Posts by armando

At most landscape companies, employee safety is a top priority. Nonetheless, workplace injuries and accidents happen, especially when you have new and untrained workers. The impact on your workers and your business can be high. Here, I cover the cost of accidents and how to prevent workplace injuries by turning untrained workers into trained workers. …

Last year, an LMN and Greenius survey revealed that hiring and retention were landscape businesses’ most pressing challenges. Eighty-four percent said finding and holding onto qualified staff stood in the way of growth. More than half were unable to hire the staff they needed and many struggled to retain their existing employees. In fact, of…

Did you know that you can build Custom Courses within the Greenius platform? Designed to personalize your training tracks and content, our new tool allows you to create your own courses, from any Vimeo or YouTube video, in just four simple steps.  In this blog, we’ll show you how. Step 1: Choose Course Details Step…

MARKHAM, ONTARIO (March 29, 2023) — Greenius, the only online training and onboarding solution built by landscapers for landscapers, received a major upgrade this week with the launch of Custom Courses, allowing companies to build their own unique courses within the platform and assign them to their staff.  As a product of the Landscape Management…

Building a high performing team is challenging, and it’s even more difficult with the ongoing labor shortage. Over one-third of landscaping businesses report losing a significant number of staff last year, and eighty-four percent say they’re struggling to find qualified labor.  Routinely onboarding and training new team members adds to the challenge. It requires considerable…

Staying on top of regulatory requirements can be incredibly time-consuming and even stressful. It’s tough to keep track of changes as they happen and all too easy to overlook a requirement, leaving your people at risk for injury and your business susceptible to pricey penalties for violations.  It’s important to protect your business and your…

Building a landscape business is challenging, especially in a volatile economic environment like we have today. No matter how laser focused you are on growth, a host of external challenges may be eating away at your profit margins. To better understand the current challenges landscapers face, Greenius teamed up with LMN to survey 450 landscaping…

Firing someone in your landscaping crew isn’t a fun experience, and there isn’t a nice way of letting a crew member go. There’s an emotional connection between crew members, and making the decision to fire a crew member can have major implications on the morale and productivity of your landscaping business. It’s a massive decision…

Preparing to flip seasons from landscaping to snow and ice removal services is a daunting change for any business owner. There are many transferable skill sets between the seasons, but preparing new snow removal crew members for the winter months remains a challenge between the new conditions, work hours, hazards, and steps taken to avoid…

It’s a rite of passage for most kids in the winter wonderland parts of the world to pick a shovel and start shoveling snow. Some of those kids find their entrepreneurial spirit and create their own snow removal business with only a shovel and a can-do attitude. Some shovels turn into snow plows as the…