BUILD HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS

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Used by the best landscape companies in the industry, Greenius makes it simple and easy to train and develop staff and crews using on-demand training and 360-degree employee reviews whether you’re at the office or in the field.

On-demand Employee Training

Deploy an automated training program that ensures your teams get the training they need, when they need. Eliminate jobsite bottlenecks and rework incidents.

Expansive Tailgate Talk Library

Keep your teams focused on the objective and safe on the job site.

Performance Reporting

Better manage your staff with meaningful insights into their training, on-the-job performance and create a culture centered around continuous improvement.

360-Degree Performance Reviews

Pinpoint areas for growth and development while uncovering how you can build a team by using their immediate feedback.

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Avoid wasted time between job sites.

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Supplement the current training your organization offers by using on-demand video training. This sets crew members up for success, knowing exactly what to expect the moment they set foot on any job site. Video training courses can cover safety essentials through hazard training, specific equipment training modules, and foundational safety knowledge spanning from WHMIS, spills, defensive driving, and more.

Find Your Mix Of Training

The best educators know that there isn’t one way to learn. Everybody learns differently, and having a diverse mix of training in your landscaping business can set up every crew member for success. Traditionally, landscapers often learn the trade purely through on the job training, but there are often obstacles like availability, teaching ability, and training speed.

While there isn’t a full substitution from verbally passing down skills from one landscaper to another in-person, on demand video training can give you flexibility and fill the knowledge gaps for essential skills every landscaper or contractor needs to know for their trade. A strong mix of training can keep onboarding new landscapers and maintaining job timelines moving fast with few interruptions.

CHECK-IN AND REQUEST FEEDBACK

Communication is key for improvements from the top to the bottom of your landscaping business. Developing a strong crew instead of a group of individual contractors can create a collaborative and safe environment on every landscaping job. Morning huddles are a great time and place to introduce new organizational ideas or share safety and efficiency tips picked up on the job. Tailgate Talks (10-15 minute sessions) can be used with your crews to highlight and promote safe work for all work moving forward.

Greenius, and other providers, have libraries of Tailgate Talks your landscape business can download and adopt into your weekly routine. These landscape safety checklists open those important conversations to maintain a strong culture of safety within your landscape business.

Continue Training Your Crews

No matter the industry, training should never stop. Developing strong training processes for your landscape business develops an ecosystem where you can take green crew members and grow them into crew leaders. Even veteran crew leaders or foremen stand to benefit from additional training through leadership training or even skill refreshes. Mike Trout and LeBron James aren’t too good for coaches and skill development, so why should anybody in the landscaping industry stop learning new skills to boost their work efficiency?

This article appeared on Greenius’s resources blog, located at www.gogreenius.com/ blog. Greenius provides training software for your growing business. Get the most for your dollar - and the best from your people - with their online training software.

JIM FUNAI, PhD

Cuyahoga Community College

SHELLEY FUNAI, LIC

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens