As you may have already known, I took some time off last year in order to avoid some significant burnout. Our team was gracious in their approach to me and Marla and took over some of my responsibilities during that time so that I could get the rest I needed. Marla and I will forever be grateful to them for that.

Since that time, I’ve been more intentional about evaluating our business, my role, my strengths, and weaknesses, and how to best provide for the needs of our team moving forward.

We feel that it’s time for us to simplify what we’re doing and focus on what we do best – business coaching.

With that in mind, we have sold our HR and Finance divisions to PowerGroup, a company that shares our core values and desires to see its staff and clients succeed. They are committed to providing excellent HR and Finance services, while we will focus exclusively on coaching.

Our HR and Finance staff (Charolette, Rachel and Annette) are exceptional – absolutely...

It’s been a great year at Nextra. As with all companies, COVID has had a huge impact on the way we do business, but it has also provided the time and opportunity to enhance our service offerings. 

This year we started a podcast called Nextra Presents…!. Our goal is to provide landscape contractors with great ideas, important information, helpful connections, and updates on what’s happening in our industry. We have been blessed by the wonderful guests and sponsors who have supported us. Our podcast comes out every other Friday. You can subscribe to Nextra Presents…! wherever you listen to podcasts.

We also started the Nextra Network this year. This was in response to the need we saw for additional services like finances, human resources, and health & safety. We also recognized the appeal of a buyers group for smaller contractors, allowing everyone to get the benefit of larger buying power. The Nextra Network has been well received and we look...