{"id":3384,"date":"2016-03-31T03:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T03:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheasant1.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:58:05","slug":"secret-to-a-successful-business-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pheasant.com\/about-us\/blog\/secret-to-a-successful-business-plan","title":{"rendered":"Secret to a Successful Business Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. didn\u2019t get to be so successful without a plan. We began by developing core values, followed by a mission for our business and careful communication with every employee on the farm.<\/p>\n

We believe our plan can effectively help any business owner get on the right track toward running a pheasant business. One way to effectively carry out a good plan is to have daily, weekly, and monthly interactions between highly qualified staff that explain the who, what, when, where, and why of daily operations.<\/p>\n

Almost every manager at MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. is cross-trained, as are many employees. The importance of regular meetings and daily communications cannot be emphasized enough. If staff is trained only to perform tasks, but not to understand\u00a0why<\/em>\u00a0procedures are followed or why a procedure might change, it is more likely that mistakes will be made that could negatively affect our core values and business mission.<\/p>\n

Some procedures must be done automatically every day, but many\u00a0 daily and long term decisions are based on new circumstances.\u00a0 If we don\u2019t talk to each other as individuals and as a group, our birds and our business are negatively impacted.<\/p>\n

A good rule of thumb, if you want to be successful in any business, was shared by our Research Manager, Trudy DeRemer, \u201cNever train a staff member to just do a job. Always explain why specific procedures are followed.\u201d\u00a0 New staff members, especially, do not always intuitively understand procedures, but when they know why a procedure is followed, they are far less likely to take shortcuts that would be detrimental to our birds!<\/p>\n

We have developed a team approach to the successful operation of our farm and\u00a0 would be glad to answer your questions about how we\u00a0 keep our staff trained and current on the daily operations. Please don\u2019t hesitate to\u00a0contact\u00a0<\/a>us if you would like more information about our business.<\/p>\n

An overview of our core values, mission statement, and managerial system follows:<\/p>\n

Core Values<\/strong><\/p>\n