Performance Management Through the Lens of a Landscape Contractor

Landscape contractors know all too well that employee issues take more and more of their time each day. Specifically, employee discipline, coaching and terminations are now more time consuming, bureaucratically demanding and legally complex than ever before. To make matters even more interesting, we all know those problems are not going to go away, and in fact are only going to get worse.

To help landscape contractors deal with these issues, The Harvest Group has developed a four-hour virtual seminar, designed for landscapers, to help them understand, address and improve the most frequently occurring performance management topics we face in the green industry.

Steve Cesare, head Harvester for human resources, will host that interactive seminar from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 21^st.

Tailored uniquely for landscape contractors, Harvester Steve will present valuable and applied information on how to coach employees, discipline them, conduct performance appraisals and terminate them properly. If you have ever attended one of Harvester Steve’s webinars, presentations, or events, you know you will be engaged, informed and entertained in a manner that promotes an ongoing partnership.

Here are some key points and tools you will experience as part of that seminar:

• Reposition the role of a supervisor as a coach;
• The legal link between the job description and performance appraisal form;
• Standard operating procedures related to verbal coaching, written reprimand, suspension and termination;
• Discussion of various coaching models;
• Administrative forms on topics like coaching, corrective discipline, incident report, and employee termination;
• The Top 40 things you should consider before deciding to terminate an employee;
• Detailed training on how to formally deliver an employee performance appraisal; and
• Prepare for future employee issues proactively using the performance planning matrix.

With that much targeted information on hand, we believe this event will definitely benefit you and your company well into the future.

Given your busy schedule, it would be a smart idea to sign up for that seminar now, get it added to your calendar, and prepare to receive a lot of useful information when the date arrives.