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What do General Electric, BNY Mellon and EstĆ©eĀ Lauder have in common? They have all discovered the power of flipping the script on mentorship with their āreverse mentoringā programs. GE pioneered this concept back in 1999, when former CEO Jack Welch realized that many of his senior leadership team members were unfamiliar with the internet and […]
Joshua Fain, a senior at Auburn University majoring in landscape horticulture and minoring in business, was named the 2026 Kevin Kehoe Student Leader of the Year at the 50th National Collegiate Landscape Competition. Throughout his time at Auburn, Fain has been a selfless leader and an outstanding student academically, despite running his business, J. Fain […]
Gen Z has started to be dubbed the ātoolbelt generationā as more of them are forgoing traditional 4-year colleges and pursuing the trades instead. In fact, for the third consecutive year, vocational community colleges have had substantial growth in enrollment (+11.7%, +91,000), according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Since spring 2020, enrollment in […]
Passing the family business on to the next generation comes with its own set of advantages and challenges. These landscape professionals share their experience of taking the helm and advice for others considering this exit strategy. Pricing the Company One tricky aspect passing the business on to family is handling the discussion of how much […]
2024 marks the NALP Foundationās third year attending the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta as the industry pushes to bring a national landscape competition at the high school level. SkillsUSA serves as a workforce development organization representing 130 in-demand occupational areas, from plumbing and carpentry to architectural drafting and heavy equipment operation. […]
