Business Insights, Leadership & Culture
What Monarch’s Elevate Session Revealed About Leading Through Growth Categories: Attending Elevate always leaves me with pages of notes, but this year one session stood out. Monarch’s leadership talk wasn’t about tools or tactics—it was about the habits that keep...
Business Insights, Leadership & Culture
The KPI Wake-Up Call: Turning Data Into Action in Your Landscaping Business Categories: After attending the NALP Elevate 2025 conference, one thing was clear:commercial landscapers aren’t short on data — they’re short on clarity. Across sessions and conversations, the...
Best Practices, Business Insights
Weekly Over Yearly: The Small Rituals That Protect Next Year’s Renewals Categories: Many commercial landscapers treat renewals like a year-end fire drill. The spreadsheets come out, hours get double-checked, and managers scramble to explain why budgets and actuals...
Best Practices, Business Insights
The Efficiency Multiplier: What a 10% Gain Really Means Categories: When you hear “10% efficiency gain,” it can sound abstract. What does that actually look like in day-to-day landscaping operations? How does it happen — and why does it matter so much? Let’s break it...
Best Practices, Business Insights
You Didn't Buy Software - You Bought Change Categories: Why buying a tool is the easy part, and building habits is the hard part. When landscape companies sign up for new software, the expectation is simple: flip the switch, and results follow. More visibility....
Best Practices, Business Insights
The #1 Budget Line You’re Still Getting Wrong Categories: We were reading Lawn & Landscape magazine’s article “Taking the Burden out of Budgeting” when we stumbled across this quote from Brian Lahr of Supreme Lawn and Landscaping: “Even after 33 years it’s always...
