By: Larry Fish, President How many business owners know the exact reasons why so many managers and supervisors at their respective companies leave shortly after they are hired? And what about those situations that seem to get off on a very positive note and then veer quickly to a negative end? … [Read more...]
Being Aware and Taking Care in 2018
By: Larry Fish, President Over the last 22 years, GreenSearch has conducted seminars and contributed articles for a number of landscape and green industry oriented trade associations and publications. Rarely do we get an overload of feedback in terms of companies putting actionable effort forth … [Read more...]
Essential Employee Communications
By: Larry Fish, President Would you like to improve overall employee communications and at the same time hold your employees accountable for their behavior? Would you like your managers and supervisors to be more consistent and impartial in their dealings with employees? Would you like to get … [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...]
Passing the Torch – Don’t let it go out!
By: Larry Fish, President The stage had been set. The company’s founder and patriarch was getting ready to remove himself from the business and pass it on to his son. The son had been working in the business for a while and both of them felt comfortable about the transition of power that was … [Read more...]
Caffeinated Leadership in the Green Industry
By: Larry Fish, President At GreenSearch®, we meet a number of interesting and successful people in our line of work. This most often includes interacting with small to medium size landscape business owners, and in many cases the nature of our assignments gives us an opportunity to observe how … [Read more...]