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Hear How Open Book Management And Transparency Build Great Landscape Company Culture

Ryan talks about open book management and how he’s used it to create a more accountable workforce and positive company culture within his business.

 

Talking Business With the People You Are in Business With

It seems that every time I turn on the TV, log into Facebook or hear someone talk about what’s happening in their world, I ask myself, “What the hell is [...]

11
Mar
Sharing the “Why Before the “How” is Critical to Your Growth, Success and Retaining Good Employees

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, [...]

13
Jan
Begin with the Right Leadership: Stop Working IN Your Business and Start Working ON Your Business

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 [...]

10
Dec
Strategic Planning is H.I.P – 10 Steps You MUST do for Success in 2022

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 [...]

09
Nov
With every set of hands I get a free brain! – OBM from an employee’s perspective

Oh, boy…is it that time again? It feels like I just posted an article last month, and already I am a few months behind on delivering this one! A problem, [...]

14
Oct
The People Part of Selling

“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 [...]

10
May
Huddles: Why They Create the Ultimate Place for Effective Team Communication

“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 [...]

04
Apr
Open Book Management: To Win the Game, You Need the Right Team

“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 [...]

16
Mar
Open Book Management: Connecting Your People With Profits

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 [...]

23
Feb
3 Not-So-Obvious Business OPERATIONS I Wish I’d Embraced Sooner…

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 [...]

15
Feb
High Involvement Planning: The Most Looked Forwarded to ALL-TEAM Huddle Of The Year!!!

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 [...]

18
Nov
Does your company have a North Star?

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 [...]

02
Nov
Ryan’s Presentation Video at LMN

Ryan put this together to show at the LMN Leaders Summit in 2018. It’s our team talking about why they like Open Book Management. [...]

17
Jun
How to Build Financial Scoreboards Your Employees Want to Follow

Financial and Non-Financial Scoreboards – our “jumbotrons” I loved playing sports in high school. I learned that teams worked well together on a common goal – winning the game – [...]

15
Jun
Stop Looking for Rockstars

(Why a Piece of Garbage Tells a Story) Full disclosure: I generally try to stay out of the way when it comes to hiring, because I’m not that good at [...]

29
Apr
How Good Leadership Sometimes Means Following Your Team

We all fall into this trap as entrepreneurs at some point. We get into the habit of thinking we have all the answers. We built the business…we’re the authority, right? [...]

29
Apr
The Art of Doing Good: A Smart Way to Improve Your Company Culture

We have a tagline at our landscaping company: Making Neighbours Jealous Since 1994. Our landscaping market is relatively small – a population of under 200,000 people share this gorgeous slice [...]

16
Apr