LandOpt Helps Contractors Survive “100 Days of Hell” It’s not too late to join the network for the 2022 season By Andrew Dickson, Vice President of Operations While most Americans look forward to spring, many landscape contractors dread...
From a summer job to a full-scale business It all began at the young age of 12 when Adam Mahon's love for the outdoors lead him to start his journey as a successful business owner. Adam...
Meet the New Boss Q&A with LandOpt President Jim Westover Jim Westover was appointed President in December 2021. He succeeded Don Evans who served as President for five years and remains a LandOpt board member. Westover most...
How One Landscaping Business Survived a Split Up, Started Over, and Thrived with a Financial Plan CEO of The Greathouse Company, Lee Greathouse has been involved in the landscaping business for more than 40 years. There...
The Power of Proactivity: How Looking Forward Helped One Business Owner Reprioritize Over two decades of operation, Belknap Landscape Company of Gilford, New Hampshire had always weathered the whirlwind of daily operations and customer demands with...
Calming the Whirlwind: One Contractor’s Journey Toward a Stronger Team and a Better Life Belknap Landscape Company was caught in the whirlwind. With each passing day, owner Hayden McLaughlin felt the organization he had grown and nurtured since 1989 begin to...
When Crisis Leads to Change: One Contractor’s Journey to Financial Freedom Sometimes, it takes a crisis to discover things need to change. The 2010 economic recession was exactly the crisis that served as the catalyst for...
He sat in the third row. Dressed in a button-down shirt neatly tucked into his jeans and emblazoned with his company’s name, he looked awake, alert, and ready to learn. Over the next few days,...
5 Tips to Get You Started Is it comforting to know CEOs and top managers of some of the most successful businesses struggle to understand basic accounting principles? Playing the numbers game is a privilege reserved...
Myths may have been useful for helping our ancient ancestors understand how the world works, but they are anything but useful in Human Resources. In fact, long-standing, deep-seated hiring and recruiting myths consistently and persistently prevent businesses from considering worthy candidates. Here are five that refuse...