So; the story starts like this…being a Blackberry loyalist for many years, two years ago my 5 year old daughter told me that I was out of touch with technology. Yes, you heard me right, 5 years old telling her father that he was out of touch with technology. How in earth does she know […]
The Difference Between The Engaged Owner And The Disengaged Owner
Every day I engage with owners of both small and medium-sized businesses. I am always amazed at the various levels of engagement owners have with their company and its employees. Some are very engaged and aware of every facet of their organization. But, on the other hand, some are actually quite hands-off and sometimes even […]
5 Reasons Why Management Must ‘ENGAGE’ With Its Team
As an owner or manager of a landscape-snow company, your engagement levels are not only influenced by how well your manager (s) does his/her job but how effectively you, your staff, and your systems and processes support others in executing day-to-day tasks. Management behavior has a trickle-down effect. Q. Do engaged leaders help produce engaged […]
The Monday Mindset For Landscape Company Owners
So it’s Monday and perhaps time to wrestle with remaining thoughts from Friday. Today is a new day, new thoughts and even some new challenges. Let’s start with thinking about the ‘Five Habits of Mind for Landscape Company Leadership’. It is my belief that if you rigorously, and courageously address each one of these mindset […]
Thinking Your Way Through Strategy: Helping The Landscape Company Grow
‘Strategy’; Henry Mintzberg from McGill University defined strategy as “a pattern in a stream of decisions” to contrast with a view of strategy as planning,[3] while Max McKeown (2011) argues that “strategy is about shaping the future” and is the human attempt to get to “desirable ends with available I learned a long time ago […]
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