YOU MEAN EXEMPT, NOT SALARIED Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Wisconsin contacted me the other day to tell me that he wanted to make one of his “supervisors” […]
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Some owners don’t have GPS systems in their vehicles because they think it’s expensive but owners who have them installed save so much money and have so much control, they […]
DISCRETIONARY AND NON-DISCRETIONARY BONUSES Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from California contacted me the other day while he was developing his company compensation plan, and had a couple of […]
Harvester Bill talks with Angie who attended his Breakfast of Champions table in Louisville at NALP’S LANDSCAPES-2019. The subject of his table was, How to Recruit Needed People. Angie offers some […]
THE FLUCTUATING WORKWEEK Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Virginia contacted me the other day to discuss using the Fluctuating Workweek as a method for saving overtime wages normally […]
Harvester Bill is talking with David a client representative in the Chicago market for Mariani Landscaping. They are at the breakfast of champions at LANDSCAPES 2019. He sat in on […]
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK: START-STOP-KEEP Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Minnesota contacted me the other day to discuss his upcoming 90-day performance review with the new Office Manager. The Office […]
EMPLOYEE AS THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Massachusetts contacted me the other day to discuss a series of rumors he had heard about […]
In this quick video, watch as Harvester Alison talks with Nate Moses from Greenville, S.C. at LANDSCAPES-19, In Louisville, KY this Fall. The subject of their discussion that morning was […]
In the video today, Harvester Bill is talking with Lee one of the attendees at his Breakfast of Champions table at LANDSCAPES-19 in Louisville, KY this Fall. The subject was […]
EXEMPT EMPLOYEES DOCKING PAY AND DEDUCTING TIME Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Hawaii contacted me the other day to discuss an exempt employee who routinely leaves work early, […]
This week Harvester Steve Cesare talks with Kyle Onorato an account manager from Yard Apes in New Milford, Connecticut. Kyle sat in on Harvester Steve’s breakfast of champions table where […]
EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK DISTRIBUTION PROCESS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Maine contacted me the other day because we had just revised her Company’s Employee Handbook and now had to […]
The Harvesters are on he trade show floor in Louisville, KY talking with Johnathan Jouban the owner of Signature Estates Lawn and Landscaping from Spring City, Tennessee and his daughter […]
Sales Commission Agreements Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Minnesota contacted me the other day to discuss a proposed compensation plan for the company salesperson. During the discussion, I […]
The Harvesters interview Antonio Zeppa owner of Zeppa’s Landscaping Service, they’re at LANDSCAPES-19 in Louisville, KY on the trade show floor. Antonio shares numerous ideas he learned from the convention […]
FOUR-STEP INTERACTIVE PROCESS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. I was recently contacted by an Office Manager from a company in Georgia to discuss an apparent workers’ compensation issue. The Office Manager informed […]
Watch Head Harvester Ed talk with Joel Sullivan from Sullivan’s Landscaping in Delaware at the Louisville, KY LANDSCAPES-19 convention. Their subject was near and dear to all landscapers hearts, how […]
Today watch Harvester Alison, a partner in Harvest the GREEN Partners, Inc., a mergers and acquisition company, talk with Todd McCabe owner of Landscapes Unlimited in Wilmington, North Carolina. Todd […]
Fundamentals of a Tailgate Safety Program Safety is one of the primary concerns for all landscapers. A large part of that commitment to safety is an effective Tailgate Safety Program. […]
One question the Harvesters continuously get is, “what software do you recommend? Their answer WAS ALWAYS, “it depends”. It depends on your size, what you need it for, what type […]
Basic Tips for Conducting a Performance Evaluation A business owner from North Carolina called me the other day to discuss performance evaluations. Up until this point, the owner had not […]
The other day, a business owner from Florida contacted me to discuss a problem employee. The employee in question is a well-paid Account Manager who oversees multiple landscape maintenance and […]
Harvester Fred Haskett is talking with the COO of David J. Frank Landscape, John Joestgen. He attended Harvester Fred’s Breakfast of Champion table where he picked up one idea that […]
With the extremely tight labor market, the last thing we want to lose is our good people but it does happen. There is no point in having a strong recruiting […]