It’s a tough, but courageous decision when you have performed consistently well for your green industry employer and feel you have earned a raise. Here’s a few tips that may guide you toward evaluating when the time is right... Learn More … [Read more...]
Strategic People Planning
By: Larry Fish, President I have found one of the toughest issues facing the owner of a growing landscape business is the challenge of building succession into the business by selecting and hiring people who will help the business survive long term. This is a tough, time-consuming effort because … [Read more...]
Spotting Your “Best and Brightest”
By: Larry Fish, President The most pleasurable part of my job is the opportunity to interact with the best people in the green industry, and draw from their knowledge base regarding important people issues facing them now and in the future. One of those critical issues that prevails year after … [Read more...]
Ratio, Ratio, On The Wall, What’s The Most Important Of Them All?
By: Larry Fish, President Take it from me, I know the value of understanding the numbers side of our business. Sales, profit, pricing, budget to actual, projections, re-forecasting, plus the myriad of other transactions that take place in a business make it difficult to stay on top of important … [Read more...]
Does Your Business Still Fit In 2017?
By: Larry Fish, President Have you had this experience? One morning you wake up and put on that jacket or other article of clothing that used to fit so well only to find that, suddenly, it feels very tight around the shoulders and waist. The first reaction is to call the cleaners and see if that … [Read more...]
Who are the REAL heroes?
By: Larry Fish, President With the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor approaching on December 7th, it caused me to reflect on many of the things for which we should all be thankful. My thoughts were crystallized this year by comments that were made by a business associate of mine in … [Read more...]