gen value — and where it really comes from.