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...
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...
As a leader, you have three powerful tools (pronouns) that you can use to motivate your employees, build your team, and bring effective correction to a situation. Three Leadership Pronouns Are: You, I, And We When these pronouns are used correctly, they can build the...
As I prepare for my Sales Symposium next week, I have been reflecting on the many processes I have helped my clients (owners) put in place to scale their lawn and landscape companies. The ability to implement simple processes is a critical skill for sales managers,...
In the non-profit world of hospital care, the phrase "No Margin, No Mission" is used to remind those in charge that it is ok for a hospital to be fiscally responsible and make decent margins. I feel the same message needs to be embraced by our industry, the world of...
Do your direct reports make you (their boss) happier and more productive? If owning your business is not as fun as you want it to be, or if you are not as productive as you want to be...look around you. Have you assembled the right team, those that report directly to...
When I told various friends and colleagues I was heading to Mexico City for vacation this year, I got one of three responses: A negative response, “Careful, that’s very dangerous!” A positive response “I went there, you will have a great time!” A curious answer “Hmm....
During this pandemic I am seeing a patchwork of economic responses across the country. Some companies are booming, like the clients I spoke with in Utah, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Business is up! And other companies are currently on hold, e.g. in the San Francisco...
Remember a while back when finding an employee was more like fishing in a full pond? You had the opportunity to pick and choose, however for the employee it meant 'really selling yourself' and working hard to land a good job. These days the tables are turned. And many...
In case you missed the most amazing conference last week, "Effective CEO/COO Partnerships," here are 10 takeaway’s from the event, as told to me by the participants. I need to plan more “us” time for my COO and myself, in order to do real planning and for me to...
