How Do Landscapers Implement Changes Successfully? On my podcast, The Grow Show Powered by STIHL, in May, I had my longtime mentor and friend Ed Eppley join me to talk about the state of work in our country right now and what teams should be doing to drive results and foster positive company culture.

Are You Taking Care of Yourself, too? In the past few years, many landscaping companies have been able to get by with their salespeople functioning more as "order takers." Our clients, and potential clients, are contacting us with their needs and we are fulfilling their orders.

Are You Taking Care of Yourself, too? Every year around this time I ask you the series of questions below and ask you to think about where your life and business are heading. Ask yourself these questions and see where you stand: When was the last time you went to a breakfast or lunch with your top team members and.

How Grunder Landscaping Co. Fixed Mistakes What do you do when your crew, or your sales team, messes up?

Do Your Landscaping Company's Process Allow for Strong Relationships? In my view, everything we do as landscape professionals is all about relationships. The relationships we have with clients, prospects, and our community help us to sell, and the relationships we have within our team and with subcontractors help us.

Recent Graduates Know: Hard Goals Require Hard Work Grow Group Vice President Vince Torchia graduated from Syracuse University College of Law on May 5, and our team couldn't be prouder. Some of you may know this, but he's been attending law school while still working full-time in his role at The Grow Group. Taking.

What the Landscaping Projects You're Proud of Say About Your Company Doing work that you're proud of is something that I hope every landscape professional reading this can say they do. We all work hard, and whether your company installs huge, intricate landscaping and hardscaping on residential estates or does.

As the weather warms up across the country and our schedules get busier, it gets a lot easier to get frustrated. Crews are working longer hours, salespeople are going on more sales visits, managers are dealing with onboarding new team members, and all-around tension is just higher.

Those of you who joined us at GROW! 2023 in San Antonio, TX in February got a sneak peek at what was coming next, and now we're excited to let our entire community know about a new way to continue learning and growing their landscaping business: The Grow Show, powered by STIHL officially launched this week.

Scale Up Your Landscaping Company Without Losing What Makes You Special From the outside looking in, it's clear to us that Russell Landscape does two things really, really well: they operate efficiently to make scaling possible, and they maintain relationships with their team and clients.