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Safeguarding Your Business's Future: The Power of Protection
Discover the crucial 'Protect' stage in safeguarding your business's future with robust legal, financial, and operational defenses.
Unveiling Green Industry Recruiting Secrets
Jack Jostes shares his top secrets for attracting top talent in the green industry in this webinar streaming instantly on-demand!
Decoding the H-2B Visa Program: A Comprehensive Recap
Understand the inner workings of the complex H-2B visa program with our comprehensive webinar recap covering eligibility requirements to filing strategies.
30-Day Development Review Questions
Complete your new employee onboarding with a 30-Day development review using these questions to foster accountability and alignment.
'Announcements' Now Found Under 'Messages'
You will no longer see an Announcement tab, but instead you will select the group you’d like to send an announcement to from within the Messages tab.
Is Your Overhead Too Lean?
Discover the hidden pitfalls of having overhead expenses that are TOO lean, including bad service, low customer satisfaction, higher employee turnover & more.
Financial Literacy’s Impact on Organizational Performance
Discover how financial literacy fuels organizational success. Learn key concepts & metrics to boost accountability & performance in the workplace.
Unlocking Opportunity: Mastering the H-2B Visa Program
Unlock the secrets of the H-2B visa program! Watch our webinar with expert Megan Wright for insights on finding legal labor, navigating filing processes, and empowering your business.
Conducting Training for Landscaping Crews
How to conduct training for landscaping crews, including company culture integration and how to plan an engaging day of learning that sticks.
5 Succession Planning Mistakes to Avoid
Avoid these five succession planning mistakes to secure your business's future. Don't wait—plan strategically for continuity and growth.
How to Stop Micromanaging Your Employees
Learn how to break free from micromanagement and empower your team for success. Discover strategies to stop feeling overwhelmed and regain your role as a visionary leader in your business.
Navigating the Talent War: Insights from Neal Glatt
Neal Glatt shares his insights on navigating the talent war in landscaping & snow removal industries. Discover key strategies for hiring success today!
Business Valuation for a Strategic Exit Plan
Unlock the potential of your business with a strategic exit plan. Learn how to maximize value, safeguard assets, and plan for a prosperous future.
Developing a Training Program for Landscapers
Developing a training program for landscapers takes some planning and organization, but will ultimately pay off in the form of better employee retention.
Attracting Young Professionals to Your Landscaping Company
Discover strategies to attract and retain young talent in the landscaping industry. Learn how to bridge the generational gap for a thriving future workforce.
How to Leverage Technology to Boost Hiring Impact
Discover how landscape companies can elevate hiring with technology. From ATS to AI, unlock strategies for attracting top talent.
Recruiting & Retaining Talent in the Landscaping Industry
Unlock the secrets to recruiting & retaining top talent in the landscaping industry. Join us for expert insights & actionable strategies with Neal Glatt.
Stay Interviews: A Secret Weapon to End the Labor Shortage
Discover the power of stay interviews to combat the labor shortage. Learn what they are, why they work, and how to implement them effectively with Team Engine's text message surveys.
Elevating Construction Project Management with Delegation
Enhance construction project management with delegation and communication models. Overcome bottlenecks, boost productivity, and achieve success.
Harness the Power of Personality Tests During Hiring
Discover how personality tests can streamline your hiring process. Learn about the Big Five model and interpreting traits for job success.
Why Delegation is a Leader's Most Valuable Tool
Unlock the power of delegation in leadership. Empower your team, increase productivity, and cultivate success.
Mastering Labor Efficiency and Capacity Planning
Discover expert insights on optimizing landscaping labor efficiency, capacity planning, and financial management for sustainable business growth.
Checklist for Hiring Landscaping Employees
Discover the strategic advantage of year-round hiring for landscaping employees. From pre-season planning to post-season retention, unlock success in your seasonal workforce.
Solving Construction Productivity Issues
Watch our webinar recording for insights and advice on improving construction productivity through targeted and intentional project leadership development.
