Day: March 6, 2019

Bret Achtenhagen discusses how higher wages were possible by setting higher employee expectations.

Employee Issue of the Week: Higher Wages = Higher Expectations

March 6, 2019
Business Advice & Stories
Featured
Professional Development
Recruiting and Retention
employee issue of the week
higher expectations
higher wages
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Like so many other landscape business owners, Bret Achtenhagen, president and CEO of Bret Achtenhagen’s Seasonal Services in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, was struggling with attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining quality individuals to add to the company’s production teams. As a result, Achtenhagen says the company was growing faster than its ability to develop foremen and other […]

Ben Collinsworth converts his business to a digital workplace.

How Native Land Design Transitioned to a Digital Workplace

March 6, 2019
Business Advice & Stories
How I Do It
Trends and Technology
digital workplace
technology
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Located in Austin, Texas—where technology is basically a way of life (and most certainly a way of business)—Ben Collinsworth, owner and founder of Native Land Design, says he felt embarrassed that his company appeared to lag in that arena. Watching friends outside of the industry transform their businesses with technology inspired Collinsworth to do this […]