I recently had the pleasure of having Dr. Phil Allen spend a day with me at Grunder Landscaping, where we talked about what it takes to attract top talent to the green industry. An accomplished horticulturalist, a good friend, and a great guy, Dr. Phil is a professor of landscape management at Brigham Young.

All of us at The Grow Group are just back from an exciting few days of presenting, learning, and having fun at GIE. We got to debut our new name and logo and our new website with the crowd there, and we’re genuinely touched by the enthusiastic response we’ve received. If there’s a more supportive industry than the.

I am thrilled to announce Marty Grunder! Inc. will officially become The Grow Group this week, with a whole new look and a renewed focus on what we do best and care about most: helping ambitious landscape pros like you to grow and reach your dreams. As many of you know, my team at MGI has grown significantly over the.

Landscape Management October 2018 By Marty Grunder Welcome to fall and to my first column in Landscape Management. I will be here each month, sharing with you my insights as CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC) and as a coach and consultant to ambitious landscape pros all over the country. I am always looking for ways.

We just had our second of three Grunder Landscaping Co. Fall Field Trips this week and honestly I can’t speak more highly of the folks we’ve seen come through this year and what they mean for our industry. Whether they’re from a small company just finding its wings or farther along and looking for an edge, they have.

Hard to believe, but it’s now October and we’re officially headed right into the heart of fall. I love this time of year with it’s cooler weather, Bengals football (never give up on your hometown team!), and Thanksgiving just around the corner. The craziness of summer is dying down for most of us landscape pros, but.

“Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” These words of wisdom come from the late, great management guru Peter Drucker, and for me they really hit home. Because while there are many strategies for improving your business, you won’t succeed at any of them if you don’t first figure out how to manage your.

As we all know, financials are the ultimate scorecard in business, telling us exactly how well we’re doing and where we need to improve or tighten up. That’s why we work diligently with all our ACE Peer Group members to measure and manage their key financial metrics. Often owners focus on their profit-and-loss.

As owners grow their businesses, one challenge they face is how to remain connected to their team members and how to ensure the company culture does not get eroded as they add more and more people to the payroll. What comes naturally when you’re small gets considerably more complicated as you scale up. I have.

Lawn & Landscape September 2018 By Marty Grunder Eight months ago, I made the biggest change I’ve ever made in my company and in my career. I took the reins of Grunder Landscaping and placed them firmly in the hands of my right-hand man Seth. Overnight, I went from having nine direct reports to just one. I went from.