Do Your Employees Trust You? Here’s How to Tell
Discover simple tips on how transparency, accountability, and connection can build trust with your employees.
The Solution to Effective Communication with Your Snow Crew
How Team Engine customers are using text message software to quickly gather worker availability, communicate with them from the field in real time & more.
Employee Recruitment Strategies for Rural Areas
How to overcome common obstacles in rural recruiting like limited talent pools, less exposure to job listings, and logistical issues.
How to Use Employee Appreciation Text Messages to Boost Morale
You can't be everywhere at once, but you can reach employees wherever they are with a simple text message. Here's how to boost morale & improve retention over text.
Candidate Experience: Why It Matters & How to Improve It
Best practices for providing a positive candidate experience as a hiring manager in a field services industry like landscaping, construction and snow management.
Building Trust to Build Your Team
Taking a close look at how your own behavior can (and does) impact your ability to build trusting relationships—both at work and at home.
How to Give Holiday Bonuses
Blue Collar Nerd Richard Kohberger chats with Chris Hunter about how to structure holiday bonuses in a fair and sustainable way.
My 5 Favorite Benchmarks to Uncover Hidden Inefficiencies
As we approach year-end it’s helpful to do a deep dive analysis on your numbers. What worked? What didn’t? What should you change?
Recent Trends in Employee Insurance Benefits
To meet the needs of their workforce, employers must adapt to evolving market forces, new technology & shifting employee expectations.
3 Things Dictating Success for Business Owners in 2024
The Founder & Head Coach at Exit Momentum reflects on learnings from 2023 and looks ahead with predictions on next year’s keys to success for business owners.
In Case You Missed It: New Features Added to Team Engine in 2023
In 2023 we integrated our platform with other HRIS & payroll software, built tools leveraging AI, and announced nine additional features to Team Engine.
How to Delegate Effectively in the Construction Trades
True delegation is not merely about handing over a job, but rather ensuring that the right person, with the right expertise, is assigned to the right task.
Organizational Structure: the Predecessor to Growth
Reduce employee frustrations, help the business grow and improve your ability to attract the right talent with organizational structure and design.
The Impact of Better Communication in Your Landscaping Business
A fresh look at how to talk to & communicate with your employees that goes beyond the same old tips you have heard a million times.
The Power of Accountability Standards
How holding employees accountable to KPIs that align with organizational goals can foster a culture of clarity, motivation & continuous improvement.
New Integration with Inova
Eliminate manual admin work managing data between Team Engine & Inova, while simultaneously streamlining your hiring and onboarding processes.
3 Characteristics Every Employee Wants in Their Leader
To turn an employee into a life-long follower, leaders need to demonstrate genuine care, effective communication, and consistency in their actions.
9 Ideas for Employee Retention in Manufacturing
Retention ideas for manufacturing leaders to keep their valuable employees happy, engaged, and committed to the company's success.
The Solution to the Nationwide Skilled Trades Shortage
Help address the skilled trades shortage by hiring entry-level workers who are a good culture fit, then training them on the technical skills.
Dennis' 7 Dees Cultivates Excellence by Investing in People
How Dennis' 7 Dees fosters a culture of growth by prioritizing employee development, recognizing their contributions, and promoting open communication.
Employee Retention Bonus: What It Is and How to Implement One
Learn about employee retention bonuses in blue-collar industries, how they can save on hiring costs, and best practices for implementation.
2 Sure-Fire Ways to Recruit a Winning Team
Successful recruiting isn't just filling a vacancy; it's a deliberate process of finding the right people to fuel the success of your business.
How Ready Are You to Exit Your Business?
Business succession is only successful if all parties involved are in a better place afterward. Here’s how to properly think through it all.
The Power of Automated Communication Tools
How Stonehenge of Utah uses Team Engine to empower hiring managers with automated communication tools that streamline recruiting and improve onboarding.
5 Tools to Bridge the Language Gap with Spanish-Speaking Employees
Five translation tools that can help you overcome language barriers to build a strong, diverse team.
