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As part ofĀ our #NALPKnows series, we talked to Scott Jamieson, Landscape Industry Certified, NALP president and vice president of Bartlett Tree Experts in Chicago, Illinois, about working together as a team, and leaving it on the field during LANDSCAPES 2015. When I hear the expression leaving it on the field, I immediately think of how […]
Okay, we don’t have a crystal ball so we can’t say exactly what the lawn care industry will look like in 5-10 years, but we did gather together some of the smartest minds in lawn care along with futurist Glen Hiemstra to ponder that question at event that is part of FutureScape. Sure there wasĀ brainstormingĀ about […]
While waiting to board the plane, I leaned over to hug my son, Joshua, and realized he had grown so much since last yearās Renewal and Remembrance. Ā I almost didnāt come this year, too much on my plate. Life was too complicated, finances werenāt there, abrupt changes that rattled me, oh I could give […]
I heard some recent comments on certification that stopped me cold. In essence, credentialing has no sales value to the company. Itās a wonderful individual achievement and thatās it. And, unless PLANET gets consumers to demand certification it will never truly garner ROI (return on investment). Iāve heard these statements before and, unfortunately, we often […]
āWhy do you waste your time?āĀ the lady I sat next to on the plane asked after she inquired what I was going to do in D.C., and I explained about Renewal & RemembranceĀ and Legislative Day with PLANET. āWell ,ā she continued negatively, āitās supposed to be really hot, humid, and donāt forget the time change […]
Iāve been facilitating CEO peer groups with my partner Tom Oyler for over a decade. I thought the best reasons for joining would vary from year to year depending upon shifts in the economy, the market, changing customer preferences. But you know what?Ā They havenāt.Ā The number one takeaway year after year has never changed:Ā […]
Ā Thereās an old saying in business: Youāre only as successful as the people you surround yourself with. I believe this implicitly from my experience in the corporate world, working with other trade groups, and certainly, most recently, serving as your president. Itās been an exciting and very rewarding year for me in many ways, […]
Edward J. Snyder III, Owner Greenleaf Services, Inc. located in Linville, N.C. was one of PLANETās recent Safety Recognition Awards winners but notably one of the seven recipients to have won the āBest of the Bestā award. This particular award honors the companies that have won the Overall Safety Achievement AwardāGold Performance status for the […]
As President of Ecolawn Inc. located in Eastlake, Ohio, weāre a small family owned lawn care company serving the Greater Cleveland area since 1993. I joined the STARS Safe Company Program (Safety Training Achieves Remarkable Success) in 2006 and itās a privilege to have received the āBest of the Bestā award, as part of PLANETās […]
Are you ready to compete for your credential? PLANETās Student Career DaysāThe National Collegiate Landscape Competition event held in Auburn, Ala., March 7 ā 10, 2013, is described as a āLandscape Olympics.ā Last year, I wrote a blog āGo for the Certification Gold,ā using the summer Olympics in London as my theme. āIn this Olympic […]
