Setting the success tone for your landscape company starts with the person at the top. Defining the top priorities, planning the growth process and staying the course are what will lead to the company’s overall success. You must have a way to track progress, and know what progress looks like so you can know it […]
The Value Of A Good Reputation
How can landscape contractors guard against “giving away the store” when meeting with prospective or present customers? Perform a SWOT analysis: List strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for your six largest competitors. Look closely at each area of the service delivery model and see what makes your company different. Build a service model on value […]
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 […]
Head Trash, How Much Information Is too Much Information?
After years of thinking I knew it all, (never know too much) today, I heard a new term from a potential client. During my discovery call he said to me and I quote…”Steven, I’ve spent in excess of $ 50,000.00 with on-going consulting, countless educational seminars, webinars and listening to endless industry nameless […]
Why Culture Trumps Strategy….
A self-reliant team is essential for a company to exist and thrive. In order for a company to be successful it must have people who buy-in the company’s Purpose. TEAM members at all levels need to feel and act like owners. TEAM members must continually set goals individually and always work in alignment with the […]
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