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 […]
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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 […]
The Harvesters are at the Verizon Connect booth in Louisville, KY at LANDSCAPES-2019 with Rebecca Anderson, Sr. Business Development Manager and Kevin Schwartz, Fleet Management Consultant. Watch as they share […]
Most landscape contractors use sub-contractors in their business. They are necessary for most operations because of limited expertise and equipment. In most cases, the relationship between contractor and subs are […]
Top 10 Most Important Human Resources Documents It is common knowledge that human resources is becoming increasingly bureaucratic, well beyond its original overwhelming level of paperwork, regulations, and guidelines. While […]
Improve the Legal Defensibility of your Time Sheet A business owner in California contacted me recently because one of his non-exempt employees complained that he had not received his legally-mandated […]
Owning a landscaping business brings on stress, you can’t help it. People deal with stress in different ways but one thing for sure sustained stress is very unhealthy. So what […]
The Harvesters visit numerous companies and one of the common problems they find is owners don’t delegate enough. They are so used to doing it, doing it, doing it, it’s […]
Performance Management Documentation A business owner from California contacted me the other day to discuss a disciplinary matter regarding one of his non-exempt field employees who refused to complete a […]
No matter how hard we try we are going to lose jobs, and that hurts. If we sense there is a problem with a job we need to jump on […]
ABCD Coaching Model A business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day, and requested guidance about how to handle a problem employee. The owner told me that one of […]
Last week Harvesters Bill & Ed toured the Headquarters of Corona Tools, in Corona, California. Wow, were they in for a surprise. Before the tour they thought Corona was a […]
Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 3 – The Ugly Some employee handbooks represent more risk than reward to a company. Extreme carelessness, lack of legal […]
Business is not easy, it never was. Competition is tough, finding good people to do the work is even more difficult. And then the customers. Most are great but there […]