How do you keep your teams focused and moving forward during the dog days of summer?
Landscape Professionals:
Paul Fraynd
Sun Valley Landscaping
Omaha, Neb.
“Each quarter, we play mini-games to focus the team on key priorities. In summer, it’s about connecting with customers through online reviews and celebrating quality work, channeling our energy into what we love!”
Justin White
K&D Landscaping
Watsonville, Calif.
“It starts with quarterly planning sessions to ensure the company’s goals are clear. Throughout the season, we celebrate success at every opportunity, ensuring we are providing daily recognition to stay on track with our goals”
Industry Consultants
The Grow Group
Dayton, Ohio
“Constantly talk about what matters the most. Share the objectives for the year and the score so the team knows how you are doing. Use your emotional intelligence to be the kind of leader others want to follow. Stay engaged, focus on and support your team and show by your own actions — not just your words— what matters the most.”
Tito Caceres
Bloom Talent Solutions
Coral Gables, Fla.
“The heat might be unavoidable during the summer, but stagnation isn’t. From a recruiting/HR perspective, one thing that has worked for great companies we’ve worked with is to turn summer into a culture moment. Share team wins … and celebrate with appreciation cookouts. These things build pride in the team and help future hiring by showing what it’s like to work with you.”
Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott Consulting
New Orleans, La.
“Individually, every employee has their own needs and obstacles at work and home. Staying personally connected (by an employee’s leader) will help each person, and thus your entire company, to survive — and thrive — after 100 days of hell.”
