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Peer Perspectives: Driving True Adoption When Implementing New Technology

Change can be daunting. When it comes in the form of new technology, it can be even more challenging if you aren’t rolling it out in a compelling manner. After all, adding on a new platform, software or app is only effective if your team is actually using it. ā€œIfĀ youĀ focus onĀ theĀ who and how, the what […]

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Cultivating Loyalty: Recruiting & Retaining Long-Term Employees

Quality employees are fantastic, but those who stay with your lawn or landscape company long-term are the Holy Grail of team members. These individuals can provide operational consistency to your clients and develop a wealth of knowledge and experience. Misty Gil, recruiting specialist and company ambassador for Myatt Landscaping & Construction, based in Fuquay-Varina, North […]

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Beyond Paychecks: Unique Benefits To Offer Your Team

Employees have lots of options when it comes to choosing a landscape company to work for. Aside from competitive wages, one of the ways to stand out is to provide unique benefits that are less common in the industry. ā€œIn our world, finding employees is so hard that your benefit package can be the difference,ā€ […]

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How I Do It: The Power of Bringing Trades In-House

As your landscape company’s operations grow, one of the questions that will arise is if it is time to bring some of your services in-house. Starting out, it makes sense to subcontract others for specialties you aren’t particularly well-versed in or simply don’t have enough work to support throughout the season. Yet bringing your trades […]

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The Importance of Systemizing Your Training

Just like any sports team, you are only as good as your training. If your team doesn’t have a firm understanding of the fundamentals and regularly builds on that understanding, your lawn or landscape company will continue to struggle with quality and efficiency. ā€œOperation tempo is so high in the spring that trying to hit […]

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Setting Veterans Up for Success at Your Landscape Company

The transition from military service to the civilian workforce can be a significant challenge for veterans. However, the landscape industry provides the opportunity for them to have a new mission-driven purpose along with camaraderie. ā€œWe simply need to learn how to translate and bridge our industry to what comes natural to our veterans,ā€ says Tim […]

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Recertification FAQs and Industry CEU Opportunities

Being Landscape Industry Certified can help you win more work, expand your career opportunities and help you build a better business. NALP also providesĀ marketing materials, logos and more for Landscape Industry Certified individuals to promote their expertise. If you or your team members have taken the time to become Landscape Industry Certified, you want to […]

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Achieving Next-Level Success

Growing a business often comes with a process of trial and error. While each landscape, lawn care or tree care company is different, seeing what techniques and best practices have worked for others can save professionals valuable time and resources. Three landscape industry leaders share what they’ve done to elevate their businesses, culture and branding […]

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NALP Develops Pre-Apprenticeship Program with Civic Works

Over the last two years, NALP has been working with The Corps Network and Jobs for the Future to develop a pre-apprenticeship program at Civic Works in Baltimore, Maryland. Working together, these organizations have been mapping Civic Works’ existing landscape program to the NALP Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program (LMAP), and initiating and supporting employer engagement […]

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NALP Members in the News: Fullerton Grounds Maintenance, Massey Services, SavATree, Davey Tree, Schill Grounds Management

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Fullerton Grounds Maintenance Celebrates Apprenticeship Program’s First Graduates Fullerton Grounds Management (FGM) based in Kenvil, New Jersey, has completed its inaugural two-year apprenticeship in conjunction with NALP. The apprentices were awarded certificates in landscape management. ā€œOur inaugural apprentices displayed tremendous dedication by committing themselves […]

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