Being a business owner is a balancing act, and not an easy one for that matter. While the rewards of being a business owner comes in many forms, salary, which is a short-term reward, bonuses which are the medium-term reward; and increased valuation of the business, which is the long-term goal. Your goal as an […]
4- Ways to Overcome the Complexity of Your Workplace Environment.
Albert Einstein has it right with his famous quote’ Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. At the best-of-times the average person is exposed to copious amounts of information, data and complexity on a day-to-day basis. We are deluged with information from our employee, bosses, co-workers, social media channels, our smartphones, […]
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. […]
When is Enough, Enough?
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, […]
High Impact Firms
Introduction – The End Game If you look hard at the business practices of the most successful companies, the elite 5% of all small businesses, you will find 4 general competencies. This is not a tale of just landscape companies, it is the story of all companies that started small and became billion dollar firms. […]
