Profit Archives

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...

Grow your Green: Better, faster decisions with automated reporting

by Greg Herring | Nov 30, 2024 | Business, Business Strategy, Growth, Leadership, Profit

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on November 29th, 2024. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. Few people would argue that making...

Grow your Green: Take advantage of opportunities created by private equity competitors

by Greg Herring | May 3, 2024 | Acquisitions, Business Strategy, Growth, Profit

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on May 3rd, 2024. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. It’s no secret that I’m bullish about...

Grow your Green: These numbers tell a story

by Greg Herring | Feb 22, 2024 | BrightView, Business, Forecasting, Growth, Planning, Pricing, Profit, Reports

This article originally appeared on LandscapeManagement.net on February 22th, 2024. Greg Herring regularly writes for Landscape Management, providing financial analysis and insights tailored to landscape business owners. The Herring Group recently completed its...

Four habits all high-performing landscape companies share

by Greg Herring | 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...