Craig Cowden

The author is vice president of the Horizon Horticultural Group. Founded in 1992, Horizon manages a family of horticultural related companies serving customers throughout the Southeast. Based in Vero Beach Florida, Craig has become adept at dodging both crazy drivers and stubborn hurricanes. Contact him at craig.cowden@horizonhortgroup.com or 772/562-5789.

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Eliminate conflicts within your team; you have enough to deal with outside of it.