I often remind my team at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC) and my fellow landscape pros that good managers make good decisions with good information. When we pay attention to the right metrics and when our data is good, we can make smart decisions.

Happy last day of 2023!

Transparency with our entire team at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC) has been something that has dramatically improved our company culture since we implemented what we call our monthly Grow Meeting. As part of this meeting, we share financial information, key performance indicators, and plans and goals with our team.

At The Grow Group and at Grunder Landscaping Co., we believe the secret to success lies within constantly trying to improve and get better at what we do. Finding efficiencies within our landscaping businesses, following trends in design and maintenance, investing in training for our teams, and capitalizing on the.

Over the last month, we have had many of our Summer ACE Peer Group meetings that we run in partnership with our friends at McFarlin Stanford. It's always a great time to reconnect, prioritize, and get a game plan for success.

Budgeting season is approaching, and for many companies, it is already under way. Whether you like budgets or not, you have no doubt heard the motto " All Planning is Good". This is especially true as you look ahead and make plans for 2024.

When we start talking about financial benchmarks, you’ll often hear me say “it depends.” Different companies allocate costs in different ways and different business mixes have different benchmarks for success which means you can't always compare apples to apples. While we do this for some of the metrics we look at and.

We Learn Best When We GROW Together What a great week we had in San Antonio. A week of sharing ideas, reconnecting with friends and learning new ways to move our businesses forward.

Rally Your Landscaping Team Around a Common Goal: What's Your Super Bowl? What's the goal of every team in the NFL? It's to win the Super Bowl, right?

Fundamental Lessons to Help Your Landscaping Business Thrive There's been a lot of talk and speculation about the economy recently. Are we headed for a recession? How do we plan for the year ahead with uncertainty in supply chains and logistics? What if demand does stay high, how do we plan for that?