Cattle yards, Boardrooms, Floods, Mentors, Leadership and Life with Ben Dwyer

In this podcast episode, host Oli Le Lievre chats with Ben Dwyer, who has been influential in shaping businesses and people within the Australian Agricultural industry for more than 30 years.

Ben is an extremely down-to-earth person, with a passion for raising cattle and building a good team culture who also holds the position of Chief Operating Officer of Agribusiness for Harvest Road.

In 2023, we released a video as part of our This Is Aussie Ag Series, and got to spend time with Ben and the broader team as we explored their Beef, Horticulture and Aquaculture operations.

In this conversation, Oli and Ben cover a range of topics including questions and advice on business, agriculture, people, leadership and just general life.

Just some of the things Ben covers in the chat:

• On being an introvert and how he works with it (he found it easier to hang out animals than people as a kid)
• His progression through the agriculture industry from station hand to where he is now
• “If you do everything right all the time, you don't really learn anything”
• The importance of personal development and understanding yourself before you can understand others
• Being competitive and continuously challenging yourself to be better
• That being the "strong silent type" isn’t always helpful in team environments