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Team: Keeping Your Field Crews Engaged With the Company Culture
FromThe GROW! Show
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Does your company have a morning rollout meeting? Are you physically present for it? Engagement with your crews is crucial for fostering a great company culture. Your field crews spend most of their day out in the field and away from the office, and whether you're intentional about it or not there are sub-cultures developing within each crew. Setting the tone you want and keeping your crews engaged can be a challenge, Marty shares his ideas to help.
Discussion Points:
Talking about what matters, the morning rollout, and inspecting what you expect
What matters most - the company vision, mission, and core values
Employee engagement at Grunder
Trusting our process
Named one of the fastest-growing companies in Ohio
Cleanliness matters at Grunder - the bathroom story
Morning rollout meetings - you can’t fake good morning rollouts
Witnessing a terrible rollout
Come to a fall field trip to witness our morning rollout, join a peer group
Aspire software and custom-built trucks
Being present at the morning rollout is crucial for leaders - setting the tone
Micro cultures at the job site should follow the tone set at HQ
Accountability and expectations
Clarity of purpose, morning environment, inspect what you expect - it’s all simple and doable
The Grow Show podcast is sponsored by STIHL and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business.
Resources:
Finance Episode - The Grow Show
Book: Winning with Accountability
GROW! Conference Feb 2024
The Grow Group
Grunder Landscaping
Marty Grunder L
Discussion Points:
Talking about what matters, the morning rollout, and inspecting what you expect
What matters most - the company vision, mission, and core values
Employee engagement at Grunder
Trusting our process
Named one of the fastest-growing companies in Ohio
Cleanliness matters at Grunder - the bathroom story
Morning rollout meetings - you can’t fake good morning rollouts
Witnessing a terrible rollout
Come to a fall field trip to witness our morning rollout, join a peer group
Aspire software and custom-built trucks
Being present at the morning rollout is crucial for leaders - setting the tone
Micro cultures at the job site should follow the tone set at HQ
Accountability and expectations
Clarity of purpose, morning environment, inspect what you expect - it’s all simple and doable
The Grow Show podcast is sponsored by STIHL and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business.
Resources:
Finance Episode - The Grow Show
Book: Winning with Accountability
GROW! Conference Feb 2024
The Grow Group
Grunder Landscaping
Marty Grunder L
Released:
Sep 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (50)
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