Episode #195 Methodical Growth and Deeper Focus with Matthew Gramer
Matthew Gramer is the founder and majority owner of NatureWorks Landscape Services in Walpole MA. He has honed the focus of his business on the high-end residential client, and proactively staffs the business with key employees. This including a General Manager from...
Prevent Employee Burnout Through Peak Season
You can prevent employee burnout, but only if you are aware of the causes. Given our current go-go economy, I see an early trend of burnout already happening. When teams get super busy, unresolved issues become major disruptors. With no solution in sight, workers, and...
How A High Profit Company is Scaling, Here Is Their Playbook
There is a catchy phrase in business: Revenue is vanity, profits are sanity, and cash is king. In other words, bigger is not better. I agree with this in theory BUT did you know that there are companies in the landscape industry that have become much more...
What Do You Get, In Exchange For A Raise?
What do you get from your team members, in exchange for a raise? This question may come across as small thinking or reactionary, because your team members work so hard as is. But with inflation you have to give raises just to help them stay even. You probably feel...
#194 9 Ways To Kick Butt In The Heat Of The Season With Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott shares with you 9 kick butt tools and strategies you can use to increase your team’s performance right now, whether it is spring, summer or fall. Jeffrey cuts right to the chase, and shares actionable ideas you can put to use right away. Need we say...
Keep Clients Happy In The Busy Season And Follow These 9 Must Do’s
Keeping clients happy during the busy season takes both good systems and the right company culture and training. Right now with strong consumer confidence, it is hard to stay on top of everything. But now it matters more than ever. As soon as there is a slow down, the...
Sell From Your Client’s Wallet
Stop selling from your own wallet; here is a case in point. I am renovating my front landscape (new second driveway, fencing and auto gates, walkway, and foundation plantings). We are getting this work done before our upcoming wedding anniversary celebration. In...
The Secret to Employee Referrals
Here is a quick idea I have developed to help you supercharge employee referrals. Many of you incentivize employees to refer their friends. I am all for that! I have clients paying as much as a “dollar per hour” raise for up to 12 months when a key position is filled...
#193 A Personal and Business Growth Journey with Sean Baxter
Sean Baxter is the founder of Lawn and Landscape Solutions, in Kansas City, MO. Sean shares his personal journey of surviving family challenges when he was a teenager, how he found horticulture and mentors, and how he transformed his passion for life into a growing...
Summer Growth Summit 2022: Tour Drost Landscape
Announcing The Summer Growth Summit, With "Super" Early-Bird Pricing You are invited to our 2022 Summer Growth Summit on August 30-31st. As part of this Summit, you will enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of Drost Landscape, one of Michigan's top landscape firms, located...
