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NALP Membership Director Cheryl Claborn started her career at the association 30 years ago as an office assistant at the legacy association PLCAA. We recently celebrated Cheryl’s incredible career with the association with a party at NALP. We asked Cheryl a few questions about her career at the association. We know you are a Jack […]
Author Jeffrey Scott, MBA, is an NALP consultant member and author, business coach, hall-of-fame consultant, and expert in growth and profit maximization in the lawn & landscape industry. Every service company has to make an assessment of how much unproductive non-billable time their crews will have in a year, and this in effect becomes part […]
Donāt you wish there was a movement that could raise the visibility of the industry and put professional landscape and lawn care services in higher demand? Wouldnāt it be nice if you suddenly got more resumes for your open positions and you had to turn good candidates away? That is what our Industry Growth Initiative […]
Limited H-2B regulatory relief is part of the bill that President Trump signed into law authorizing federal government funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2017. Inclusion of the cap relief language is a significant legislative victory, and was the direct result of grassroots outreach by NALP members and other seasonal employers.
Author Lisa Perdue, is a manager of professional development for LandOpt which is an NALP consultant member.Ā Coaches Aren’t Just for Athletes Not sure what a business coach is? Many professional athletes will readily claim the keys to their success are diligence, determination, drive, and a dedicated coach. While itās true coaching has traditionally been […]
The National Association of Landscape Professionals, the H-2B Coalition and more than 100 landscape professionals and colleagues from allied industries joined together on the Hill on April 26, at a crucial time in the battle for H-2B reform. Ā John McMahon, the Executive Director of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, is pictured here with a […]
Both Tom Heaviland and Michael Kravitsky, IV have been NALP Trailblazers for 15 years or more. During that time, theyāve collectively mentored at least 25 people, owners of large and small companies alike who represent nearly every segment of the lawn and landscape industry.Ā The two trailblazers share many of the same thoughts, not the […]
Two bills that would temporarily reinstate the H-2B visa temporary worker program have been introduced recently in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow for more workers to enter the U.S. The Senate bill would āestablish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa […]
Author, Drew Garcia, with Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, is the program director for NALPāsĀ Workers’ Compensation ProgramĀ which provides discounts to NALP members.Ā As the NALP Workers Compensation Program Manager we understand the need for āBest Practicesā to be utilized by landscape contractors to prevent workers’ compensation claims from occurring. However, at some point, a claim will […]
NALP vice president of education and services Shaine Anderson was on the road last week at the NALP Sales Bootcamp with Marty Grunder which was held at the Bartlett Tree Experts research laboratory in Raleigh, North Carolina. We can’t give away all the secrets Marty shared, but here are a few tips that Shaine took […]
