Basic Wage and Salary Ranges Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Minnesota called me the other day to talk about his company’s compensation plan to accommodate the difficult labor […]
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A few weekends ago a large group of our family gathered to celebrate together for the first time in a long while. (Since COVID started over a year ago.) We […]
The Changing Role of the Account Manager Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A savvy business owner from Maryland called me the other day to talk about his company’s career ladder (e.g., staffing, […]
Most of the landscape business owners I speak with have been preparing informally for their exit from the business for years. They have been putting money aside, making investments, and […]
Basic Wage and Hour Legal Compliance Issues Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A landscaper from California called me the other day to talk about various wage and hour, timekeeping, and compensation issues. […]
I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon by Stephen Crane I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the […]
The Seven-Day Rule of Employee Documentation Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business executive from California called me the other day to talk about an urgent need to terminate an employee immediately. […]
Benefits Questions for Your Workers’ Compensation Provider? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A landscaper from Pennsylvania called me the other day to talk about a recent spate of employee injuries that occurred […]
The executive/leadership team’s value Part 2 of 2 – How should you pay your executives to help you get there? In last week’s blog, we covered the variety of exit […]
What Should I Do? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A frustrated business owner from Florida called me the other day to vent about a recent incident that occurred at his company. You […]
Preparing your company for your exit strategy? Part I of 2 –When/How is the leadership team important? If you are one of the many thousands of baby boomers who built […]
Be Careful When Considering an Independent Contractor Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A landscaper from New Jersey called me the other day to talk about a business proposal her company received from […]
For Main Street (enterprise value $0-$2M) and Lower Middle Market Businesses ($2M – $50M) Input from business advisers* surveyed this quarter reinforces the message that the current M&A market […]
Switzerland Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Wisconsin called me the other to talk about a sensitive dispute between two female employees, one an aggressive bi-sexual (i.e., Mary), the […]
I remember hearing a speaker ask a group of about 100 high-achieving salespeople this question. For some reason, they talked all around the answer, but no one offered the answer […]
Focus on the Behaviors, Not the Number Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A landscaper from Pennsylvania called me the other day to discuss appropriate methods for coaching employees on how to achieve […]
Over the past 18 months, I have spoken to many landscape company owners who have found that the disruption of the COVID protocols acted as a catalyst for positive change […]