Every year on Thanksgiving, I try to take a moment to appreciate how far we've come in the past year and all that I have in my life to be grateful for. My health, my family, a job that I love, team members who work hard day in and day out, and a community like all of you, too.

Marty and I were in Des Moines, IA this week for a site visit as we prepare for GROW! 2024 on February 6-8, 2023. We visited RJ Lawn & Landscape, our tour hosts, did a walk-through of what will be our event space, and enjoyed the city. Here are my thoughts as I sit in the airport waiting for my flight home:

On Halloween, the first flurries of the season fell on trick-or-treaters in Dayton, and reminded us all that winter is coming and our first snow event is just around the corner.

How a Monday Morning Safety Check Can Make Your Landscaping Team More Efficient Our team minimizes downtime and maximizes efficiency by staying on top of the maintenance needs for our trucks and equipment. We do not have a full-time mechanic on staff, but we do have a Fleet Manager who manages simple maintenance and.

Selling enhancement work drives up your revenue per property, which can be a great thing for your company's profitability. But how do you find more enhancement work? What do you look for?

What Leadership Teams Can Do To Make Systems that Work for Their Landscaping Team You've probably heard me poke fun at myself for the amount of systems we've had at Grunder Landscaping Co. At one time, we had a written process for replacing the paper towels in the bathroom. We were writing out exactly how we wanted.

How Landscaping Companies Can Overcome a Language Barrier When Training Their Team Did you know that PowerPoint has a translation feature built into it?

We often get asked by attendees at our Grunder Landscaping Co. how we get our team members to keep our trucks clean

Selling more to the clients you already know can be a faster way to increase your revenue than starting from scratch with new leads. As you heard last week, our team has been working hard at Grunder Landscaping Co. to sell more to hit our goal for this year and lay a strong foundation for next year.

When our sales backlog dips below a set revenue metric, our team at Grunder Landscaping Co. brings back something we call Extreme Sales Huddles.