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Bonus Program Outline Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Texas called me the other day to talk about his plan to implement a bonus program for his Enhancements Foremen. […]
Repaying Advanced Time Off Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Ohio called me the other day to talk about a situation many of us have encountered: Giving employees an […]
Sellers, do you have a buyer? Don’t assume the answer is yes. And, if you don’t, what can you do about it? Even in “Seller’s Markets,” there are some landscape […]
Ransomware Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Illinois called me the other day to share a horrible story that affected his company, though it began in a very innocuous […]
Thinking of Selling Your Company? Here are the answers to the top five questions sellers ask me most. In all cases, I could answer “It depends”. But, for the […]
The 3-Step Performance Management Process Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A landscaper from Ohio contacted me the other day to talk about various employee disciplinary issues. His valid concerns centered on avoiding […]
A Supervisor is Not Always a Supervisor Steven Cesare, Ph.D. [email protected] An astute business owner from Delaware called me the other day to talk about his company’s performance management […]
Work In The Present To deal with fear and uncertainty during a period of change, focus on what you can control. In my previous post, “Never Lie,” the VP […]
What should I tell my VP of Sales who just told me he heard our company is for sale? These days there are plenty of reasons for your employees to […]
Employer Pull Notice Program Steven Cesare, Ph.D. [email protected] A business owner from Kentucky called me the other day to talk about a vehicle accident that involved a company truck […]
How do buyers find companies for sale, anyway? I am often asked by landscape business owners about how a potential buyer makes decisions about which companies they are interested in […]
Strategic Suspension Steven Cesare, Ph.D. [email protected] A business owner from Iowa called me the other to talk about general human resources issues during which time the conversation evolved to […]
How to interpret an offer (in the form of an Indication of Interest or Letter of Intent) Before you receive a preliminary offer letter from a potential buyer, you […]
Standards vs. Expectations Steven Cesare, Ph.D. [email protected] A business owner from Florida called me the other day ostensibly to talk about human resources issues, though that was a thinly […]
Looking at a blank space with no infrastructure, no trees or boundaries leaves me wondering where to start. I am the same way with a blank piece of paper. I […]
Pulse Meetings Steven Cesare, Ph.D. [email protected] A landscaper from New Jersey called me the other day to talk about various issues related to organizational communication. We all know that […]