Business Strategy Archives

How High-Performers are Beating the Economy

by Greg Herring | Mar 5, 2026 | Business Strategy, Growth, Leadership, Mindset, Planning, Results

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on February 18th, 2026. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. If you pay attention to the news, you will...

BrightView Update: Signals Every Competitor Should Watch

by Greg Herring | Feb 4, 2026 | BrightView, Business, Business Strategy, Planning

BrightView released its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, and hosted a call with investment analysts recently. There were several disclosures that BrightView’s competitors will find interesting. BrightView’s enterprise value is approximately 7.5 times...

How to Delegate in Five Easy Steps

by Greg Herring | Dec 15, 2025 | Business Strategy, Growth, Leadership, Mindset, People, Planning, Results

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on November 28th, 2025. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. Doing it yourself is a necessity for owners...

Outsourcing for growth: Growing your Green

by Greg Herring | Oct 2, 2025 | Business Strategy, Growth, Labor, Mindset, Planning, Profit, Results

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on March 19th, 2025. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. Because many owner/operators in the landscape...

Three traits of high-performing companies

by Greg Herring | Aug 28, 2025 | Business Strategy, Growth, Leadership, Mindset, Planning, Profit, Results

In my February article for Landscape Management (“The haves and the have-nots”), I analyzed the results of the 11th-annual Herring Group Benchmark Report. I broke down the differences between high performers (those with an operating profit greater than 10 percent) and...

BrightView Update: Employee Turnover and Customer Retention

by Greg Herring | Aug 21, 2025 | BrightView, Business, Business Strategy, People, Planning

BrightView released its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, and hosted a call with investment analysts recently. There were several disclosures that BrightView’s competitors will find interesting. BrightView continues to focus on improving employee retention...