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Learning From Hispanic Employees
Greg CofftaBilingual Dairy Support SpecialistCornell University, Department of Animal Science
Understand your employees and improve human resource management
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Background
Training and Facilitation in Spanish has been provided to dairy farms across New York State since July 2007
To date, the program has worked with over 200 Hispanic employees on 41 farms in 17 counties
This program is provided through Cornell University, Department of Animal Science and made possible by funding from the New York Farm Viability Institute
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A Learning Experience
Deliverable training modules were created at the beginning of the project in July ’06The nature of the project changed from delivering training modules to providing facilitation
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Cultural Dynamics
Power DistanceCollectivenessContext in CommunicationContext of Communication
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Power Distance
The extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.
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In high power distance countries the less powerful accept power relations that are more autocratic and paternalistic.
Subordinates acknowledge the power of others simply based on where they are situated in certain formal, hierarchical positions.
High Power Distance cultures
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Low Power Distance cultures
Low power distance expect and accept power relations that are more consultative or democratic.
People relate to one another more as equals regardless of formal positions.
Subordinates are more comfortable with and demand the right to contribute to and critique the decision making of those in power.
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Power Distance
Reducing the power distance:Share relevant experiencesState common goalsShare examples of mistakes that you have made in the same way, and what you learned
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Collectiveness
Agreement with the groupDeference paid to trainers and facilitatorsConcordance with the status quoAsking questions may be seen as disrespectful
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United States ranks #1 out of 53 countries observed: HIGH individualism
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Context in communication
Visual CuesBody Language
Hand GesturesRepetition
Visual Aids
Give deep, contextual explanations- often times we forget to teach why a job must be done
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Context in communicationInformation implicitly received
Information explicitly conveyed
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Communicative Style
From Kaplan’s Contrastive Rhetoric
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Some examples of excellent graphic aids:
PostersStandard Operating ProceduresSchedulesRealia
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Context of Communication
Be mindful of the setting and participants in a meeting and the nature of that meetingGroup meetings are not a good setting for calling an employee out on the carpetNeither is too much praise for one single employee
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Learning From Hispanic Employees:From a trainer’s point of view
Look at the employee while speaking, not at the trainer/interpreterDon’t outsource the task of reprimanding employees to the trainer/interpreterDon’t ask the interpreter “What do you think should be done?” in front of the employees
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Learning From Hispanic Employees:Back to Human Resource Basics
Important DocumentsEmployee EvaluationsStaff Meetings
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Staff MeetingsRegular staff meetings can be an effective tool to get employees on the same pageHelps to build a sense of “team”Can be used as a think-tank to help solve issues on the farm
If possible, they work best if Spanish-speaking and English-speaking employees are integrated into the same meeting
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Employee Evaluations
Offers the employer an opportunity to provide feedback to the employeeLikewise, it offers the employee an opportunity to provide feedbackRequires a lot of groundwork to be effectiveAlways use a third-party translator
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Important Documents
PoliciesEmployment contractsHousing AgreementsPromotion structure, Vacation time
Standard Operating proceduresMilking routineCalving Pen ManagementRecord Keeping
Contact Information
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Learning From Hispanic Employees:Timesaving and Innovating
“El que conoce bien el trabajo se llama empleado. El que no conoce bien el trabajo se llama Patrón”
“The one who knows the job well is called employee. The one who doesn’t know the job well is called Boss.”
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Preventing Turnover
Successful employers make a concentrated effort to learn about the culture of their employees. Successful employers use several strategies to develop cultural understanding.Successful employers support social and recreational activities for Hispanic employees that will create a quality of life outside of the job.
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Happy employees can make happy cows
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A note on job responsibility
Able to make good, independent decisionsAccountable, responsible to get the job doneTakes pride in the work that he/she does
Respectful of the farm and of others
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Individualized responsibilitiesShould be paired with employee interests and skillsJob specialization and increased responsibilities can ignite employee motivation and performanceManagers will have more time to focus on the endless to-do list
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Thank you
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