If you thought the Great Resignation was a 2021 phenomenon, you’re wrong. Employee retention is still a problem for employers. In a recent article published by the Human Resources Professionals Association, they indicate that Canadian companies are collectively attempting to fill 915,000 job vacancies, 80% more than in 2019 according to Statistics Canada, and well above pre-pandemic levels.
“What’s unfolding then is not just the Great Resignation (the symptom), but the Great Prioritization (the cause). Simply put, people are putting a greater focus on well-being, health (physical, social and mental), family (childcare and/or aging parents) and other hobbies and interests - and by extension, taking the time to consider who they work for, how they work, and why they work.”
Recruiting employees in this environment is a challenge, but an equally important discussion is how to keep the great staff that you already have. It’s time to rethink how...
"The most productive business leaders I coach recognize productivity is not about getting more things done; it's about getting the right things done. It's about starting each day with clarity and ending with a sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, and energy to spare. It's about achieving more by doing less, and this book shows you how." (Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus)
This book is a productivity game-changer. Michael Hyatt guides you through the process and provides tools to identify the work that is the most productive and most satisfying. The work that allows you to achieve more by doing less. He says that , "the important question is not, Can I do this job faster, easier, and cheaper? It's, Should I be doing this job at all?"
"If you want to master your schedule, increase your efficiency and output, and create more margin in your life for the things you care about, you've got to learn how to focus. I'm talking about the ability to zero in and do the deep work that creates a...
(Original article by John Janes can be found here.)
The busy season is right around the corner, which means many landscaping businesses are gearing up for the work ahead. From labor to landscape equipment to materials, now is the time to have your resources lined up and ready to go once spring starts. Check out our tips for spring planning for landscape businesses below.
The first step to spring planning for landscape businesses is to finalize your landscaping contracts. Ideally, the contract process has already started and you’ve been working through some of those details since last year. Once your commercial and residential contracts are signed, it will give you a clearer picture of what labor, equipment and materials you’ll need to meet the workload.
The second step to spring planning for landscape businesses is to have a recruitment plan and a strategy to retain your current employees. This is more...
You can find the original article by Lauren Spiers HERE.
Properly scheduling and routing crews can often be a complicated, mind-bending exercise.
Ensuring that every crewmember receives his or her required hours per week, creating efficient routes for crews to follow, contending with weather issues or crewmembers who need to take a sick day – it all spells R-O-L-A-I-D-S for operations managers and company presidents trying to make everything fit together.
Creating efficient and effective routes and schedules really is like putting a puzzle together, and finding those helpful edge and corner pieces first can make the process easier. Here are a few tips contractors offered to help ensure the rest of the pieces all fit nicely.
In our last blog, we talked about improving your snow business (or any contracting business, for that matter), and focused on 3 areas: leadership, customers and staff. Today, we'll cover the final three areas: finances, operations and safety.
4. FINANCES
FINANCE KPI’s/REPORTS
With winter on the way, it's important to put a client communication process in place for before, during and after a storm. There is really no such thing as communicating too much with clients. With that in mind, we've created the following as a template you can use for your clients.
When we understand how to use it, technology can simplify our day to day operations and help ensure important tasks are not slipping between the cracks. When we don’t understand what to use or how to use it - it can add an additional layer of stress.
Did you know Nextra has an in-house IT department specifically for this reason? Technology enthusiast Jordan Robertson acts as both our Chief Technology Officer and on-site IT technician. Jordan is always looking for the newest technology and IT solutions to help our clients - and us - stay ahead of the curve, in and out of the office
Nextra Network’s IT services include:
1. Purchasing, implementation and training of various softwares and programs
Microsoft Office/365/Teams, Slack, LMN, Aspire, accounting software, design and drawing programs, etc.
2. Purchasing, installation and training on various hardware and hardware components/accessories
Landline phone systems, mobile phones, desktop and laptop...
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