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The Ultimate Landscape CEO - Jeffrey Scott — 251 episodes
Overcoming Hard Lessons on Insurance, Arson, and Bad Partnership Agreements with Jason Lee
HR Leadership and People Solutions with Katie Magoon and Mitch Katz
LM150 Exposed: Why the Biggest Landscaping Companies Are Growing Fastest (And Some Are Shrinking) with Scott Hollister
Stop Chasing Competitors and Start Building a Category of One — Jeff Korhan’s Blueprint for Landscape Companies
How AI Is Cutting Landscape Estimating Time by 70% — Inside Bobyard with Founder Michael Ding
From Door Knocking to $20M+: Troy Clogg’s Blueprint for Building a Landscape Empire The Right Way
Building a Growth Machine: A Landscape Founder’s Raw Take on Leadership with Ivan Katz
Inside the Dual Leadership Structure at Great Lakes Landscape Design, with Desiree Bouchard & Ellen Moore
Beyond the Backyard: A Successful Pivot Into Home Building & Renovation – With Doug Taylor
Why Your Next Best Hire Might Be a Navy SEAL: Christian Ruf on Recruiting Veterans for the Trades
Virtual Assistants for Trades Companies: Supercharging your Sales, Operations, Admin and Customer Service, with Kelli Anh Shaw of HYRE
Gold Medal Leadership: 10 Olympic Lessons for Building a High-Performance Landscape Company
The Discipline of Growth: Using Continuous Improvement to Make Smarter Strategic Decisions with Chase Mullin
The Art to Setting Highly Effective Sales Goals and Achieving Massive Buy-In with Jeffrey Scott
The Innovative Spirit of Granum (LMN, Greenius and Single Ops) with new CEO Mark Sedgley
Setting Simple Personal Goals That Move The Needle with Jeffrey Scott
Fleet Management Software Explained by Dan Simpson of Fleetio
Aligning Budgets with Business Strategy: 10 Key Insights with Jeffrey Scott
Taking Big Risks with Wade and Dustin Vugteveen
Leadership & Growth Lessons from Aspire Software, with Mark Tipton and Eli Zevin
10 Steps to Financial Mastery for Landscape Entrepreneurs
Four Million in Four Years with Matthew Woolley
Growing Fast and Smart: The Power of Feedback and Clarity with Nate Moses
A Fully Subcontracted $2M Business with Phil Carnuccio
Part 2: Unlocking Team Potential: Coaching for Impact, with Jeffrey Scott and Mitch Katz
Part 1: Unlocking Team Potential: Coaching for Impact, with Jeffrey Scott and Mitch Katz
Building a Marketing Empire: Rob Murray’s Journey
Bid Build vs. Design Build: Navigating the Path to Success with Scott Frampton
Scaling Success: The Journey of John Munie
Recruiting Top Level Managers from Special Forces, with Christian Ruf
Leading with Purpose: Matt Knick on Culture, Clarity, and Core Values
They Ask, You Answer: The Secret to Content Marketing, with Marcus Sheridan
Crushing It With 2 Profitable Businesses In Different States with Jon Rick
The HR Advantage with Schill’s Chief People Officer, Mary Vales
Building a Legacy: The TLC Landscaping Journey with Dave Leff
From Restaurants to Landscaping: Building a winning culture with Jono Fries
Building A Successful Sales Team with Todd Hardy
Setting and Achieving Big Goals with Jerry Schill
Firing Half My Staff with Derek Wells
Ultimate Team Player with Donn Vidosh, Jr.