How to Create a Strategic Plan... and Stick to It!
Join Head Harvesters Ed Laflamme and Bill Arman to learn their proven approach to developing your strategic plan & roadmap to success in the new year.
A Secret Weapon for Getting "Unstuck"
Don’t solve problems with the same level of thinking that created them. Instead, learn how to train your brain to tackle them from a different angle.
Best Methods for Reducing Cost-Per-Hire In Blue-Collar Industries
Reducing cost-per-hire isn't optional; it's a must for your bottom line. Here’s how to calculate and reduce cost-per-hire to optimize your HR budget.
Recruiting, Hiring & Retaining Snow Management Staff
Experts and owners weigh in on five key themes around staffing for snow and ice management companies.
When Lack of Speed Kills
When it comes to leadership, there are three instances where we must be quick to engage our employees, candidates, customers and teammates.
Strategy Tips for Snow Management Staffing
Through a combination of technology, partnerships, and industry best practices, businesses can quickly ramp up (and maintain) staffing for the snow season.
4 Tips To Write Compelling Job Advertisements
Get a proven copywriting formula that can drastically improve the response rate to your open positions and start attracting more high-quality candidates.
Message Translation Capabilities in Team Engine
Engage your multilingual workforce with our message translation tool. Seamless, AI-driven translations ensure clear communication in any language.
The Costly Consequences of Slow Hiring
How to calculate the cost of vacancy, what that means for your company in terms of time-to-hire, and how to make the whole process faster.
Creating an 'All-In' Mentality
How knowing your employees’ core values, key motivators, and life aspirations can help you shape their work to be more engaging and fulfilling.
Why Emotional Intelligence is Important in Leadership
How to fix communication disconnects and lack of employee engagement by polishing the “soft skills” of leadership in your organization.
Balancing Staffing Levels with Customer Demand
Forecasting, outsourcing, cross-training, and ongoing recruitment are all recommended by experts, in addition to the need to protect staff from burnout.
Inspire, Empower & Engage: Coaching Skills for Managers
Leaders who use coaching skills effectively in their day-to-day activities become the leaders everyone wants to work for.
The 9 Components of Being an Employer of Choice
To outshine your local competitors and become an employer of choice, these 9 essential components must be part of your retention strategy.
What Your High Turnover Rate is REALLY Costing You
We asked our partners about the costs associated with both hiring and retention, and where priorities should lie to reduce a high turnover rate.
Mastering Interviews With Proven Methods of Evaluation
How to dig deep on candidate evaluation with tools like Predictive Index, Topgrading techniques, and value-aligned behavioral questions.
Recruiting on Social Media: 8 Tactics for Results
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to recruiting on social media, so experiment with these tactics, then double down on what’s working the best.
How Job Tech Can Be A Recruiting Competitive Advantage
Implementing workplace tech is about more than just adding machines; it’s about a more collaborative approach between your employees and those machines.
How an Employee Onboarding Program Improves Retention
Hear from Ryan at O’Neal Steel on how he uses Team Engine to create a 6-month onboarding program to help new warehouse hires acclimate.
How to Hire Top-Performing Sales Reps in Landscaping
Learn science-backed methods and approaches to screening sales candidates + tools and tips for managing the sales hiring process.
How to Celebrate Small Wins as a Business Owner
When employees believe their contributions are valued, they’re more likely to respond with innovative output, rather than just clocking in for a paycheck.
The #1 Error in Business Finance
According to our partners, failure to actively monitor business financial numbers is the most common mistake being committed by owners—by a landslide!
How to Conduct an Exit Interview
Questions to ask + do’s and don’ts for conducting an exit interview that yields helpful insights to improve company culture and retention.
How Text Recruiting Software is Solving Labor Shortages
With text recruiting templates, you’re able to quickly build out personalized messages for each candidate without having to start from scratch every time.
How Employers Can Meet High Compensation Expectations
Strategies you can use to stay ahead of the competition and give your current employees what they want when it comes to pay and compensation.
