There’s always a way
“If you want a really good story, you should interview Pauly Paul.”
That’s what my husband Kevin told me several years back, during my magazine editor days.
He not only knew Pauly from growing up in the same little pocket of what Eastern Wisconsin residents call “the Holy Land,” but also because Kevin and his fellow ag lenders at the bank had Pauly’s number saved in their cell phones as the guy to call to help their dairy clients who were struggling to cash flow or pulling their hair out with employee troubles and inefficiencies.
When I finally reached out to Pauly and sat down with him, I realized quickly that his positive attitude and calm nature, coupled with his aptitude for operational efficiencies, made him successful at walking onto dairies that other people wouldn’t want to touch and turning them around.
As he shares in the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, Pauly’s arsenal of experience includes being hired by banks to take over management of dairies in rough shape and make them profitable and saleable.
As Pauly would say, “making a silk purse out of a pig’s ear.”
And he was involved in some pretty ugly “pig’s ears.”
Imagine this: Being escorted to the dairy by the police, only to find full pits, empty feed pads, disgruntled employees … and to top it off, a tuberculosis quarantine.
Most people would run the other way. But not Pauly. Why?
“There’s always a way,” Pauly says.
It was something his grandfather taught him from little on up. No matter how bad something seems, there is always a way. A way out. A way to make it better. A way to make it right.
That’s the attitude Pauly carries with him and instills in his team as they get in the trenches with dairies and other ag businesses to organize labor, reduce expenses, increase income, improve efficiencies and continue to deal with the crisis situations.
So what ever happened to that dairy that everyone else would have given up on? In one year’s time, Pauly had it turned around, making money and positioned as a profitable, turn-key investment for an excited new buyer.
If that is possible, it just goes to show that there is in deed “always a way.”
If you could use an extra set of eyes to identify ways to reduce expenses, generate more cash flow and work smarter, get in touch with my good friend, Pauly Paul.
Pauly@completemanagementconsulting.com
920-418-3135
