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How often have you had to pass on a promising job candidate due to their lack of experience? One way Ryan Lawn & Tree, based in Merriam, Kansas, has addressed this common challenge is with their apprenticeship program. Launched in 2021, this program is designed to serve as a talent pipeline that supports the companyās […]
How many times has this happened to you? You interview a candidate who checks all of your boxes and answers the questions perfectly. Yet when they join your company, you quickly discover they lack the work ethic and team skills needed to succeed in the field. This can be a frustrating, but common phenomenon in […]
Stressors often originate outside of work, but they can easily stick with employees on the job and have a direct impact on their overall well-being, safety and productivity. In an effort to combat stress and to make their team membersā lives a little bit better, Pro Cutters Lawnscapes, Inc., based in Conyers, Georgia, added the […]
Promoting employees from within can greatly strengthen your company, but this can only occur if you are building out your team membersā leadership skills. This is what prompted LandCare, headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, to launch their Accelerated Leadership Development Program in October 2024. āSustainable growth requires a strong bench of leaders who are ready to […]
Safety is paramount for any landscape company, but Ryan Pontzloff, owner of Px3 Landscaping LLC, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, approaches it from the lens of a volunteer firefighter. āBeing a volunteer firefighter in the communities in which your company operates really shifts your focus,ā Pontzloff says. āYou get to learn street names and addresses through […]
Recruiting is HRās responsibility, right? For Will Richardson, managing director of Father Nature Landscapes, based in Birmingham, Alabama, heās found itās more beneficial when he takes an active role in this task. āIn my mind, it’s a way better investment in our future for me to focus on recruiting and get the right people on […]
If youāre on the fence about investing in drone technology, you may be limiting the possible ways that this tool can be used for your landscape company, especially if you choose to have one in-house. Ā While most operations tend to use drones for marketing purposes, so they can capture aerial photos and videos of […]
Itās easy to feel overwhelmed by the speed of new technologies coming to the market, particularly in the AI space. Rather than considering it a lost cause to stay on top of these changes, Level Green Landscaping, based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, opted to create an internal AI council that allows their team the freedom […]
Two years ago, Father Nature Landscapes, based in Birmingham, Alabama, was struggling to find individuals who were willing to get their hands dirty and found satisfaction from building something with their hands. āEven with a growing internship program, we found it challenging to hire solely from the college pipeline,ā Richardson says. āA lot of graduates […]
If you operate in a region where your work is seasonal and you need to lay off a portion of your employees, you know all too well how challenging it can be to ensure this workforce will return in the spring. Brad Leahy, vice president of Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, says the first […]
