Landscape pros are super busy right now as we try like mad to finish the season on a high note. But nonstop work and worry can impede success rather than lead to it. Here Marty reminds us of the value in slowing down, taking stock, and sneaking a good nap. <br/> Take some time for yourself and.

Lawn & Landscape September 2017 By Marty Grunder This past spring I got thrown for a bit of a loop when the head of my maintenance division informed me we had lost the account of one of our longtime clients. It was a blow to our company financially and, frankly, it was a blow to me personally. No one likes to lose out.

Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association The Buckeye September/October 2017 By Marty Grunder The other day I came across a short interview in the New York Times with John Zimmer, the president of Lyft, the ride-hailing service and Uber competitor. In five years’ time, Zimmer has grown his company from 30 people to some.

Recently my landscaping company lost out on a maintenance contract for a home owners association we had bid on. The homes in this association are beautiful, million-dollar properties and, it seems fair to assume, the owners are all invested—quite literally—in their appearance and upkeep. We were confident we had put.

The talk in my family these days is all about school. My wife, Lisa, and I are just back from getting two of our daughters set up for another year at college. Our son has just begun his junior year of high school. And Lisa has an energetic class of 26 new kindergartners to shepherd through their first year of school..

This post comes from Grow Group coach Matt Caruso, founder and president of Decra-Scape, a leading hardscape firm in Michigan. Anyone who knows our team of coaches at MGI knows we’re big on vision. Your vision is your company’s ideal state, the destination to which you’re driving. If you’re not clear where exactly.

The Landscaping Equipment that Makes Crews More Efficient There’s a lot that goes into running an efficient landscaping operation. A motivated, well-trained team. Systems that save time. A culture of accountability. Measuring the right performance indicators, and then using those metrics to drive results. Equipment.

Lawn & Landscape August 2017 By Marty Grunder “It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” –Paul Graham The other week I came across this quote from Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, a leading provider of seed funding for start-ups in Silicon Valley. Graham and team count.

When I speak with our industry’s business owners, I often hear a familiar complaint. Their teams, they grumble, just won’t do what they’re supposed to do. Their crews, they grouse, just don’t seem to care. How can they get their teams to change? My answer? Listen. Listen to yourself and how you talk about the problem..

My MGI colleague Jim Cali is a master of tactics, always at the ready with a fresh approach to the kinds of organizational problems that vex us all. In this video Jim shares with us the 5/10 Rule, a straightforward standard that’s easy to implement but that can have a profound effect on how you and your team.