MANAGEMENT GUIDE: Staying on Top of Business

In the landscape industry, entrepreneurs typically wear two hats: One is of a skilled contractor and the other is of a business owner. And ask anyone which hat he prefers on his head, and the majority will respond that they would rather have their knuckles to the soil then be elbow deep in paperwork.
 
But the fact of the matter is that to be a leader in your market you not only need to be a landscape contractor in the field, but also a successful manager in the office. And the bulk of these management skills and traits must be honed and tuned just as any zero-turn mower or compact skid-steer would after so many hours in the field.
 
On the following pages, Lawn & Landscape has compiled a half-dozen articles that offer a refresher course on a number of practical business management techniques and strategies that will elevate your operational savvy.
 
The articles on the proceeding pages touch on a variety of topics that we’re certain you, as business owners and managers, have fretted over from time to time. Things such as funding equipment replacement initiatives, taxes, improving your sales approach and boosting your rapport with clients.
 
Hopefully these business lessons will make that management hat a more comortable fit from now on.