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We are….The National Association of Landscape Professionals! In April, the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) will become the National Association of Landscape Professionals. At our leadership conference, Great Escape, we showed this short video clip to announce our new name and brand. We got help from a few members who read our new brand promise and […]
Okay, we don’t have a crystal ball so we can’t say exactly what the lawn care industry will look like in 5-10 years, but we did gather together some of the smartest minds in lawn care along with futurist Glen Hiemstra to ponder that question at event that is part of FutureScape. Sure there wasĀ brainstormingĀ about […]
I understand- I really do. There is family, there are friends, there is your health, then employees, payroll, jobs, clients, budgets, meetings, reports, equipment, quotas, tasks, to dos, the never-ending listsāand therein lies my point. The list and the responsibilities never stop, but how we respond to them can be positive and rewarding. I know […]
Have you ever wondered when the right time to apply fertilizer to your yard is or whether itās ok to cut the grass really short? To celebrate National Lawn Care Month in April we are sharing these myth-busting tips. Myth #1: You can water your lawn and landscape any time of day. Reality: Water is […]
People who live in the parts of the country that have cold winters can take a page from our warm-weather friends who use their yards year-round. Just because it gets colder for part of the year, doesnāt mean we should put away the lawn furniture after Labor Day and lock the back door until […]
While waiting to board the plane, I leaned over to hug my son, Joshua, and realized he had grown so much since last yearās Renewal and Remembrance. Ā I almost didnāt come this year, too much on my plate. Life was too complicated, finances werenāt there, abrupt changes that rattled me, oh I could give […]
All eyes are on Brazil for the month of June as 32 top soccer teams compete for the right to be called the worldās best. As you can imagine, it was no easy path to the soccer spotlight. Before the teams even got to Brazil, they had to look at all of the players who […]
I heard some recent comments on certification that stopped me cold. In essence, credentialing has no sales value to the company. Itās a wonderful individual achievement and thatās it. And, unless PLANET gets consumers to demand certification it will never truly garner ROI (return on investment). Iāve heard these statements before and, unfortunately, we often […]
āWhy do you waste your time?āĀ the lady I sat next to on the plane asked after she inquired what I was going to do in D.C., and I explained about Renewal & RemembranceĀ and Legislative Day with PLANET. āWell ,ā she continued negatively, āitās supposed to be really hot, humid, and donāt forget the time change […]
Iāve been facilitating CEO peer groups with my partner Tom Oyler for over a decade. I thought the best reasons for joining would vary from year to year depending upon shifts in the economy, the market, changing customer preferences. But you know what?Ā They havenāt.Ā The number one takeaway year after year has never changed:Ā […]