Building Two Brands with Zech Strauser
The Power of Visualization to Beat Cancer with Kristi DeLima
Selling or Retiring-In-Place with Jeffrey Scott
The Pivotal Role of the Second in Command with Desiree Bouchard
Surviving the Asheville Floods with John & Shane Phillips
Converting Design-Build to Maintenance with Jeffrey Scott
When and Why to Make Your Next Big Hire with Mitch Katz & Sean Baxter
Both Visionary and Integrator with Craig Attkisson
From Designer to CEO with Bryan Stolz
Zero Gas, Zero Toxins and Zero Compromise with Greyson Walldorff
“I am doing it my way” with Ivan Katz
The Visionary Consultant with Jim Paluch
The Stages of Growth with Ted Carter
The future of landscape maintenance with Electric Sheep: Nag Murty and Jarrett Herold
Artificial Turf & BBQ with Chad Simmons
Five Strategies for Growth with Larry Ryan
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk with Greg Crabtree
Trailblazing the tree industry with Dennise Vidosh
From Commercial to Residential with Ted Ventre
Lessons from 2023, Predictions for 2024, with Jeffrey Scott
More than a Father and Son Business, with Tim Johnson II
Overcoming Dyslexia with Marc Nissim
Walking the Talk, Giving Back with Jeffrey Scott
Taking Big Risks with Dustin and Wade Vugteveen
Drive and Compassion with Ted Lucia
The Straight Dirt from the original OG, Steve Griggs
Building a team and a profitable business with Scott Lamon
From GM to Owner with Matt Hunter
The Life-Changing Power of a Peer Group with Sean Baxter
Improving Your Marketing Impact with Justin Queen
The Future of Irrigation with Brodie Bruner
The Pool Market with Kevin Werbrich and Tim O’Connor
Strong Women in Lawn & Landscaping, with Loriena Harrington and Shanna Scordo
Setting Annual Goals with Chris DiStefano
18 Ways To Pivot with Jeffrey Scott
Thinking Outside The Box with Chris O’Bryan
A Life-Changing Snow Mobiling Accident with Mark Smith
Landcare’s Business Philosophy with Mike Bogan, Part 2
Vulnerable leadership with Paul Fraynd
Helping Employees Achieve Their Dreams with Mark Ables
The Power of Partners, with Brian Cuccaro and Brad Stephenson
Thriving in Snow with Troy Clogg
The Organic Growth Method with Mike Bogan
Should You Sell or Should You Buy with Jerry Schill
“What’s Jeffrey’s Story” with Jeffrey Scott
A Better Industry Future with Britt Wood
Transforming the Industry with Larry Ryan
Navigating An Uncertain Economy With Jeffrey Scott
Episode #198 Time and Materials with Kyle Cahill
Episode #197 Growing Weeders into Leaders with Jeff McManus
Episode #196 Growing Like a Hurricane with Chase Mullin
Episode #195 Methodical Growth and Deeper Focus with Matthew Gramer
#194 9 Ways To Kick Butt In The Heat Of The Season With Jeffrey Scott
#193 A Personal and Business Growth Journey with Sean Baxter
Episode #192 A 35 Year Run with Brian Ham
Episode #191 Economic Predictions for 2022 with Dr. Charlie Hall
Episode #190 Rolling Up with Technology and a People-First Strategy, with Keith Freeman
Episode #189 From Lawn Care to Robotic Mowing with Jennifer Lemcke
Episode 188 – 7 Lessons from 2021, 7 Questions for 2022, with Jeffrey Scott
Episode 187 – Building a Team of Super Foremen, with Brandon Lair
Episode 186 – Extreme Accountability Without Being Extreme with John Caramanico Jr.
