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June 6, 2021 by Steve Cohen Leave a Comment

What Makes People, People

Because you are a small business – hire people who are achievement driven, who have your drive to get things done. Second expand how you see the company and make it a force in the local community. One or two small projects you can showcase is essential to grab the attention of the 20-30 population. Last – look for attitude, not skills. You can train skills, attitude is a long term project. Hire people that will appreciate what they learn. If you can’t keep them, and you won’t keep the good ones – they will become competitors, establish a reputation for growing great landscapers. One last thought – where are you on employee ownership? What if you had a reputation for giving great employees a piece of the action. Might the good ones stay?

Filed Under: Workforce Development Series Tagged With: Boss, Business Culture, Business Growth, Business Owner, Growth, hiring

June 6, 2021 by Steve Cohen Leave a Comment

Our Economy and the Employment Picture

This solution is much more than a few How-To steps. This requires systematizing the business on a platform that automates the routine and allows people to use intelligence to do the job or run the business. What are essentials?

Filed Under: Workforce Development Series Tagged With: Business Growth, Business Owner, Goal Setting, hiring

June 6, 2021 by Steve Cohen Leave a Comment

What Should Your Management Team Look Like in 10 Years?

Writing this series is finally going to allow me to share everything I learned about management over more than three decades consulting, and holding every imaginable executive position at both large and small companies, including in the landscape industry.

Filed Under: Hiring Managers in Landscaping Tagged With: Boss, hiring, leaders, Leadership, Management

June 6, 2021 by Steve Cohen Leave a Comment

Grow Your Managers

The right person to place into a position of responsibility in your business is out there, but given the current challenges of the labor market, your ability to attract them is limited. The right person for a self-managed business needs to be grown internally.

Filed Under: Hiring Managers in Landscaping Tagged With: Business Strategies, hiring, internal, Landscape Industry, managers

June 6, 2021 by Steve Cohen Leave a Comment

GreenMark Consulting Group Growing Managers Series: Discipline of Management

I spent several years running a leadership and management program for supervisors, managers, and executives. The following list is a summation of that experience and growing several companies. Once you have started developing your own talent, here are some rules for leading and managing.

Filed Under: Hiring Managers in Landscaping Tagged With: hiring, Management, people management

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