Sometimes the best ideas result from an innocent question. In a recent conversation with Gregg Wartgow at Green Industry Pros magazine he discussed their vision for the publication. They want to be the resource for the aspiring landscape companies under a million in revenue that want to grow. This represents 80% of all landscape companies, […]
Do You Offer ‘Raving Fans Service’?
Raving Fans Service is an expectation of how customers will react when doing business with you. Although business is more mundane than a sports event, the analogy works. Imagine a stadium of enthusiastic fans – all of them the perfect customer applauding your company, your team, and you for being the best in the business. […]
How Snow Warriors Can Budget for Snow
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What Is Your Role as a Leader?
Your team should feel comfortable airing ideas and grievances alike and know that they will be listened to sincerely. It doesn’t matter if not all their ideas are accepted. Being able to voice them is the key.
Selecting and Onboarding the Best People
This is Chapter 3 in our series on Workforce Development. Chapter 1 covered “What Makes People People” – understanding motivation. In Chapter 2 “New Models of Compensation or Pay4Performance” – understanding how to design smart compensation that drives performance. This article focuses on how to Select and Onboard the Best People.