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Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 2 – The Bad Most companies have an employee handbook. Unfortunately, many of those employee handbooks lack professional quality, legal […]
You might have seen information about these tours in Lawn & Landscape magazine or maybe from the Harvesters but if you haven’t check it out. The tours are called, Backstage Pass. […]
Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 1 – The Good An employee handbook is the administrative cornerstone of an organization’s communication strategy with its employees, the […]
Don’t you love the signs that say, “We guarantee fast service, no matter how long it takes”. That’s too funny. But guarantees, real guarantees do matter. Companies that guarantee their work […]
Investigate Before You Terminate A business owner from Maryland called me the other day for approval to terminate an employee who allegedly used drugs on company time. The owner was […]
Without realizing it we negotiate quite a bit in our personal and business life. Our children, especially teenagers test our negotiation skills, as well as our mates, vendors, subcontractors, clients, […]
Tracking Workers’ Compensation Claims A business owner from Colorado called me the other day and asked me to help his Office Manager get her arms around the workers’ compensation claims […]
A business owner from Illinois called me the other day and told me that she just received a No Match Letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Given the potential […]
The Harvesters have found over the years that most companies don’t produce accurate estimates. After all, estimates are what prices are based on, so if they’re not correct how could […]
A business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day, and told me that one of his key employees has made various comments about suicide as an end to his […]
A business owner from Georgia called me the other day, and requested guidance about how to prepare for an audit by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Among other issues, I […]
This week The Harvesters are in Fort Worth, TX with Craig McNitt the Director of Commercial Maintenance for Earthtones Landscaping. Craig is a veteran landscape professional heading up the company’s […]
Can You Help? – Register for GreenCare for Troops TODAY! Head Harvesters Cindy and Fred are going to talk about how you can help deployed military families with their lawn […]
The Harvesters are having some fun on the golf course but they really are talking about a pretty serious subject, how much is your company worth? There is a lot […]
Do the Harvesters have a great hiring tip for you today. It’s so simple but so overlooked. Watch this 2-minute clip and see if it applies to you. Hoping this […]
Whether you are buying or selling a company the information that Harvesters Alison, Bill and Ed are talking about really rings true. As you view this video think about whether […]
The Harvesters have visited more than one company where the owner responded to their question, “Have you had your I-9 forms checked?” And they respond, “I-9 form, what’s an I-9 […]
Harvesters Fred & Ed are going to talk about a very important subject in their video today and that’s one sure way to elicit trust in your organization or screw […]
Hey check out Harvesters Chris and Ed as they talk about how you can access all Harvest materials from your mobile phone from their own app and it’s FREE! Check out […]
In our brief video Harvester Alison has got some good advice for owners thinking about selling their company. She is partners with Harvester Ed & Bill in Harvest the GREEN Partners, […]
Watch as Harvester Steve leads the Harvesters in a funny but meaningful exercise at their planning retreat a few weeks ago in St Louis. Most organizations think they have alignment, […]
In our brief clip today, please meet Harvester Cindy Code and Harvester Fred Haskett. Cindy is the Executive Director of Project EverGreen and Fred serves on its Board of Directors. […]
The Harvesters are continuing their tour of Park West Companies in Southern California. In this video, they are interviewing Juan Garcia the Fleet Manager for the Orange County Region. Juan […]
The Harvesters and Lawn & Landscape Magazine have partnered to create, Backstage Pass. Verizon Connect agreed to sponsor this unique event so landscapers throughout the country could see “best in class” […]