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Marty Grunder

Marty Grunder is president and CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co. and The Grow Group, based in Dayton, Ohio.

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Grow with Grunder: Help your team smile

Marty Grunder explains what Grunder Landscaping Co. is planning for employees instead of its annual holiday party for 2020.

Budget for 2021 with our four-week plan

Marty Grunder of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co. spells out how landscaping companies can budget for 2021 using a four-week plan.

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Lay the foundation for a strong 2021

LM Columnist Marty Grunder describes three things landscape professionals can do to lay the foundation for a strong 2021.

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Grow with Grunder: Stay on top of your business strategy

Marty Grunder shares how his company executes its business strategy. He says strategy is what you’re going to do, and what you’re not going to do.

How to manage underperforming team members

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder explains how to handle underperforming team members. Hint: Part of the key is to remain calm.

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Grow with Grunder: Don’t lose good team members

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder explains how Grunder Landscaping Co. has managed to retain its best team members.

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Grow with Grunder: Get all-in with snow removal

Learn why Marty Grunder, CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co., is thinking snow removal in September and how planning can help 2021 be your best year ever.

Grow with Grunder: How to use Zoom to win sales

In my 37-year career in the landscaping industry, most of my sales calls have been in person, and until very recently I didn’t even know what Zoom was. Sure, we’d done a sales presentation or two remotely, but we didn’t have any real process or system for it. That all changed dramatically this spring when […]

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Lessons in efficiency

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder lays out a few efficiencies his company, Grunder Landscaping Co., has gleaned so far in 2020.

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Grow with Grunder: Make plans for the rest of the year

It’s August, and Marty Grunder advises landscape companies to keep their foot on the gas and make plans for property, equipment and people.

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Grow with Grunder: Let compliments outshine criticism

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder explains why it’s important for owners and manage to let compliments outshine criticism.

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How to improve your profitability with every job you do

Profitability is what fuels our landscaping businesses and our longterm success. It enables us to provide more for our teams, to purchase new tools and trucks, to give back to our communities and to GROW. For all of these reasons, profitability should matter to the whole team and not just to the CEO. The good […]

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Grow with Grunder: How to increase your revenue per client

One metric we watch closely at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC) is our average revenue per client. It’s, of course, critical to proactively and continually seek new prospects, but your current client base can also be an important source of additional revenue if you’re smart and intentional about it. Here are three tactics we take at […]

Grow with Grunder: Brighter days are ahead in the landscape industry

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder explains why brighter days are ahead for the whole of the landscaping industry.

Grow with Grunder: Are you making this management mistake?

This time of year, many landscaping companies are at their busiest, and owners and managers are often at their most stressed. With so much on the line, you’re intently focused on execution — you have to be! — so when a team member doesn’t perform a task or deliver on a project the way you […]

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Grow with Grunder: Communicate well with your team

How are you leading and communicating with your team these days? Marty Grunder talks about how he’s implemented effective team communication during the pandemic.

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Grow with Grunder: Focus on what you can control

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder describes how landscape company owners and managers should focus on the items they can control.

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Grow with Grunder: How to improve your team’s performance

At The Grow Group, the coaching and consulting firm I lead, we frequently hear a version of the same story from the owners of landscaping companies. It goes like this: The owner has big plans for their business. They know the market potential is there, they know how to sell and deliver jobs efficiently, and […]

How to win in good times and in bad

Landscape Management columnist Marty Grunder of Grunder Landscaping Co. explains how to make sure your company wins in good times and in bad times.

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Grow with Grunder: Stay above the turbulence 

I know from my work at The Grow Group, coaching and consulting with landscaping companies around the country, that there has been a wide range of responses to the coronavirus. Some areas and businesses have scarcely been impacted at all, while others have had to cease operating altogether. At Grunder Landscaping Co., we did not […]

Grow with Grunder: Be the leader your team needs

With spring about to bloom, everyone in our industry is going to get incredibly busy. Most companies I know are continuing to grow — some quite rapidly — as the economy keeps humming along and demand for our services remains strong. These are good problems to have, of course, but they can also lead to […]

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The mistake many companies will make in 2020

Recently I read an article in the New York Times about the ambitious plans Sweetgreen, a chain of salad restaurants, has embarked on. Started in 2007 by a group of young college grads with a single storefront in D.C., the company was an early success; today it boasts 103 outlets and an astounding valuation of […]

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Grow with Grunder: The Loving way

My team at The Grow Group, the green industry consultancy I run, is busy now putting the finishing touches on our annual conference. Scheduled for Feb. 24-26 in Charlotte, N.C., Grow! 2020 will bring together landscape pros from around the country for three days of interactive programming focused on real-world solutions to the challenges owners […]

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The keys to success in 2020 and beyond

My team at The Grow Group, the green industry consultancy I run, is hard at work right now gearing up for our Grow! Annual Conference for landscape pros who are serious about moving their careers and their businesses forward. Scheduled for Feb. 24-26 in Charlotte, N.C., the 2020 conference will be my 25th year putting […]

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