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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...

2021: Financial & Business Strategy in a Time of Extreme Labor Issues

by Greg Herring | Sep 10, 2021 | Business Strategy, Labor, Webinars

In this two-part webinar series, Kevin Kehoe and Greg Herring discuss key strategic shifts for companies to consider in light of these labor challenges, including: Pricing The role of brand and reputation in pricing When to recalculate pricing Repricing...

How to Hire a Bookkeeper, CPA, Controller and Virtual CFO

by Greg Herring | Sep 11, 2017 | Labor, Leadership, People

I do not know about you, but I have learned the hard way that it is easier for someone to interview well than it is for him to perform well in his job. How does this realization help me? It helps me remain a skeptic throughout the hiring process. No longer do I...

Virtual CFO, Controller, Accountant, Bookkeeper, CPA – Say What?

by Greg Herring | Aug 21, 2017 | Labor, Leadership, People

True story: No one in my family knows what I do. I have been married for more than 30 years, and my in-laws still do not know what I do. It turns out that they are not the only ones. The world of accounting and finance seems to be a mystery to most people, including...

Three People Factors Influencing Growth Strategy

by Greg Herring | Jul 7, 2017 | Business Strategy, Labor, Leadership

What should you sell? Who is your ideal customer? Answering these two questions is part of clearly stating your growth strategy. Communicating the answers throughout the company provides great focus to your sales team and the rest of your employees. The result...