If someone were to ask you the best time to implement new software, what would you say?
You might like the vast majority of business owners answer January 1st. And that wouldn't be wrong.... years ago.
But today that's no longer really true. January 1 marks the beginning [...]
The way you play the game of business drives your growth and profits. And when you play the game the right way you build TRUST. Without trust, you have little hope of long term success with customers or employees.
For YOUR customer… Trust is knowing someone will pick up [...]
In the military, deployment means to spread the troops out strategically, to be ready. It encompasses all activity from home station through their destination.
If you want to recruit top employees, you need to take a hard look at the software you’re using. Potential employees will elect to work for companies that provide the [...]
With the 2018 Winter Olympics fast approaching, we're reminded of the cornerstone of competition: we play to win. This seems like a simple idea, but it's often misunderstood. The point of any game is to win.
“But Kevin, what about ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, but how [...]
There are more than 90,000 landscape maintenance, snow and construction businesses in the US and Canada. Less than 10 percent ever grow larger than $1,000,000 in annual revenue. There’s no crime in that, as there is no requirement to be “bigger.” Many contractors like to [...]
Think about this: The decisions your employees make every day create transactions that can be – and are accounted for – on your Profit & Loss Statement (P&L). The challenge for you and for them is that these results can’t easily be “seen” or appreciated. This also means they [...]
Managing future risk and people are essential to business success. That’s why Doing the Math is so important. To accomplish this, you want to build a culture that does more than react – one that looks forward in preparation. You can do this using a combination of landscape [...]
My analysis of landscape and snow contractor profitability – based on 23 years as a consultant – demonstrates that retention of profitable customers is [...]
What's New at GIE and LANDSCAPES 2018?
September
19,
2018 -
12:05 PM
The GIE+EXPO is the largest green industry event in the United States. It is held every October in Louisville,[...]
