At the end of what has been another crazy year, with all the services to schedule, SOP’s to improve, planning, organizing, the downtime you should be taking, and so on, does the thought of taking time to talk about how IMPORTANT getting clear on and “Sharing your Why Before the How” seem to be a […]
Category Archives: Insights
Insights, Leadership, Open Book Management, Strategic Planning
Begin with the Right Leadership: Stop Working IN Your Business and Start Working ON Your Business
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Dec
Dec
The end of 2021 will mark my 27th year in the landscaping business. I’m not too sure if it is or isn’t funny how time flies! From the days of trying to keep the wolf away from the door while trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, to the […]
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Nov
Nov
Up until about 14 years ago when I first started to think about strategic planning around business operations at Creative Roots Landscaping, I had the idea that they were typically only divided into the front-end and back-end tasks that you and your team believe are a priority and must be performed in order to work […]
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May
May
“They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel” ~ Maya Angelou ~ I won’t claim to be an expert on selling in the traditional sense of the subject. Solely because in the 26 years Creative Roots Landscaping has been in business, I can probably count on one […]
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Apr
Apr
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” Jim Rohn Some of you might already know my story, but I will add a very brief history for those of you who don’t. I began in […]
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Mar
Mar
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” Jim Collins. “Take our best 20 people away, and I tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company.” Bill Gates About halfway through my 26 years as the owner of Creative Roots Landscaping, I started to hit the same roadblock that most overly ambitious, chaos-thriving, “I can […]
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Feb
Feb
The Wake-up Call “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” ~ African Proverb This article has all the elements of a well-written story – a plot, a setting, characters – along with conflict and resolution, and serves as an introduction to my journey and one of […]
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Feb
Feb
The famous French composer Claude Debussy said “Music is the silence between the notes.” Years ago, when I first started to think about business operations, I had the idea that they were typically only divided into the front-end and back-end tasks that you and your team believe are a priority and must be performed in […]
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Nov
Nov
Last week, the company I started over 25 years ago with a shovel, a truck and some elbow grease held its 12th High Involvement Planning (HIP for short) meeting. I want to tell you that if you are not having these you are missing out on a BIG opportunity. You did the math, right? So […]
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Nov
Nov
Before the luxury of GPS, stars led travelers home – and the North Star was a constant. If your team can’t point to your North Star, you might be having a hard time keeping your company on course. The Organizational North Star: A Purpose Statement It can be easy to get off course. Day-to-day routines […]