Led by Marty Grunder, The Grow Group is a premier consulting firm for green-industry professionals, providing innovative programming, peer-group and one-on-one coaching, and real-world resources to help business owners and their teams succeed. With more than 85 years of combined experience in the field, our team of experts will get you where you want to go.
Nice job Brent and Marty! Brent is a prime example that it doesn’t have to be complicated. Take great care of people, care about what you’re doing, and put plenty of hooks out in the water.
Excellent, thanks for those insights Marty. I would add: be on time, listen more and talk less, do what you say you will do and always do the next right thing.
Hi Marty Are your trucks or crew size 3 or 4 men per crew in a truck and have you found a most effective crew size? LMN is confusing especially when we only have 32 weeks to work in the Chicago area abd efficiency is so important.
Thanks for the question! We do 3-person crews as our standard and it works for us, but we know other companies do crews of different sizes and it works for them. There isn't necessarily a magic number that's more or less efficient, it's all about what you're set up to do (i.e. can 4 people fit into one of your trucks, or are they then taking multiple vehicles?)
Hi Marty I have a question I own a design-build landscape construction company and I struggle with direct labor What is the most efficient crew size 3 or 4-man crew? I feel at some point there may not be enough work to always keep 4 guys busy? Love your show👍
Thanks for listening to the show! Grunder Landscaping Co.'s typical crew is 3 people, but it's really about what you're set up to do. We use our software to track hours by the jobs, so we know approximately how long each stop on a route will take and schedule accordingly. Hope that helps!
Hi! If you turn on closed captioning and then hit settings, you can have the podcast audio automatically translated and captioned with any language. We don't have the show notes translated in Spanish, sorry!
After 30 yrs of landscape, i already know the guys are not as involved as the owner.... Pay more, , we all know you xan pay all employees $25+ /hr But nobody does....even in the mid west.....i paid the guys $25+/hr... And say your worth this much, keep up the good work... Not all company's undercut employee hourly pay......
How does this work with current/ existing employees? Have you found that they do not hold a grudge and or get mad that you are literally advertising $1,000 bonuses for new hires
Hi David, existing team members are eligible for other bonuses and incentives that new team members are not. They're well taken care of, and we haven't seen this particular bonus cause issues.
Was fortunate to have the opportunity to tour your facility, hear from some of your key leaders... for me, Chase the most inspiring message was listening to you share your story of growth and what I call transformation, as you had to re-invent yourself several times to stand where you are now. Thank you! And thank you, Marty!
We're so glad you joined us at GROW! 2021, and took so much away from the event. You're so right - Chase's journey is inspiring and it was so cool to see the incredible team he's built in action. Hope to see you again soon!
Hi Marty - Thank you for all of your help, and the help of all your colleagues, during this difficult time. Your contributions are priceless and you enthusiasm is inspiring.
