Grow with Grunder: Are your crews wasting valuable time and money in the morning?
Marty Grunder explains how a more efficient morning of clocking in and getting crews to the job site without any pit stops can save valuable time and money. read more
High Performance: Jumping in the pool
C’mon. Jump in. It will be fine. Or not. Too often in our industry, new hires are expected to jump into the pool to see if they will sink or swim. Some figure it out. Others don’t. With a severe labor shortage, this approach to new hire onboarding and training is surprisingly commonplace. There is a better way. I understand... read more
Grow with Grunder: How do you train new hires for success?
Not everyone you hire will have experience. Marty Grunder discusses the three steps Grunder Landscaping Co. takes to train new hires for success. read more
Profit Power: 3 predictions for the future of the landscape industry
Here are three predictions from Jeffrey Scott for the future of the landscape industry. Prediction 1: Company owners will increasingly sell to their employees. As the baby boomers head toward retirement, there is an unprecedented need for transitioning ownership of landscape and related green industry businesses. While this has given rise to outside money buying up landscape businesses, it will... read more
High Performance: Managing the daily disaster
In our industry, something bad happens almost every day. Someone is going to make a bad decision. Some machine is going to fail. Some customer is going to lose their mind. Some vendor is going to let you down. Someone is not going to show up for work. Disaster may be too strong of a word but is there ever... read more
