The FNGLA and Ring Power CAT are opening the hood of some of the most successful companies in the industry.  

Come see how they run their businesses, and get ready to transform yours!

Get out of the truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent working on your business!  Brought to you by the FNGLA and sponsored by Ring Power,  your Caterpillar® dealer and Cat® Rental Store, this hands-on workshop is the can’t miss event of the winter.  Taught by actual landscape contractors, some of the industry’s best, this business management workshop gives your company the numbers and tools it needs to make immediate improvements in efficiency, productivity, and profit.

No more sitting back and listening to what you ‘should’ be doing.  At this workshop, you will bring your numbers (they will be kept confidential) while the instructors help you build tools you can put to use the minute you leave the workshop:

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates the prices your company must charge to cover your costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how money is lost to waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that get staff thinking like entrepreneurs

Want to know more?  Click the video below to see what you’ll get out of this workshop….

Where: Ring Power Caterpillar, 500 World Commerce Pkwy, St. Augustine, FL

When:   March 1-2, 2012

How Much:  (includes both days + lunches!!!)

FNGLA members:$125 per person 

Non-members: $175 per person 

How Do I Register?

• Phone:  888-347-9864
• Email:  info@landscapemanagementnetwork.com

...or click the button below to register right now online…

The FNGLA and Ring Power CAT are opening the hood of some of the most successful companies in the industry.  

Come see how they run their businesses, and get ready to transform yours!

Get out of the truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent working on your business!  Brought to you by the FNGLA and sponsored by Ring Power,  your Caterpillar® dealer and Cat® Rental Store, this hands-on workshop is the can’t miss event of the winter.  Taught by actual landscape contractors, some of the industry’s best, this business management workshop gives your company the numbers and tools it needs to make immediate improvements in efficiency, productivity, and profit.

No more sitting back and listening to what you ‘should’ be doing.  At this workshop, you will bring your numbers (they will be kept confidential) while the instructors help you build tools you can put to use the minute you leave the workshop:

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates the prices your company must charge to cover your costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how money is lost to waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that get staff thinking like entrepreneurs

Want to know more?  Click the video below to see what you’ll get out of this workshop….

Where: Ring Power Caterpillar, 10421 Fern Hill Drive, Riverview, FL (Tampa area)

When:   February 27 + 28, 2012

How Much:  (includes both days + lunches!!!)

FNGLA members:$125 per person 

Non-members: $175 per person 

How Do I Register?

• Phone:  888-347-9864
• Email:  info@landscapemanagementnetwork.com

...or click the button below to register right now online…

The sales and support lines will re-open on Tuesday, Feb 21.

After selling out our eastern workshop in November, it’s over to western Michigan with the workshop that’s turning great landscape contractors into great landscape business owners. Get out of your truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent on your business. Actual landscape contractors from some of the industry’s best landscape companies lead this hands-on workshop to help your company build the systems it needs to create a more predictable, more profitable future. You’re going to leave this workshop with:

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates how you need to price your work to cover your company’s costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how much you’re actually spending on waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure progress and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that inspire employees to think and act like entrepreneurs, instead of hourly employees

““Every landscape owner should attend an LMN workshop… although, the more that don’t, the less competition I’ll have down the road.”.” — Landscape Contractor – Detroit, MI

Want to know more?  Play the video below for an overview of the workshop…

Or click here to hear feedback direct from the mouth of a contractor..

For more information, or to register your company, contact MNLA’s Kristin Faasse at kfaasse@mnla.org.

Location:  Grand Rapids, MI @ Michigan CAT @ 7700 Caterpillar Court
Dates:  February 6 + 7, 2012 (2 day workshop)
Times:  8:30am through 4:30pm
How Much? MNLA members:  $125 or non-members: $175

Holt CAT Brings The Hottest Business Management Workshop for Landscape Contractors to Dallas, TX.

The workshop that’s turning great landscape contractors into great landscape business owners. Get out of your truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent on your business. Actual landscape contractors from some of the industry’s best landscape companies lead this hands-on workshop to help your company build the systems it needs to create a more predictable, more profitable future. You’re going to leave this workshop with:

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates how you need to price your work to cover your company’s costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how much you’re actually spending on waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure progress and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that inspire employees to think and act like entrepreneurs, instead of hourly employees

“”… Wow, what an eye opener. The course gets you to understand your financials, budgeting, how to recover overhead and then increase your bottom line…. This is probably the single best investment I have made in the growth of my company.” — Landscape Design-Build Contractor, Ontario

“It’s been amazing these last few months. I couldn’t imagine ever knowing what I know now!  We just finished our January budget but already we’re noticing a huge difference. The biggest change is mindset – knowing where you start and where you need to be to reach your goals.”

- – Landscape Contractor, North Carolina

Want to know more?  Play the video below for an overview of the workshop…

For more information, or to register your company, contact info@landscapemanagementnetwork.com.

Location:  Holt CAT, 10950 Plano Rd, Dallas, TX
Dates:  Feb 2 + 3, 2012 (2 day workshop)
Times:  8:30am through 4:30pm
How Much: $99 per person (includes both days, lunches)

Requirements:  Attendees must bring one laptop computer (per company) with a wireless network card (free internet access will be provided)

Note:  For better, more personalized instruction seats are limited to only 25 companies, first come, first serve.

To register:
By Email: info@landscapemanagementnetwork.com
By Phone: 888-347-9864 (ask for Ingrid)
Register Online: just click the button below and register now!

Click for registration information

To see your estimates from last year, simply uncheck the This Year’s Estimates Only box and click the GO button to search all your estimates.

To permanently change an estimate to show up in your 2012 screen, you can change the estimate date to 2012 on the estimate, then it will always show up on your Manage Estimates screen.

