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How Recruiting Technology Can Help You Stay Competitive in a Tight Labor Market

As recruiting efforts intensify and candidate expectations rise, the implementation of technology will allow you to stay competitive when attracting the next generation of landscape employees. ā€œIt is critical to invest in recruiting technologies that will improve your overall candidate experience, increase the quality of talent, reduce time to fill, and provide data-driven decision-making tools, […]

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Culture Is No Accident: Why Designing an Intentional Culture Is Critical to Your Business Growth

This information came from a session during the 2025 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss ELEVATE in Tampa, Florida, on Nov. 8-11, 2026. Company culture isn’t an optional aspect of your business. It already exists whether you put effort into shaping it or not. The question is, do you have work culture that complements your personal values? […]

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Do You Really Need A Full-Time Recruiter? Signals To Help Decide

It’s easy to play the comparison game when you’re recruiting and wonder if your landscape company needs to hire a full-time recruiter in order to be successful. Yet what works for your organization will depend on your growth goals, current company size and market conditions. If you’re on the smaller side, experience low turnover rates […]

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The First 30 Days: Onboarding Tactics That Keep New Hires from Quitting

It’s hard to fill a bucket when there’s a hole in the bottom of it. Similarly, growing your team is much more of a challenge when your new hires aren’t even staying on for 30 days. Implementing straightforward changes to your onboarding program can make a world of difference when it comes to helping employees […]

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Slowing Down to Be Successful: How Intentional Onboarding Pays Off

Unless your team retention rate is 100%, there is always room for improvement in the employee experience. One aspect that can drastically improve not only your retention rate, but also your safety and company reputation is your overall onboarding process. Carly Haugen, CPO for Prescription Landscape, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, says they started to […]

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How I Do It: Keeping Seasonal Employees Engaged During The Off-Season

If you operate in a region where your work is seasonal and you need to lay off a portion of your employees, you know all too well how challenging it can be to ensure this workforce will return in the spring. Brad Leahy, vice president of Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, says the first […]

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Creating an Effective Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program for Your Landscape Team

After a long day on the job site, an employee can relate to the phrase ā€œwe’re all in this together.ā€ As you seek ways to build a healthy team, consider adding a peer-to-peer recognition program. This provides an easy way to celebrate each employee’s contributions and recognize their efforts to go above and beyond. According […]

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Beyond The Hire: Practices That Keep People Long-Term

After putting in the time and effort to attract talent to their landscape company, organizations are working hard to improve their overall onboarding process. This focus on welcoming and training new hires from the get-go is paying off, as many companies are seeing increased retention rates with their rookie employees. Patrick Murray, co-founder of Local […]

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From Stressful to Successful: How to Make Performance Reviews Count

Performance reviews can easily be seen as a task that is ā€˜nice to have’ but not necessary for your business to function. However, reviews can help build stronger teams, better leaders, and higher client satisfaction, if you are executing them effectively. ā€œOnce you get to a certain size, the only way you can know if […]

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How to Create an Employee Recognition Program That Resonates

The desire for recognition is natural and a strong driver of employee motivation. In fact, in aĀ Nectar survey,Ā 81.9% of employees say that recognition of their contributions improves their engagement, and another 71% say they would be less likely to leave their organization if they were recognized more frequently. Having a strong employee recognition program is […]

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