Three traits of high-performing companies

by [email protected] | 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 [email protected] | 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...

Take advantage of opportunities created by private equity competitors

by [email protected] | Apr 30, 2024 | Business Strategy, Planning

Grow your Green: These numbers tell a story

by [email protected] | Feb 22, 2024 | BrightView, Business, Forecasting, Growth, Planning, Pricing, Profit, Reports

Questions to ask yourself as an owner of a landscape business

by [email protected] | May 30, 2023 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Mindset, Planning

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on May 30, 2023. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. I like to ask questions. Sometimes I ask questions of...

Four habits all high-performing landscape companies share

by [email protected] | Apr 6, 2023 | Leadership, Mindset, Planning, Profit

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on April 2, 2023 as a part of The Herring Group Benchmark Report recap series. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business...