Holistic Management: A Foundation for Regeneration

About This Course

Our full Holistic Management course covers Allan Savory's core thinking for managing holistically. The holistic nature of our environment, Context and Decision Making, Holistic Grazing and Financial Planning, Ecological Monitoring, an introduction to Land Planning.

The eight-day course is structured as 4 two-day sessions, 4 to 8 weeks apart, allowing participants time to implement the new information and see how it fits in with their situations. Sessions usually run from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm.

Outcomes

By doing this course you will:

Gain a solid understanding of the holistic nature of our environment.

Gain a deep understanding of Holistic Financial planning Holistic Grazing planning

Learn how to utilise animals as a positive tool to improve environmental health.
Learn how to make decisions that are simultaneously socially, environmentally and financially sound using the Holistic Management Framework.
Improve your time management and communication skills.
Create a Holistic Context for yourself and your business/family.

Also included is post-course support:

Your Educator can assist you - we're just an email or phone call away.
We initiate a post support group mechanism, enable your group to set up regular meetings in order to share learning and successes. An active post-course support group assists greatly with the adoption of change.

Session Guide

Session One

Holistic Management - our environment and the tools to manage our environment

The evolution, background and key concepts of Holistic Management

The impact of paradigms on environmental management - rest, trampling, severe grazing and overgrazing

Ecosystem processes – water cycle, mineral cycle, solar energy flow and biodiversity

Key insights - holism, brittleness, the predator / prey connection, managing the component of time

The tools we use to manage our environment / use of livestock to create a positive impact

Environmental diagnosis – a simple tool to identify the root cause of environmental problems

Holistic Financial Planning – getting started

Introduction to Steven Covey’s time management

Session Two

Creating Holistic Context – a triple bottom line vision / the Decision-making Framework

The Holistic Decision-making Framework to assist us in managing complexity

Root causes of problems and our inability to manage complex situations

Dealing with change

Create a Quality-of-Life Statement

Create a Holistic Context of Vision for family / business, inclusive of community and environment

The three pillars of learning – how to create passion

First things First - Steven Covey’s time management

Ecological monitoring – set up and implement a monitoring site

Session Three

Holistic Grazing Planning

Grazing basics – why, when and how /animal nutrition, managing drought, reducing stress, overcoming complexity

Feed budgeting – measuring the availability of feed

The principles of grazing – managing for plant recovery, the effect of increasing the number of paddocks

Introduction to the Holistic Management Grazing Chart, Holistic Grazing Planning

Session Four

Holistic Financial Planning and Holistic Land Planning

Holistic Financial Planning – the why, how and what
Livestock production worksheet
A Holistic Financial plan - planning for profit, creating a Holistic Financial Plan and financial monitoring
Holistic Land Planning, an introduction to Yeomans Scale of Relative Permanence
Set up a support network within the group to sustain continued learning

$2420.00 incl GST per person
As from 31 August 2022

The course fee includes the 8-days of training, the 500-page textbook, the printed Holistic Management e-book manual, charts, worksheets and materials, as well as Grazing Planning and Financial Planning software, teas and lunches.

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