
The severe drought... but not the one you are thinking of
The events of this week in parliament highlight the severity of the drought in Australia. The leadership drought. In an era, full of leadership courses, and professional develop, why are we regressing so rapidly in terms of true leadership. If you cast your eye across world politics, and many industries including our own sheep industry, it is pretty obvious that the leadership drought is real. But why? What the hell has happened to leave us in this situation? Personally I

Just imagine....
Drought is a horrible thing. It preys on optimistic souls, who often make decisions based more on hope than on good business decision making. Now that may sound harsh, but we are all guilty of assuming that it will rain at some point, and that everything will be ok. And it will. But just when is anyone’s guess. Drought is also a relatively common thing in Australia, and something that every farm business must plan for. But do they? How many Australian farm businesses ha