One of the words I most often hear from my clients today is ‘lean.’ The next thing I hear is, “we want to be a lean green money-making machine.” While this quote is quite apropos for the green industry, there is more to learn than just the word and a catchy phrase. Today, building a […]
5 Known Attributes Of An Ownership ‘State of Mind’
I like to say there are two types of mindsets in business, an ownership mindset and employee mindset. When someone is thinking like an owner, he or she will ask, “Since this is my business, how will I sell or deliver this product or service?” Or, “Would I request this piece of equipment for my […]
Uh-Oh…Am I The Problem Again?
As a business management consultant, I see one prevalent problem often among many small-medium-sized business owners. Want to know what it is? Answer- The owner (s) themselves. Building an organization that functions without the owner at the center can be a real challenge – and a real joy to own if you can get it […]
Working “IN” The Business Instead Of “ON” It Can Cost You
You can’t afford not to let things fall where they may when it looks like the people around you can’t do it all. Check into your growth rate – if things are falling apart, you may be trying to grow too fast. Ultimately your business will be run by someone else – use that visual […]
From Hell to heaven, the life of a landscape business owner…
When loading myself into the F-250 this morning, I had a short list of goals to achieve today. They went a little something like this: (1) Go to work happy, go home happy, look forward to returning to work happy tomorrow. (2) Hope for a smooth morning start-up of my twenty-two landscape crews. (3) Hoping […]
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