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People are your greatest resource at your lawn or landscape company. Many business owners credit their success to the team members they surround themselves with. You can tap into this support system as well if you take the time to empower your employees properly. Provide Training and Resources One main reason employees may not be […]
Career ladders can encourage and compel your team members to pursue a future with your landscape company. At Landscaping Ninjas, based in College Station, Texas, they took this concept a little bit further with a belt ranking system. Daniel Thompson, owner of Landscaping Ninjas, says the belt ranking is just another aspect of their company […]
Itās never a spot you want to be in, but coming to terms with the fact you may have a toxic company culture is the first step to the path to improving it. Self-Evaluation āFirst thing would be to look in the mirror,ā says Dean DeSantis, owner of DeSantis Landscapes, based in Portland, Oregon. āAsk […]
While thinking outside the box is always a good idea when it comes to recruiting, itās also important to make sure youāre not overlooking or underestimating the value of some of the recruiting basics. If youāre struggling with recruiting, review some of these tried-and-true practices to see if youāve missed an opportunity for improvement. […]
If you ask a lawn or landscape company owner some of their keys to successfully retaining their employees, hiring for cultural fits is typically among their advice. āThatās well and good for them,ā you might think. āI donāt have that luxury.ā Edward Coady, CEO of Mainely Grass, based in Bedford, New Hampshire, says they started […]
Itās probably happened to everyone at least once in their career. That creeping feeling of dread on Sunday as you begin to consider all of your tasks ahead of you on Monday. This sensation is dubbed the āSunday scaries,’ and at Grow and Company, based in Houston, Texas, they are working to reduce this phenomenon […]
For the past three years, Myatt Landscaping & Construction, based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, has maintained an employee retention rate of 94-95%. Why They Stay The company started tracking their retention numbers in 2017 and based on the conversations managers have had with their employees, one of the main reasons their team members stay is […]
Dogs are touted as manās best friend, so should they be welcome in your landscape companyās office? Troy Clogg, owner of Troy Clogg Landscape Associates, LLC, based in Wixom, Michigan, says that heās always had a dog by his side and because he brought his dog to work, it only seemed fair to let others […]
Bringing on a full-time recruiter can be extremely beneficial for your workforce pipeline and your retention efforts. āThe way I look at recruiting is very similar to sales,ā says David Koehn, president of Koehn Outdoor, based in Jacksonville, Florida. āYou’re building your pipeline; you’re following up. There are a lot of the same processes in […]
When you are recruiting, itās critical to use every tool in your toolbox and this includes social media platforms. āThe traditional approach that lawn and landscape companies historically took toward recruiting no longer yields the same results,ā says Corey Halstead, co-owner of HALSTEAD Media. āThe outdated notion of posting a job opening on a board and […]