Most of us have found ourselves in this situation at one time or another: You have a full slate of jobs lined up and not enough people on your crews to do them. In a state of panic, you look past the serious doubts you have that an applicant is a good fit for your company and hire them anyway. It rarely ends well when.

Every other Friday at Grunder Landscaping, I shoot a quick video to share with my team. It’s an easy but effective way for me to check in with my staff, to recognize and celebrate their promotions, anniversaries, and contributions, and to keep them connected to the bigger picture for our company and the vital role.

Lawn & Landscape July 2018 By Marty Grunder I am always, always looking for ways to get better at running my landscaping business. Sure, I’m proud of the company my team and I have built. But, as one of my mentors, John Maxwell, likes to say, “Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.” That’s.

Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association The Buckeye July/August 2018 By Marty Grunder At the end of April I celebrated my 50th birthday. I can’t say I exactly looked forward to this milestone but, as my mom likes to remind me, aging sure beats the alternative. And while I’m not as skinny or as fast as I used to be, I’d.

With July here, every landscaping business owner I know is incredibly busy right now. Our schedules are packed from morning to night, and we’re rushing to get everything done we need to do to ensure we meet our revenue and production goals. Factor in the hot summer sun—and the “heat dome” that weather forecasters are.

Last week we discussed how what gets measured gets improved, and looked at the top three financial metrics you need to monitor every month. This week Marty focuses on another set of numbers that are also crucial to the success of your landscaping business—and that you need to be sharing with your crews in the field if.

We talk a lot here about the importance of leadership, culture, and exceptional customer service for your company to succeed in the landscaping business. But the truth is you can get all those right and still lose if you don’t get your financials right too. In short, your company’s financials are the ultimate.

If I asked your team members to write down three adjectives that described your workplace, do you know—or could you accurately predict—what they’d say? Would their answers mirror the kind of company you want to run? Just as important, would they align with the kind of company that succeeds in the landscaping business?.

Lawn & Landscape June 2018 By Marty Grunder Like many of you reading this column, I got my start in the landscaping business with a single lawnmower, the belief that I could outperform the competition and the audacity to go for it. A lot has happened in the 34 years since, but when I really drill down on what has.

These days we hear a lot about the “client experience” and how important it is to the success of a business. In fact, according to the Harvard Business Review, focusing on the client experience “has become the single most important way for an organization to achieve success—often becoming its key differentiator and.