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If you offer holiday lighting and décor services to your clients, some will want the same look year after year and others will want the newest look. For your trendsetting clientele, these are some of the themes you can expect to see in demand for 2024. Outdoor Décor Trends Whether you focus on residential or […]
Building your personal brand comes down to telling your story. “Each person has a story to tell,” says Jacob Hong, senior vice president of Woodlawns Landscape Company, Inc., based in Mundelein, Illinois. “You are 1-30 years ahead of someone. Share your experience and it will help someone out there.” Your stories can include your […]
If you’re growing fast, you might be wondering how to scale your systems, including your metrics, your reporting and your transparency to support that. This is particularly critical as you spread beyond one geographic location. “Don’t get bogged down in the outputs, the EBITDA, the retention,” says Joe Socolof, COO of Landscape Workshop. “Those are […]
With frequent mergers and acquisitions occurring in the industry, it can seem like this is the only viable exit strategy for owners who don’t want to close their doors. However, there are still plenty of lawn and landscape businesses that have been passed on to the next generation. In each of these cases, these second-generation […]
When you’re hurting for employees, you may think the last thing you want to do is make it more difficult to source new hires by having a drug testing policy. However, having a drug-free workplace at your landscape company has numerous benefits. Why Implement Drug Testing Drug testing can seem like an unnecessary hoop for […]
For Sebert Landscape, sustainability and success go hand in hand. While visiting the fifth-largest commercial landscape contractor in the Midwest, attendees were able to gather multiple takeaways touring their facilities during the NALP Field Trip on Sept. 17-18. Based in Bartlett, Illinois, Sebert Landscape was founded in 1985. The company specializes in commercial landscape maintenance, installation, enhancements […]
As you look to grow and scale your landscape business, you should also consider expanding who attends industry events beyond yourself. Just as you walk away with valuable insights and new connections, your team members can also leave with these tools to help them progress in their roles by accompanying you to industry events. The […]
For most landscaping businesses, long-term success depends on a solid customer base and customers who call back year after year. Those who stand out against the competition aren’t just able to provide valuable landscaping services. They also have the soft skills — such as communication and flexibility — needed to build strong relationships with customers […]
This series features companies that are growing through M&As. When most landscape companies sell to a private equity firm, they understand the business will be grown and sold to another private equity firm later down the road. This isn’t the case for owners who sell to Chenmark, which sometimes gets labeled as a permanent equity […]
Your company is only as good as its leaders, so it pays to invest in leadership growth. Sure, you can recruit good leaders — with the attendant recruitment costs, onboarding time, cultural fit issues, and risk of bad hires along the way. However, growing leaders from within can yield many benefits. You can foster leadership […]
