Rural People Co are passionate about helping you unlock your potential.
With experience running our own family dairy farm for over 16 years, we understand the challenges and opportunities rural businesses face every day.
While we are both qualified coaches with academic qualifications in agriculture, it is our experience and genuine interest in rural people and their stories that enable us to connect and work effectively with others.
Meet Adam
Adam has worked across the agricultural sector for 30 years. He has experience in agribusiness banking, corporate farm management, agricultural industry leadership, extension and education. Adam and his family have operated a family farm for 20 years, 16 which were in dairying. More recently he has been involved in a small beef enterprise and free range pasture raised chickens for egg production. Adam has also worked directly with different enterprises throughout the Victorian agriculture sector including dairy, horticulture, sheep (wool and lamb), cropping, beef, pork and artisan sectors.
Adam enjoys working with rural businesses to set goals, plan, budget and review their enterprises. In addition, Adam works with organisations to facilitate workshops, delivering training outcomes, improvements in team culture or to develop strategic plans. His personable approach enables him to build rapport with people so they can reflect and learn to improve business and personal outcomes.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Graduate Diploma of Eduction
Certificate IV Personal and Business Coaching (to be completed in 2023)
Accredited to deliver - RocheMartin, Emotional Intelligence Training (ECR)
Accreditation in delivering Herman Brain Diagnostic Instrument (Whole Brain Thinking)
Meet Cath
Cath has many years experience working in business and agriculture as a hands-on farmer, an agribusiness banker, field officer and independent rural consultant and coach. In addition to these roles she has extensive governance experience and is current Chair of VicCatchments and Corangamite Catchment Management Authority.
Cath has experience designing, developing and delivering business planning programs that support business owners to create 3–5-year plans. She has a keen interest in natural resource management, business planning and strategy and enjoys working with rural businesses to help them navigate change.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing
Certificate IV Personal and Business Coaching
Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors
Accreditation in delivering Herman Brain Diagnostic Instrument (Whole Brain Thinking)