Operations: Set Your Team Up for Efficient Work from the Start

Efficiency is the name of the landscaping game, and creating a smart site plan is step one. In this episode, Marty Grunder details how they plan their work for Grunder Landscaping crews so that they can arrive onsite and get to work quickly.

Discussion Points:

• The old adage, “All planning is good”
• Planning - the great differentiator
• A story about a poor morning rollout in Dallas
• Finding and keeping talent - the number one problem
• The little things that help any landscaping job
• Team and Group Leaders partnering with production
• Planning the night before for morning rollouts
• Biggest wastes of time
• Streamlined loading process and plant labeling
• LandscapeHub and SiteOne
• GPS monitoring of your trucks
• Reward and incentivize the behavior you want
• Study others who do well- visit your peer companies
• Join us in Des Moines at the GROW Conference Feb 2024

The Grow Show podcast is sponsored by STIHL and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business.

Resources:

Landscape Hub

SiteOne Landscape Supply

GROW! Conference Feb 2024

The Grow Group

Grunder Landscaping

Marty Grunder LinkedIn

STIHL