How to Find, Manage and Keep The Best Employees for Your Horse Business

One of the most pressing challenges horse professionals face is finding and keeping reliable help. Whether you manage a training operation, show barn, lesson program, or boarding facility, the strength of your support team directly impacts your ability to provide consistent care and deliver a high-quality client experience. This webinar offers expert guidance on the legal, practical, and leadership aspects of hiring, managing, and retaining help in equine businesses. You'll gain actionable strategies to improve outcomes while protecting your operation and supporting your team....More

When trying to decide whether you can afford to hire a new staff member and how much to pay them, it is important to consider all the expenses. This calculator will help you calculate payroll expenses so that you can forecast total staffing costs....More

Your business is currently running great. Your staffing is exactly where you want it and everyone gets along. You don't have any concerns about your day-today operations - but should you? What happens to your business if you lose a key employee suddenly? Thinking through some of the consequences and having a plan in place could keep you from having to address this issue in a panic. We can never be prepared for everything, but as a business owner, you should think about how your business would be affected with the loss of a key employee. First, let's talk about the definition of key employee. In most cases, a key employee definition revolves around someone that is highly compensated or owns a portion of the business. Well, that doesn't fit how most equine businesses run!...More

Since every state and country has its own laws and regulations concerning employees and employent applications, it is essential to have your documents reviewed by your attorney. However, this example will give you a few ideas to get you started....More

Writing a job description is an essential step in finding the right employees for your horse business. They are also helpful tools for managing employees. These two job descriptions will give you a few ideas about how to write a good job description. One of the descriptions is for a "feeder" and the other is for a "stable hand and maintainence person"...More

If you are like the typical owner of an equestrian business, you have little time or patience to invest in the process of finding, hiring and training employees. In fact, most likely - even if you are overworked to the point of near exhaustion - you may put off looking for help because it seems like finding and training help will be more trouble than it's worth....More

An independent contractor (IC) is someone who provides services to others, outside the context of employment. An employee is a person who provides services to a company on a regular basis in exchange for compensation (including trading work for free/reduced board, lessons, etc.) and...More

You know what you would do but how do you get your instructors to follow suit? Here is an example to give you a few ideas for creating Instructor Guidelines for your assistants and riding school instructors. Feel free to copy the parts that work for you and edit the parts that don't. You can download this document from our Download Library as a PDF or as a zipped word file for easier editing. Guidelines are also handy for instructors who are filling in for you out so you can take a vacation!...More