This week I checked in with Jason New, a green-industry executive coach and one of our ACE Peer Group facilitators, to find out what landscape companies need to be paying attention to this time of year and what we can all do to get better.

With more than 20 years’ experience at leading companies in our industry, Jason is an expert at operational efficiency and at identifying areas that require change and need reinforcement. I’ve learned a lot from him, and our ACEs have too.

Here he shares two small but critical steps you can take this week to work smarter and drive results:

I’ll say it again, folks: Speed kills but efficiency saves. Remember that and keep looking for ways to get better. That’s how you win.

P.S. Our ACE Peer Group program has helped 96 companies—and counting—to drive progress and get the results they need. Our members tell us it’s literally life-changing.

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