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NALP HR and legal advisor, Richard Lehr, Esq., of Lehr, Middlebrooks and Vreeland, shares his top suggestions of things you should think about before terminating an employee. Ā Lehr and his team are available to consult with NALP members as a member benefit.Ā 1. Did the employee know the job was at risk? Sometimes a manager […]
Jeffrey Scott, NALP consultant member, and author and owner of his own business development consultancy, shares his top tips to get new employees off to the right start.Ā 1. The First Impression You get one chance at setting the first impression with your new hire – make their first (half) day count. Do you have […]
With Thanksgiving on our minds, we asked our landscape and lawn care member companies what they are grateful for this year. “At Environmental Enhancements, Inc. we are thankful for our great employees that help provide a memorable service for our clients. The passion that they show for their work is seen in the responses we […]
Author Rod Dickens talked with Michael Becker an NALP Trailblazer Peer Mentor, and his mentee Casey Hurd about their mentoring experience. Now is the time to sign up for a mentor in 2017.Ā Trailblazer Michael Becker, Landscape Industry Certified, is offering something special for his new mentee, Casey Hurd, Greenscapes Land Care in Still Pond, […]
Laurie Flannigan, of DCLRS, NALP’s government relations firm, boils down the potential impact of the election on our advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry.Ā As you are most certainly aware, as a result of the Nov. 8 election, Donald Trump will be Americaās 45thĀ President and Republicans have retained control of both the House and […]
Daniel Levine, trends guru, executive director of The Avant-Guide Institute, and featured speaker at the upcoming NALP Leaders Forum, offers some insight into trends you can capitalize on in 2017.Ā To understand what’s trending, and why, landscape professionals need to look outside of their own industry to see what’s exciting their customers. That’s because trends […]
Willamette Landscapeās Matt Triplett, Landscape Industry Certified, has mentored a half dozen or more landscape professionals during his tenure as an NALP Trailblazer. His most recent mentee, Tim Buiten, Ā of Timās Complete Landscape Management in Kent, WA, recently spent two days at Willametteās facility in Tualatin, OR. āTim spent eight hours touring our place and […]
NALP consultant member, Monica Muir of Muir & Associates, LLC, provides some good guidance about how to conduct a year-end review. While the yearās not over yet, you probably have a somewhat good idea of your year-end numbers.Ā As you look back over your year, take the time to list what worked ā and what […]
This Fall, we’re providing NALP members with an opportunity to not only advance the interests of landscape professionalsĀ but to support their school of choice in a football season long head-to-head competition to see which schoolsā alumni and fans can raise the most for NALP-PAC, the National Association of Landscape Professionalās Political Action Committee. As a […]
As a member of the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity, NALP is working with a broad coalition of organizations and other business interest entities to seek a more common sense way to implement the Department of LaborāsĀ (DOL) new overtime rules. Recently, we joined with over 400 other stakeholders to send a letter to Congress […]
