October 2026 - Page 3 of 3 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Month: October 2026

How to Get Comfortable with Having Difficult Conversations

Are you having the difficult conversations in your company, or are you avoiding important discussions in an attempt to keep the peace? Dr. JP Pawliw, co-founder of the Institute for Health and Human Potential and New York Times best-selling author, says this last 8% of the conversation that owners aren’t having is the gap between […]

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Beyond SOPs: How Automation and AI Are Redefining Scale in the Landscape Industry

How often do you find yourself wishing for more time in the day? Mark Pyrah, president of Peak Landscape, based in Hillsboro, Oregon, argues that the true problem landscape company owners are facing is decision volume. ā€œYou’re making hundreds of small calls a day that don’t need you, and that’s not leadership; it’s being a […]

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Creating Career Maps: More Ways for Employees to Grow

Career growth is one of the main reasons employees stay with their current company, but this doesn’t always have to come in the form of moving up within the company. For some, expanding their skills and moving into a parallel role can be more fulfilling. When you move from having just a career ladder in […]

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Is It Time To Find an In-House Mechanic?

When you’re running a lean operation, chances are you’re reluctant to increase overhead, but the position of an in-house mechanic can pay for itself in increased productivity if the role is created at the right time. Benefits of an In-House Mechanic Without an in-house mechanic, when a piece of equipment goes down, you are at […]

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How I Do It: Turning Quality Work Into a Growth Strategy

It’s common for landscape businesses to grow by word of mouth alone up until a certain point. Eventually, things stall, and they turn to advertising to keep the leads flowing in. However, this hasn’t been the case for Myatt Landscaping & Construction, based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Over the past 32 years, the company has […]

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