Episode 185 – Hiring an HR Manager, with Arnie Arsenault and Dustin Wolfe
Episode 184 – The Peer Group Experience with Blair Walton
Episode 183 – Becoming A Second In Command with Dale Drier
Episode 182 – Building a Front-Line First Company with Joshua Gámez
Episode 181 – Recruiting, Retaining and Making Money in a Tight Labor Market with 2 Special Guests
Episode 180 – A Leadership Run Business with Krisjan Berzins
Episode 179 – Recruiting with Social Media with Matt Hiner
Episode 178 – Four Economic Drivers Impacting the Landscape Industry with Economist Dr. Charlie Hall
Episode 177 – Reinventing the Green Goods Supply Chain with Lisa Fiore
Episode #176 – From Military to President of Arbor Masters with Heather Dirksen
Episode #175 – 0-80M in 18 Years with Mike Haynes
Episode # 174 – Transforming a Paternalistic Culture and Gaining Freedom with John Puryear
Episode #173 – The Triple Threat of Process, Culture and Client Focus with Jeff Rossen
Episode #172 – Building Branches and Culture, Recruiting Science, and Giving Back with Todd Pugh
Episode #171 – From One Crew to $31M with Michael Hommel
Episode #170 – Using Throughput To Drive Profitability, with 3 Special Guests
Episode #169 – Selling Your Business to Private Equity with Kurt Bland
Episode #168 – Selling Highly Creative Design Build For High Profit with Traven Pelletier
Episode #167 – Hiring a COO and CEO with George Tucker
Episode #166 – Economic Predictions For 2021 With Economist Dr. Charlie Hall
Episode #165 – Live a Culture of Excellence; Pillar 2 from “Become A Destination Company®”
Episode #164 – Two Brothers Grow Residential Firm To $30M and 6 Branches with Kevin McHale
Episode #163 Vision Is An Action Verb; Pillar 1 from “Become A Destination Company®”
Episode #162 – Growing to $100M “Three Million at a Time” with Teddy Russell
Episode #161 Building a Driven, Caring $30M+ Company with Jason Craven
Episode #160 – Building An Effective Sales Team with Paul Reder
Episode #159 – The Future of Landscaping With Economist Dr. Charlie Hall
Episode #158 – Building A Multi-Ownership Team With Shawn Edwards
Episode #157 – The Power of Peer Accountability
Episode #156 – Why Growing to $20M (But Not $40M) Makes Sense
Episode #155 – Growing from $5M to $15M with Bob Drost
Episode #154 – The Magic of Zingerman’s and the Art of Diversification
Episode #153 – Staying Small While Scaling to $200M+ with Phil Key
Episode #152 – Growing Commercial Maintenance with Bob Grover
Episode #151 – Conversation With Frank Mariani, Owner of Mariani Landscape
Episode #150 – Your ego is sabotaging you
Episode #149 – Why leaders exploit opportunities
Episode #148 – The domino impact of accountability
Episode #147 – How to turbo-charge your strategic goals with this reframing tip
Episode #144 – My 2019 landscape industry prediction: #1
Episode #143 – What sets you apart?
Episode #142 – You should move every year
Episode #140 – The organization is the problem
Episode #139 – Low trust is strangling your company
Episode #138 – The Boeing Fiasco
Episode #137 – Costco or Amazon?
Episode #136 – Strong father strong daughter
Episode #135 – Take continual calculated risks
Episode #134 – Laugh everyday
Episode #133 – Have A players as direct reports
Episode #132 – Follow your own metrics
Episode #131 – Using courage and intuition
Episode #130 – Building your team to achieve your future
Episode #129 – Balancing Exuberant vs. Sage Advice
Episode #128 – Building financial security
Episode #127 – Test the Market
Episode #126 – The difficult conversation
Episode #125 – Why your strategy will fail
Episode #124 – Sales problem or a marketing problem
Episode #123 – Treat everyone like an owner
Episode #122 – It’s all about your leadership team
Episode #120 – Do Nice guys finish first?
Episode #119 – The genius of Peter Drucker
Episode #118 – Labor vs. Robots
Episode #115 – Lessons from the Red Sox
Episode #114 – Leadership is communication
Episode #113 – Are you bored with business?
Episode #112 – The myth of strategic planning
Episode #111 – How to decide your next hire
Episode #110 – Should you have a COO?
Episode #107 – Better systems or better managers?
Episode #106 – Do you have a compelling vision just like our founding fathers?
Episode #102 – Competing at 120 miles an hour
Episode #101 – Are your future customers in your future?
Episode #99 – Do you have a sales dream team?
