The Powerful Role of “Grace” in Business.

The Powerful Role of “Grace” in Business.

Grace can play a very powerful role in your business, and separate you in a crowded market.

Last week I wrote about my client and friend, Kevin Werbrich, who uses grace when firing employees and when they quit.

He reported that his grace-based “Red Carpet Exit” has created a backlog of past employees who want to return to his company.

He has filled and “re” filled many foremen and high level positions with men who have grown up and learnt their lessons.

They return better people.

It takes real vision to consistently give people the benefit of the doubt and invest in them right as they leave your firm.

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Retire In Place

Retire In Place

If you decide to hold onto your landscape business for the medium or longer-term, you may want to set it up to run without you day-to-day. I call this “Retiring in Place." This is the second of a three-part series I am writing for Landscape Management Magazine. The...

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You Deserve a Corvette

You Deserve a Corvette

It’s been a hectic couple of years for sure, so how do you take care of yourself, and reward yourself? To answer that, let’s look through the lens of the Entrepreneur’s Journey. There are 3 stages that a successful Entrepreneur must go through: Struggling, Surviving,...

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Lessons from a Billionaire

Lessons from a Billionaire

What can you learn from a billionaire? I recently led a peer group meeting where I met two ultra-wealthy entrepreneurs. The first was a “Boat Man” - a wealthy retired gentleman who loves his boats. The second was a “Car Man” - a very active billionaire who really...

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