The workshop that turns great landscape contractors into great landscape business owners. Get out of your truck and into the boardroom for the best 2 days you’ve ever spent on your business.  Brought to you by PLANET, in conjunction with the Landscape Management Network and hosted by Caterpillar Equipment, this workshop is taking the green industry by storm.  Actual landscape contractors from some of the industry’s best landscape companies lead this hands-on workshop to help your company build the systems it needs to create a more predictable, more profitable future. You’re going to leave this workshop with:

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates how you need to price your work to cover your company’s costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how much you’re actually spending on waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure progress and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that inspire employees to think and act like entrepreneurs, instead of hourly employees

Workshop Info

Dates: 2 day workshop
Times: 8:30am through 4:30pm
How Much?: PLANET members: $199, non-members $249 (includes both days and lunches)
What’s Required: A laptop computer with wireless network card (free internet access will be provided)

Location	Dates (2012)	Register!
Atlanta, GA	Feb 6, 7
Houston, TX	Feb 13, 14
Baltimore, MD	Aug 27, 28
Boston, MA	Sept 13, 14

“I have been in the landscape industry for 22 years. I started with one truck and one lawn mower and have grown my company over the years with the help of a lot of hard working people. Over the past 22 years I have never seen a tool as powerful as what is offered through LMN for improving the way companies do business and getting bottom line results. I hope over the next 10 years I can work to continue to grow our company with not only hardworking people, but smart people, who are empowered with the tools that LMN offers.” — Landscape Contractor, Alberta

Want to know more? Play the video below for an overview of the workshop…

.. but is ignoring the review really the better option? Consequences of not doing reviews are simple enough for any owner to predict:

• Employees who do deserve increased rewards or praise are not recognized for their performance
• Employees who need correction or motivation are not given the appropriate feedback or direction – they’ll continue performing inadequately
• Employees believe they are not being measured
• Employees see their job as ‘just a paycheque’ with little opportunity for improvement or advancement
• Problem employees stick around, under-performing
• Great employees leave for better opportunities with other companies

Good year or bad year, employee reviews are an important part of growing your company – and building a staff that sees opportunity for personal advancement through better productivity and results for the company.

For better employee reviews, try the following…

Ask the Employee to Prepare for the Review

Both employee and the employer should prepare before their review to make best use of their time.  Issue each of your employees a self-evaluation that must be completed before the review meeting to get their honest perspective on their own performance.  LMN members can use the Performance Evaluation (Self) document found in LMN’s Systems Library under Administration | Human Resources | Performance Evaluations.

Come Prepared With Review Criteria

Don’t leave it up to your employees to steer the meeting with vague objectives and performance measurements like “I worked very hard.” or “I was there everyday.”  For yourself, figure out what you want to base employee evaluations on and follow a review sheet.  Review criteria might include things like:

• Safety – no lost time due to accidents
• Productivity – how much revenue did the crew produce this year?  How much revenue per person?  What were their wages as a % of sales?
• Attendance/punctuality
• Quality of work/warranty call-backs
• Training – on the job and off-the-job training courses/certifications, etc.

The Landscape Management Network helps great landscape contractors build great landscape businesses with online tools for budgeting, estimating, systems, processes, checklists, procedures, policies, training.  Find out more at www.landscapemanagementnetwork.com.

If you’ve never been to ANLA’s clinic before, you owe it to yourself, and to your business to experience what makes it different. Great speakers, fast topics, quick, relevant information. They hit you fast and hit you hard – no time to doze off. Add to that, the ‘solutions lab’ general floor is filled with industry experts in the fields of sales, design, people management, sustainability, and our favorite – profitability. Stationed at each ‘solution lab’ are experts in each field, ready for your questions, your conversation, and most of all – to help you right then and there get a leg up in this industry.  It’s so much more than experts talking at you… its experts talking with you.

This year, the Landscape Management Network in partnership with the ANLA and Caterpillar Equipment are kicking off the clinic with our 2 day business management and estimating workshop for landscape contractors.  Hands down, it’s the hottest workshop in the industry.  At the Clinic, you’ll have the unique opportunity to refine your plan for profit for 2012, build your pricing system, then spend a few days after the workshop at the clinic, networking with some of the industry’s best owners, experts and consultants.  Need some hands on help after the workshop?  Then come chat us up in the Profitability lab in the 3 days afterwards.  Because after all, the Clinic isn’t about ‘the experts’… it’s about your landscape business. If you want to get ahead in 2012, this might just be the best chance you’ll have all year to make it happen.

Click here for info about our workshop at ANLA’s Clinic 2012

Click here for Clinic registration information

Click here for Clinic frequently asked questions

See you there!

• An operating budget built with your numbers, for your company
• A pricing system that calculates how you need to price your work to cover your company’s costs and profit
• An efficiency rating that shows you what your sales should be, and how much you’re actually spending on waste and inefficiency
• Estimating methods that improve field productivity and profit
• Dead-simple, proven methods to measure progress and track job costs
• Wage and bonus systems that inspire employees to think and act like entrepreneurs, instead of hourly employees

“Every landscape owner should attend an LMN workshop…. although, the more that don’t, the less competition I’ll have down the road.” — Landscape Contractor, Detroit, MI

Want to know more? Play the video below for an overview of the workshop…

Location: Moncton NB @ Future Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 40 Lady Ada Blvd.
Dates: Jan 19 + 20, 2012 (2 day workshop)
Times: 8:30am through 4:30pm
How Much: LNB/LNS Members:  $125, Non Members $200 (includes both days + lunches)
What’s Required: A laptop computer with wireless network card (free internet access will be provided)

Registration is cut off after 25 companies – don’t miss out on your one chance this winter to change the way you can manage your business… permanently.

To register by phone:      866-752-6862
To register by email:        lnb@nbnet.nb.ca