Mid-Year Financial Tips for Green Industry Companies
With the middle of the year approaching, now is the perfect time to assess your business financial health and make strategic adjustments.
Losing Contracts Lately? Here's Where to Start.
With pandemic supply chain issues dwindling, companies are shopping around for better deals & service. Here’s how to hold on to those precious contracts.
Find 'The One Thing' That Will Improve Employee Performance
The best managers carefully and consistently observe their people to find one thing they can work together on to improve employee performance right now.
3 Essentials for Battle in the Talent Wars
Winning the war for talent requires effective recruiting, a good first experience and creating a culture that people want to be a part of.
The Cost of Silence in Construction Safety
May marks Construction Safety Week, an important time for employers and employees in the construction industry to focus on safety and risk prevention.
An Easy, Proven Process for Writing Job Ads That Convert
Learn how to sell potential employees on why they should work for you in this free, on-demand webinar with Jack Jostes.
How to Set & Track Goals to Hold Employees Accountable
Using SMART goals coupled with appropriate KPIs allows employees and managers to always know where an employee is excelling or may need redirection.
9 Best Manufacturing Job Boards for Finding Top Talent
Nine niche job boards that cater specifically to manufacturing roles that are designed to help employers quickly find qualified candidates.
Strategies for Attracting New Hires Through Social Media
Social media should be part of your sourcing strategy because it allows you to grow awareness of your employer brand and connect with passive job-seekers.
14 Construction Job Boards for Finding Top Talent
Leverage these 14 construction job boards to connect with more qualified candidates who have experience in the skilled trades or as construction laborers.
Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
It’s important to address accountability because it sets the tone of what you expect, and it can dramatically affect your team's rate of growth.
The Tech Your Field Service Business Needs
We asked our partners what role technology and automation plays for field service businesses and where they should be investing to stay competitive.
Community Involvement as a Tool for Recruitment
The key to successful community engagement lies in finding a project that aligns with the values of your business and the solutions it provides.
The Hidden Costs of Employee Turnover
Use these data points to convince company stakeholders that it’s time to invest in employee retention, which can in turn ease the pressure to hire.
The Ultimate Recipe for Optimizing Your Careers Page
An easy-to-follow recipe that will help you rank your job posts and careers page on Google, so you can start receiving more qualified applicants!
A Leader's Impact on the Organization’s Personality
Why "leading by example" is more impactful and important than you might think.
The 11 Most Important Landscape Interview Questions to Screen Candidates
Landscaping interview questions to help you get to the heart of who candidates are by assessing their skills and abilities.
How Proper Training Empowers Field Leaders
A construction industry vet joins us for a webinar on how to empower frontline supervisors to become more engaged leaders.
Recruiting Women in Construction: Tips from Female Leaders in the Industry
We spoke with industry-leading females in construction who shared their advice on how companies can recruit more women into male-dominated fields.
How to Improve the Candidate Experience
Clearly communicate not just the total compensation package on the table, but also the growth opportunities and remarkable culture at your organization.
The Cost of Rushed Hiring Decisions
Learn how to turn an expedited hiring process into a competitive advantage + get practical tips for outmaneuvering your competition.
Creating a Culture Around Communication Transparency
Good company communication doesn’t run on a need-to-know basis anymore. Here’s why transparent communication is the new normal & how you stand to benefit.
5 Biggest Mistakes When Writing a Construction Worker Job Description
By avoiding these common pitfalls, you can make sure your job descriptions are attractive to the prospective candidates you really want to hire!
Does Staffing Supersede Safety?
With ever-changing laws and societal norms, some companies are loosening up on their drug and alcohol testing policies to broaden their applicant pool.
How to Write Company Mission, Vision and Values
An updated approach to defining a company’s mission, vision and values to make them more tangible, actionable and within reach for your employees.
ContractorCoachPRO's Recipe for Building a Culture That Drives Results
The energy that comes from having employees who are passionate and excited to be part of your company’s exceptional culture is an invaluable asset.