Having specific goals for the year ahead is important for setting priorities and aligning your team for success in this new year. This year, Grunder Landscaping Co. has three goals: 1. Sustainable growth 2. Improving our culture 3. Reinforce quality standards In the video below, I explain why we decided these would be.

Landscaping companies face a unique challenge to building a company culture: their teams are only all together for about 30 minutes each day. That morning time is critical to building a culture where people want to work and keeping positive momentum going. We recommend owners and leaders do three things to maximize.

As we end the year, we’re reflecting back on all we’ve learned, and have picked our three most popular Great Ideas to share with you again just in case you missed them the first time. Improving profitability, tweaking your sales process, and prospecting for new clients all make for great winter projects, too. Three.

This year has been one for the books. It’s like no year we’ve experienced before and we hope to never experience one like this again. But as you heard Marty say many times this year, “hope is not a strategy.” So instead of hoping, we’re taking action and constantly looking at the positive. This can be challenging,.

I first met Chase Mullin a few years ago when he came to a Grunder Landscaping Co. Field Trip. He was young, hungry, and ambitious to grow his business. Chase later joined one of our peer groups, which he was active in for five years, and continued to learn and grow as a leader. His business, Mullin, was much smaller.

This time of year, we are often flooded with questions from owners and leaders asking what they should be focused on right now. While there are many things you could be doing, we recommend these four easy tasks to get your business ahead this time of year: 1. Be Present If you do nothing, nothing will happen, so now.

The best silver lining that has come out of the coronavirus pandemic has most definitely been the ubiquity of Zoom and other video call technology. Today everyone is using video calls to conduct business and stay connected to the people in their lives. This presents a great opportunity for salespeople in the green.

As we enter Thanksgiving week, I want to take a moment to tell each and every one of you how grateful my team and I are for your support this year. Smile today knowing that you help us get our message out and motivate us to work hard at sharing ideas that can help us all grow our businesses and ourselves. This year,.

Last week we were in Sarasota, FL for our annual ACE Summit where our ACE Peer Group members came together to (safely!) network and learn from their fellow landscape professionals. This year's Summit was focused on teaching owners and leaders how to empower their team to new heights. In order to empower your team, you.

According to Forbes, 90% of organizations fail to stick to their strategies. In fact, many team members don’t know what their organization’s strategy even is. Strategy helps you stay focused on the key initiatives that will allow you to be successful. If you don't have a strategy, your tendency will be to say yes to.