Episode #98 – Three Transformational Growth Insights
Episode #97 – A players want to be measured
Episode #96 – Transforming from operator to owner
Episode #95 – Your sales and marketing is all wrong
Episode #94 – The inherent disadvantage in family business
Episode #93 – Are you selling the why or the what?
Episode #92 – The view from the top
Episode #90 – What makes you unique?
Episode #87 – 11 proven ways to develop leaders
Episode #85 – If you know it’s possible, you can do the impossible?
Episode #84 – When plan B stands for better, bolder and brighter
Episode #83 – Believe the cost, make the sale
Episode #82 – My Learning from My Chicago Workshop
Episode #81 – One day at a time for high achievers
Episode #80 – Seven insights from 2017
Episode #79 – Leaders have to Reinvent themselves
Episode #78 – What’s holding you back?
Episode #77 – Every number 2 needs a number 1
Episode #76 – Three skills of a mentor
Episode #75 – Stop chasing business
Episode #73 – The limiting mindset of a seasonal business
Episode #72 – 10 gestures of gratitude
Episode #70 – The Role of the owner and when is it time to pivot?
Episode #69 – Succeeding unlike Cain and Able
Episode #68 – The art of negotiation
Episode #66 – Intentional growth is like a double espresso
Episode #65 – Culture And The Silent Killer
Episode #64 – Rekindling The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Episode #56 – Increasing The Value Of Your Business
Episode #54 – High Value Selling
Episode #53 – Are You A Pigeon Boss?
Episode #52 – Why Raising Rates Actually Strengthens Relationships?
Episode #51 – The Emotional Cost Of Running Your Business
Episode #50 – Your 10 Year Plan To Selling Your Business
Episode #49 – How Strong / Weak Is Your Sales Team?
Episode #47 – Culture Of Discipline
Episode #46 – Increasing Your Personal Earnings
Episode #45 – A Culture Of Continuous Training
Episode #44 – Me vs. We Sales Management
Episode #43 – Cohesive Conflict
Episode #41 – Transitioning A Hired Gun
Episode #40 – Should You Under-Promise And Over-Deliver?
Episode #39 – How To Stand Out In A Crowd
Episode #38 – Do Your Clients Understand Your Real Value?
Episode #37 – Seven Time Management Secrets To Free Up Two Days Per Week
Episode #36 – Cascading Inefficiencies
Episode #35 – How To Guarantee Business Failure
Episode #34 – Building Your Inner Circle
Episode #33 – Growing From Five To Ten Million And Beyond
Episode #31 – Abundance Mindset Elevator
Episode #30 – Celebrate Losing An Employee
Episode #29 – The Power Of Visioning
Episode #28 – Should You Become A Recruiting Expert?
Episode #27 – Is It Time To Fire Your Star Employee?
Episode #26 – Debunking The Five Landscape Myths
Episode #25 – Increasing Your Success With Landscape Peer Groups
Episode #24 – The Personal Side Of Business
Episode #23 – Is Urgency Destroying Your Business
Episode #22 – The Implementation Success Model
Episode #21 – You Can’t Motivate Your Team
Episode #19 – It’s All In The Process
Episode #18 – The Myth Of Business Planning
Episode #17 – The Four Jet Engines Of Profit
Episode #16 – The Seven Best Practices Of World-Class Landscaping Companies
Episode #14 – Let’s Talk About Accountability
Episode #13 – How Do You Compare With Your Competition
Episode #12 – What’s Your Exit Strategy
Episode #11 – Four Ways To Establish Competitive Advantage
Episode #8 – Working In Your Business Rather Than On Your Business
Episode #7 – Why Should Outside Organizations Rely On Outside Consultants?
Episode #6 – Strategy Without Execution Is Failure
Episode #5 – Attracting And Retaining Great Teams
Episode #4 – Time Management
Episode #3 – Five Ways To Dramatically Increase Profits
Episode #2 – A Case Study To Be Proud Of