It's spring, and just like every other landscaping company in North America, we've got a lot going on. This month has brought with it plenty of highs and lots of challenges, too. We had our largest summer floral installation list to date, with eight crews focused on planting annuals for our maintenance clients for.
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The Grow Group
After more than a decade in the landscaping industry, one thing has become crystal clear to me: it’s easy to get stuck working in your business instead of on it. But when I talk to companies that are growing, scaling, and building strong teams they all seem to have one thing in common: they aren’t doing it alone..
As companies get larger, it can be difficult for owners or even members of the leadership team to see everything that goes on in a day. It's inevitable that we end up a little bit out of touch with the day to day of the entire team as each person focuses on their own role and doing their job well. Because of that,.
We have weekly sales meetings with the team at Grunder Landscaping Co. that I sit in as part of my role as Marketing Manager. These meetings give me insight into what type of work the team is trying to close more of, what projects might be on the horizon for photographing, and helps me stay fresh with what the sales.
We fit a lot into a day this time of year. Whether you're running around town to sales appointments, bringing extra mulch to your crews as they perform spring clean ups, or chugging away at your desk to get invoices sent out and collected: the spring is when the rubber really meets the road. Hopefully most days it's.
Happy Easter or happy last day of Passover! This week I have a little bit of inside baseball for this weekly Great Idea. At The Grow Group, we create a lot of content. Written pieces like this one, videos we record, education sessions for in-person and virtual events, and weekly podcast episodes. We plan out the.
Tis the season for landscaping work! Warm weather means that our clients, and potential clients, are spending more time outdoors. And hopefully seeing a project or two around their property that we can help them with. We're working to capitalize on this seasonal demand at Grunder Landscaping Co., and this week I.
Do you have a plan for when the plan gets disrupted? The weather varies so much from city to city, but one thing that's constant when working in landscaping is that the unpredictability of the weather can impact even the best-laid plans. We've had a pretty typical spring here in Southwest Ohio, which means that just.
Quarter 1 ends soon, and as it approaches we're watching our sales number carefully at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC). We're slightly behind where we'd like to be in sales and while we know we can make up for it with a strong Q2 and Q3, we're setting ourselves up better for the year if we hit our numbers now. We're.
This past week on The Grow Show powered by STIHL I was joined by Grunder Landscaping Co.'s (GLC) Employee #2, my brother Rich Grunder. Rich worked for me before we were even able to drive, helping me mow the lawns I sold services for. Rich and I reminisced on the early days of the business in the episode, and I know.