New Summit Speaker Announced: Growing Through Every Season with Kurt LaButte
What would your business look like if you suddenly had to operate with 55% less revenue?
What if that was not even the most difficult challenge you would face?
We have added Kurt LaButte, co-founder of Todd’s Services Inc. (Hamburg, MI), to the speaker lineup for our Summer Growth Summit.
His presentation, “Growing Through Every Season,” is a story of entrepreneurship, devastating setbacks, rebuilding, leadership development, scaling to new heights, and succession.
How Daily Huddles Greatly Improve Efficiency and Avoid Big Mistakes
Long before anyone called it a “daily huddle,” John D. Rockefeller had stumbled upon the value of the short daily meeting.
Rockefeller would walk to work with his brother and three key leaders every morning. During that walk, they discussed what was happening across the business, what decisions needed to be made, and where problems were beginning to surface.
He then walked home with the same group.
It was simple, consistent, and powerful.
Unexpected Lessons From Our Epic Adventure in Tofino, Canada
My wife and I recently spent two weeks traveling around Vancouver Island, including several days in Tofino, a remote community on the island’s rugged west coast.
Tofino is known for its expansive surfing beaches, old-growth forests and laid-back atmosphere—it was like no place I had ever visited.
We had a thrilling time. We helped deliver mail by seaplane to a nearby First Nations community on a neighboring island.
Facts Before Emotions: Five Lessons from visiting North County Landscape Co.
Once his wife, Sonya (MBA), joined four years ago as General Manager, they made several big moves together:
Raised pricing and expanded Google-based marketing, Expanded crews and hired production managers, Implemented Aspire, Built a state-of-the-art facility, Developed a leadership team that is helping the owners regain balance
Kevin jokes that he is now able to work part-time: 35 to 40 hours a week.
The team has worked quite hard to get where they are. Kevin is now able to play golf weekly, so things are on the upswing.
Last week I held a 1.5-day roadmap session with their team and then took a wonderful vacation on Vancouver Island with my wife and partner, Corine.
During the roadmap session, we reviewed department and company-wide strategy and refined their Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). We set a much stronger course for the future.
Here are five lessons every owner and leader can learn from.
How Much Should You Pay Yourself as Owner?
What should an owner pay themselves? You may have heard the rule of thumb: pay yourself 5% of revenue. But that falls apart quickly. It does not work for small businesses or very large ones. There is a better way.
Stop Chasing Competitors and Start Building a Category of One — Jeff Korhan’s Blueprint for Landscape Companies
Jeff Korhan, founder of Treemendous Landscape Company® (suburban Chicago) and now marketing strategist at TrueNature.com, brings over 20 years of hard-won experience running a residential design-build landscape company — and another decade helping green industry...
Building a High-End Client Experience
I recently joined Kyle Hunt on his “Remodelers On The Rise” podcast for a conversation that got me thinking—the link is below.
He focuses on high-end remodelers.
At first glance, remodelers and landscapers look like two different industries.
One works inside the home. The other works outside.
One builds indoor kitchens, additions, and living spaces. The other builds outdoor gardens and environments.
But at the high end, they are playing almost the exact same game.
How AI Is Cutting Landscape Estimating Time by 70% — Inside Bobyard with Founder Michael Ding
If your estimators are buried in takeoffs, passing on bids because there just isn't enough time, or manually counting plants for hours on end — this episode is going to hit close to home. Jeffrey Scott sits down with Michael Ding, founder of Bobyard, a San...
What the L&L Top 100 Reveals About Our Industry
The landscape industry is being reshaped. You can see it in the latest Lawn & Landscape Top 100.
This is no longer just a list of big companies. It is a snapshot of the future.
I compared this year’s list with 2016 and pulled out three major lessons.
We Expanded Our Team – By Adding A Special Person
I am proud to announce we have expanded our team with the addition of Kai Washington to the Jeffrey Scott Consulting organization — our first grandson!
We are starting Kai off as an intern, and from there the sky’s the limit.
His mom, our daughter Kate, has come a long way! For those of you who know me, you have heard some of the stories.
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