Immigration has been a controversial subject within the green industry for years. Federal, stated, and local laws frequently pose a direct conflict for business owners who do not want to […]
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Knowledge is POWER! The more you learn the more you earn. If you want to succeed in any career the key is to work toward becoming an expert. The more knowledge you have […]
Have you held your annual planning meeting yet? If not, mark it on your calendar today. You need to take 1% of your time to plan the other 99%, right? […]
So you have a person you want to terminate from your company. There is no doubt about it, the person is a drag on the morale and many are complaining. […]
Don’t ever underestimate the importance of arranging to walk your client’s property – with your client. You’ve been hired to maintain their landscape and a walk with them a few […]
Owners and managers, you’re trying to get your work done — completely and profitably. You’re trying to control your expenses, and reduce non-billable labor hours that eat up your profits. You […]
Harvester Ed says, “We’re not in the landscaping business; rather, we’re in the people business who happen to do landscaping.” How true that is. The sooner we realize it, the […]
Join us as Harvester Steve helps us to answer a number of questions that he gets about when your people are, “on or off the clock”. In this quick flick he’s going […]
The Harvesters are in their second season on the Turn Around Tour with Lawn & Landscape Magazine and it has been a resounding success. If you followed us one company […]
Do you have some customers that complain about everything? Do you have some that don’t fit your customer profile any more? Do some take forever to pay and you’re not […]
The Harvesters talk about your customers… you know — the reason we’re in business. The question is, “are your customers happy?”… I mean totally happy. How do you know? I […]
The Harvesters talk about one of the keys to success in business and that’s having great loyal customers. But how is this accomplished? Watch as they give some personal examples […]
Owners that work only in their business never get a chance to work on it; to help create and implement the numerous systems and processes needed, build customer relationships and […]
Most companies have a ton of calls coming in their office during the spring and early summer of the year. Some of these calls are from folks who are “tire […]
Do you know why so many people are turned off by sales people? Do you know why so many proposals are not accepted by prospects? Do you know why some […]
As brought out in our video clip today, most companies don’t have full time trainers but this education needs to be done all the time. So, the question of the […]
Harvester Ed has a simple, yet powerful money saving, profit making idea. That’s all we’re going to say. Watch this short video and check it out for yourself. You’ll be glad […]
The Harvesters interviewed Antonio Zeppa at the last NALP convention in Louisville, KY last October. He had no idea they were going to interview him on camera and they had […]
The Harvesters are featuring an eye-opening book by Simon Sinek called, “Start With Why”. Why? Because it’s the Why that is the great differentiator in your company. What does Sinek […]
The majority of companies don’t set goals, should they? YES! It’s important to set company goals, crew goals, personal goals? Watch the Harvesters brief clip today as they give us some excellent reminders […]
From sunny California, the Harvesters are going to suggest that once a year you survey your people. They are going to reveal why this is a good idea and offer some […]
Most landscape companies will be hiring to fill new or vacant positions in the next few weeks. The question is, have you created “selection criteria” for each of these positions? […]
The Harvesters are going to talk about change and innovation, their slogan is “Change or Be Changed”. If we stand still we will be left behind, like typewriters, beepers, dial […]
This week the Harvesters are talking with Jay Murray the owner of Greenius an on line company that does equipment and safety training. Jay is also president of a substantial […]
In our last post, the Harvesters featured a relatively new product that many believe will sweep the country. Let’s look as another one of these products that may just whip many companies into […]